The City Ground

GILLINGHAM 1 - 4 FOREST - Sat Apr 07, 1951 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Apr 07, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Gillingham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Priestfield Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 4-1 WON
: Half-time: 3-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: ENFA.co.uk

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: J Jackson
Attendance:: 13,845
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southend United (League Tier 3)
Gillingham:: Jan 04, 1958

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1852 (of 5043)
League Tier 3:: 79 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2043 (of 5766)
Total:: 3190 (of 7554)
Played:: 74 years, 1 month, 12 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LWWDWD (Old to recent)

Goals
Wally Ardron (10')
Wally Ardron (42')
Wally Ardron (44')
Collin Collindridge (81')

GILLINGHAM
Manager: Archie Clark
Prior form: LLDWLL (Old to recent)

Goals
Dave Thomas (40')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	25	Bill Whare
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Bill Morley
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (10') (42') (44')
10	F	28	Tommy Capel
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge (81')

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Harry Walker	167		7	1
2	D	25	Bill Whare	57		7	1
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	142		7	1
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt	98	3	7	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	131	5	7	1
6	M	25	Bill Morley	77	3	7	1
7	F	34	Freddie Scott	194	24	7	1
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson	54	18	14	3
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (10') (42') (44')	80	55	7	1
10	F	28	Tommy Capel	56	31	7	1
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge (81')	38	14	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Larry Gage
2	D	Charlie Marks
3	D	Ron Lewin
4	D	Jimmy Boswell
5	D	Tom Kingsnorth
6	M	Harry Ayres
7	M	Jackie Carr
8	M	Dave Thomas
9	M	Bill Hales
10	F	Les McGuire
11	F	Bobby Veck

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Apr 07, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	3-1	Port Vale
Bristol City	0-2	Torquay United
Exeter City	1-0	Northampton Town
Gillingham	1-4	Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town	1-1	Crystal Palace
Leyton Orient	1-0	Bristol Rovers
Millwall	1-0	Aldershot
Plymouth Argyle	3-3	Brighton and Hove Albion
Reading	5-0	Newport County
Southend United	0-2	Norwich City
Walsall	4-2	Colchester United
Watford	1-2	Swindon Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Nottingham Forest	36	22	9	5	84	30	12	5	1	47	13	10	4	4	37	17	2.80000	53	LWWDWD	Safe
2	Norwich City	37	20	12	5	63	34	14	6	0	36	9	6	6	5	27	25	1.85294	52	DWDWWL	Safe
3	Reading	39	19	12	8	79	49	13	4	2	49	16	6	8	6	30	33	1.61224	50	WLWDDD	Safe
4	Bristol Rovers	36	18	11	7	54	31	13	4	0	37	11	5	7	7	17	20	1.74194	47	DLWDLD	Safe
5	Southend United	39	19	8	12	82	58	13	3	3	55	21	6	5	9	27	37	1.41379	46	DWDWWL	Safe
6	Ipswich Town	39	20	5	14	60	48	13	3	3	43	21	7	2	11	17	27	1.25000	45	WLWWWD	Safe
7	Plymouth Argyle	38	18	8	12	67	45	13	4	2	43	14	5	4	10	24	31	1.48889	44	WLDDDW	Safe
8	Bristol City	38	17	9	12	57	51	13	4	2	37	20	4	5	10	20	31	1.11765	43	DLWDDD	Safe
9	Millwall	37	16	9	12	66	55	11	6	2	43	23	5	3	10	23	32	1.20000	41	LWDDDL	Safe
10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	38	18	5	15	56	54	14	4	1	41	15	4	1	14	15	39	1.03704	41	DWDDLW	Safe
11	Port Vale	37	15	8	14	52	55	12	3	2	30	19	3	5	12	22	36	.94545	38	WLLWWW
12	Exeter City	39	16	6	17	59	66	9	4	7	31	25	7	2	10	28	41	.89394	38	LDDWLD
13	Newport County	36	15	7	14	64	51	10	2	6	41	24	5	5	8	23	27	1.25490	37	LWDLWW
14	Swindon Town	39	16	4	19	47	56	14	4	2	34	13	2	0	17	13	43	.83929	36	LWWLWD
15	Brighton and Hove Albion	38	9	16	13	52	69	8	8	4	37	30	1	8	9	15	39	.75362	34	DWWLDD
16	Colchester United	38	12	9	17	52	64	11	3	6	37	22	1	6	11	15	42	.81250	33	LWWLLW
17	Aldershot	38	12	9	17	50	79	8	7	3	31	19	4	2	14	19	60	.63291	33	LWLLDD
18	Northampton Town	38	10	12	16	48	52	8	7	5	36	25	2	5	11	12	27	.92308	32	DLLDLL
19	Torquay United	41	12	8	21	59	78	12	2	7	44	37	0	6	14	15	41	.75641	32	WLDWWD
20	Leyton Orient	38	13	6	19	48	64	11	2	4	32	18	2	4	15	16	46	.75000	32	WLWWDL
21	Walsall	39	11	8	20	42	57	9	3	7	26	18	2	5	13	16	39	.73684	30	DLLLDD
22	Gillingham	39	10	9	20	60	89	8	7	4	34	23	2	2	16	26	66	.67416	29	LLDWLL
23	Watford	39	8	10	21	49	74	7	5	8	26	23	1	5	13	23	51	.66216	26	WLLDLD
24	Crystal Palace	38	8	6	24	27	68	6	3	11	16	32	2	3	13	11	36	.39706	22	LWLDLL

