The City Ground

QUEENS PARK RANGERS 4 - 3 FOREST - Sat Dec 08, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 08, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Queens Park Rangers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Loftus Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-4 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: W Everett
Attendance:: 12,113
League Week:: 21 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 19 19

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Rotherham United (League Tier 2)
Queens Park Rangers:: Apr 26, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1882 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1057 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2073 (of 5829)
Total:: 3221 (of 7634)
Played:: 74 years, 9 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (7')
Wally Ardron (60')
Wally Ardron (74')

QUEENS PARK RANGERS
Manager: Dave Mangnall
Prior form: DLLLLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ernie Shepherd (20')
Harry Gilberg (37')
Conway Smith (65')
Cyril Hatton (67') (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	27	Alan Orr
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Bill Morley
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Noel Kelly
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (60') (74')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel (7')
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Harry Walker	196		7	1
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	102		7	1
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	171		7	1
4	M	27	Alan Orr	19		7	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	157	4	7	1
6	M	26	Bill Morley	107	3	7	1
7	F	35	Freddie Scott	224	30	7	1
8	F	29	Noel Kelly	12	2	7	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (60') (74')	109	75	7	1
10	F	29	Tommy Capel (7')	74	38	7	1
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge	68	23	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Brown
2	D	Johnny Poppitt
3	D	George Powell
4	D	Cyril Hatton
5	D	Bill Heath
6	M	Des Farrow
7	M	Billy Waugh
8	M	Conway Smith
9	M	Bert Addinall
10	F	Harry Gilberg
11	F	Ernie Shepherd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 08, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-0	Everton
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Brentford
Bury	1-1	Cardiff City
Coventry City	4-2	Leeds United
Hull City	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town	2-4	Birmingham City
Notts County	2-3	Leicester City
Queens Park Rangers	4-3	Nottingham Forest
Sheffield United	2-2	Southampton
Swansea Town	5-0	Rotherham United
West Ham United	0-6	Sheffield Wednesday

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Rotherham United	19	12	3	4	48	28	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	3	20	19	20	27	DWWWDW
2	Brentford	19	10	5	4	25	14	8	1	0	17	3	2	4	4	8	11	11	25	DWLWDW
3	Sheffield United	19	11	3	5	53	33	9	0	1	34	12	2	3	4	19	21	20	25	WDLLWL
4	Cardiff City	19	10	4	5	33	21	8	1	1	25	9	2	3	4	8	12	12	24	LWWWDW
5	Nottingham Forest	20	8	8	4	38	28	4	5	1	18	11	4	3	3	20	17	10	24	DDWDWW
6	Sheffield Wednesday	20	10	4	6	44	37	8	1	1	26	11	2	3	5	18	26	7	24	DWLWWW
7	Leeds United	19	8	6	5	29	26	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	4	11	16	3	22	WWWDWD
8	Luton Town	19	7	8	4	31	28	3	4	1	18	11	4	4	3	13	17	3	22	DWWDDL
9	Birmingham City	20	7	8	5	24	24	4	5	2	13	11	3	3	3	11	13	0	22	LWWLWW
10	Leicester City	19	7	7	5	40	31	6	4	1	29	14	1	3	4	11	17	9	21	WDDWLW
11	Doncaster Rovers	20	7	6	7	31	26	6	2	2	20	8	1	4	5	11	18	5	20	DWWWLL
12	Everton	20	7	6	7	32	36	4	3	3	17	19	3	3	4	15	17	-4	20	DDWWDW
13	Swansea Town	20	5	8	7	35	38	5	2	2	20	10	0	6	5	15	28	-3	18	DLLLLD
14	Notts County	20	7	4	9	30	35	5	3	2	20	11	2	1	7	10	24	-5	18	LLLLDL
15	West Ham United	20	6	6	8	28	37	5	4	1	20	13	1	2	7	8	24	-9	18	LDWLDW
16	Bury	19	6	5	8	37	31	5	1	2	22	8	1	4	6	15	23	6	17	DDWLLL
17	Barnsley	19	6	5	8	30	35	5	3	2	21	15	1	2	6	9	20	-5	17	WLDDDW
18	Southampton	20	6	5	9	29	43	4	4	2	17	12	2	1	7	12	31	-14	17	WLLWLL
19	Queens Park Rangers	19	3	8	8	21	37	3	5	2	17	15	0	3	6	4	22	-16	14	DLLLLL
20	Coventry City	19	4	4	11	23	43	3	4	2	15	15	1	0	9	8	28	-20	12	DLLLWL
21	Hull City	20	3	5	12	25	38	2	3	5	16	18	1	2	7	9	20	-13	11	DLLLLL
22	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	2	13	18	35	2	1	6	11	17	2	1	7	7	18	-17	10	LLLWWL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Rotherham United	20	12	3	5	48	33	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	4	20	24	15	27	WWWDWL		0-5
1	2	Sheffield United	20	11	4	5	55	35	9	1	1	36	14	2	3	4	19	21	20	26	DLLWLD		2-2
3	3	Sheffield Wednesday	21	11	4	6	50	37	8	1	1	26	11	3	3	5	24	26	13	26	WLWWWW		6-0
	4	Cardiff City	20	10	5	5	34	22	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	4	9	13	12	25	WWWDWD		1-1
3	5	Brentford	20	10	5	5	25	17	8	1	0	17	3	2	4	5	8	14	8	25	WLWDWL		0-3
1	6	Nottingham Forest	21	8	8	5	41	32	4	5	1	18	11	4	3	4	23	21	9	24	DWDWWL		3-4
2	7	Birmingham City	21	8	8	5	28	26	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	3	15	15	2	24	WWLWWW		4-2
2	8	Leicester City	20	8	7	5	43	33	6	4	1	29	14	2	3	4	14	19	10	23	DDWLWW		3-2
2	9	Leeds United	20	8	6	6	31	30	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	5	13	20	1	22	WWDWDL		2-4
2	10	Luton Town	20	7	8	5	33	32	3	4	2	20	15	4	4	3	13	17	1	22	WWDDLL		2-4
	11	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	6	8	31	28	6	2	2	20	8	1	4	6	11	20	3	20	WWWLLL		0-2
1	12	Swansea Town	21	6	8	7	40	38	6	2	2	25	10	0	6	5	15	28	2	20	LLLLDW		5-0
1	13	Everton	21	7	6	8	32	37	4	3	3	17	19	3	3	5	15	18	-5	20	DWWDWL		0-1
3	14	Barnsley	20	7	5	8	31	35	6	3	2	22	15	1	2	6	9	20	-4	19	LDDDWW		1-0
1	15	Bury	20	6	6	8	38	32	5	2	2	23	9	1	4	6	15	23	6	18	DWLLLD		1-1
2	16	Notts County	21	7	4	10	32	38	5	3	3	22	14	2	1	7	10	24	-6	18	LLLDLL		2-3
1	17	Southampton	21	6	6	9	31	45	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	7	14	33	-14	18	LLWLLD		2-2
3	18	West Ham United	21	6	6	9	28	43	5	4	2	20	19	1	2	7	8	24	-15	18	DWLDWL		0-6
	19	Queens Park Rangers	20	4	8	8	25	40	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	6	4	22	-15	16	LLLLLW		4-3
	20	Coventry City	20	5	4	11	27	45	4	4	2	19	17	1	0	9	8	28	-18	14	LLLWLW		4-2
	21	Hull City	21	4	5	12	27	38	3	3	5	18	18	1	2	7	9	20	-11	13	LLLLLW		2-0
	22	Blackburn Rovers	20	5	2	13	21	35	3	1	6	14	17	2	1	7	7	18	-14	12	LLWWLW		3-0