Table after:

	THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Nottingham Forest	37	23	9	5	88	31	12	5	1	47	13	11	4	4	41	18	2.83871	55	WWDWDW	Safe	4-1
	2	Norwich City	38	21	12	5	65	34	14	6	0	36	9	7	6	5	29	25	1.91176	54	WDWWLW	Safe	2-0
	3	Reading	40	20	12	8	84	49	14	4	2	54	16	6	8	6	30	33	1.71429	52	LWDDDW	Safe	5-0
	4	Bristol Rovers	37	18	11	8	54	32	13	4	0	37	11	5	7	8	17	21	1.68750	47	LWDLDL	Safe	0-1
	5	Southend United	40	19	8	13	82	60	13	3	4	55	23	6	5	9	27	37	1.36667	46	WDWWLL	Safe	0-2
	6	Ipswich Town	40	20	6	14	61	49	13	4	3	44	22	7	2	11	17	27	1.24490	46	LWWWDD	Safe	1-1
	7	Plymouth Argyle	39	18	9	12	70	48	13	5	2	46	17	5	4	10	24	31	1.45833	45	LDDDWD	Safe	3-3
1	8	Millwall	38	17	9	12	67	55	12	6	2	44	23	5	3	10	23	32	1.21818	43	WDDDLW	Safe	1-0
1	9	Bristol City	39	17	9	13	57	53	13	4	3	37	22	4	5	10	20	31	1.07547	43	LWDDDL	Safe	0-2
	10	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	39	19	5	15	59	55	15	4	1	44	16	4	1	14	15	39	1.07273	43	WDDLWW	Safe	3-1
1	11	Exeter City	40	17	6	17	60	66	10	4	7	32	25	7	2	10	28	41	.90909	40	DDWLDW	Safe	1-0
1	12	Port Vale	38	15	8	15	53	58	12	3	2	30	19	3	5	13	23	39	.91379	38	LLWWWL		1-3
1	13	Swindon Town	40	17	4	19	49	57	14	4	2	34	13	3	0	17	15	44	.85965	38	WWLWDW		2-1
1	14	Newport County	37	15	7	15	64	56	10	2	6	41	24	5	5	9	23	32	1.14286	37	WDLWWL		0-5
	15	Brighton and Hove Albion	39	9	17	13	55	72	8	8	4	37	30	1	9	9	18	42	.76389	35	WWLDDD		3-3
3	16	Torquay United	42	13	8	21	61	78	12	2	7	44	37	1	6	14	17	41	.78205	34	LDWWDW		2-0
3	17	Leyton Orient	39	14	6	19	49	64	12	2	4	33	18	2	4	15	16	46	.76563	34	LWWDLW		1-0
2	18	Colchester United	39	12	9	18	54	68	11	3	6	37	22	1	6	12	17	46	.79412	33	WWLLWL		2-4
2	19	Aldershot	39	12	9	18	50	80	8	7	3	31	19	4	2	15	19	61	.62500	33	WLLDDL		0-1
2	20	Northampton Town	39	10	12	17	48	53	8	7	5	36	25	2	5	12	12	28	.90566	32	LLDLLL		0-1
	21	Walsall	40	12	8	20	46	59	10	3	7	30	20	2	5	13	16	39	.77966	32	LLLDDW		4-2
	22	Gillingham	40	10	9	21	61	93	8	7	5	35	27	2	2	16	26	66	.65591	29	LDWLLL		1-4
	23	Watford	40	8	10	22	50	76	7	5	9	27	25	1	5	13	23	51	.65789	26	LLDLDL		1-2
	24	Crystal Palace	39	8	7	24	28	69	6	3	11	16	32	2	4	13	12	37	.40580	23	WLDLLD		1-1