The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 22, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 22, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Country:: Wales
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-4 LOST
: Half-time: 0-3

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: W Dellow
Attendance:: 19,860
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 7 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Sep 10, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1884 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1059 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2075 (of 5829)
Total:: 3223 (of 7634)
Played:: 74 years, 9 months, 0 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (64')

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Cyril Spiers
Prior form: WWDWDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf Sherwood (12') (Pen)
Dougie Blair (23')
Dougie Blair (41')
Wilf Grant (80')

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	26	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Alan Orr
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Noel Kelly
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tommy Capel (64')
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Harry Walker	198		7	1
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	104		7	1
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	173		7	1
4	M	26	Bill Morley	109	3	7	1
5	D	34	Horace Gager	159	4	7	1
6	M	28	Alan Orr	21		7	1
7	F	35	Freddie Scott	226	30	7	1
8	F	29	Noel Kelly	14	2	7	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron	111	79	7	1
10	F	29	Tommy Capel (64')	76	40	7	1
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge	70	24	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Iorrie Hughes
2	D	Glyn Williams
3	D	Alf Sherwood
4	D	Billy Baker
5	D	Stan Montgomery
6	M	Bobby McLaughlin
7	M	Mike Tiddy
8	M	Dougie Blair
9	M	Wilf Grant
10	F	Roley Williams
11	F	George Edwards

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 22, 1951)

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

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	Sheffield United	21	11	5	5	56	36	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	4	19	21	20	27	LLWLDD
2	Brentford	21	11	5	5	27	18	9	1	0	19	4	2	4	5	8	14	9	27	LWDWLW
3	Rotherham United	21	12	3	6	50	37	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	5	22	28	13	27	WWDWLL
4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	11	5	6	51	38	8	1	1	26	11	3	4	5	25	27	13	27	LWWWWD
5	Nottingham Forest	22	9	8	5	45	34	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	4	23	21	11	26	WDWWLW
6	Leicester City	21	9	7	5	46	33	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	4	14	19	13	25	DWLWWW
7	Cardiff City	21	10	5	6	34	25	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	5	9	16	9	25	WWDWDL
8	Luton Town	21	8	8	5	36	32	3	4	2	20	15	5	4	3	16	17	4	24	WDDLLW
9	Birmingham City	22	8	8	6	28	29	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	4	15	18	-1	24	WLWWWL
10	Leeds United	21	8	6	7	32	32	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	0	22	WDWDLL
11	Everton	22	8	6	8	35	37	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	5	15	18	-2	22	WWDWLW
12	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	7	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	4	6	11	20	3	21	WWLLLD
13	Bury	21	7	6	8	41	32	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	6	15	23	9	20	WLLLDW
14	Swansea Town	22	6	8	8	40	41	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	5	15	28	-1	20	LLLDWL
15	Notts County	22	8	4	10	34	38	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	7	12	24	-4	20	LLDLLW
16	Barnsley	21	7	6	8	33	37	6	4	2	24	17	1	2	6	9	20	-4	20	DDDWWD
17	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	32	45	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	7	8	24	-13	20	WLDWLW
18	Southampton	22	6	6	10	31	48	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	8	14	36	-17	18	LWLLDL
19	Queens Park Rangers	21	4	8	9	27	44	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	7	6	26	-17	16	LLLLWL
20	Hull City	22	4	6	12	29	40	3	3	5	18	18	1	3	7	11	22	-11	14	LLLLWD
21	Coventry City	21	5	4	12	27	47	4	4	3	19	19	1	0	9	8	28	-20	14	LLWLWL
22	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	3	13	22	36	3	1	6	14	17	2	2	7	8	19	-14	13	LWWLWD

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)
3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	12	5	6	55	38	9	1	1	30	11	3	4	5	25	27	17	29	WWWWDW		4-0
	2	Brentford	22	11	6	5	28	19	9	1	0	19	4	2	5	5	9	15	9	28	WDWLWD		1-1
	3	Rotherham United	22	12	4	6	51	38	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	5	22	28	13	28	WDWLLD		1-1
3	4	Sheffield United	22	11	5	6	57	38	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	5	20	23	19	27	LWLDDL		1-2
2	5	Cardiff City	22	11	5	6	38	26	9	1	1	29	10	2	4	5	9	16	12	27	WDWDLW		4-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	23	9	8	6	46	38	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	5	24	25	8	26	DWWLWL		1-4
1	7	Luton Town	22	9	8	5	38	33	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	3	16	17	5	26	DDLLWW		2-1
1	8	Birmingham City	23	9	8	6	30	29	5	5	2	15	11	4	3	4	15	18	1	26	LWWWLW		2-0
3	9	Leicester City	22	9	7	6	46	35	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	5	14	21	11	25	WLWWWL		0-2
	10	Leeds United	22	8	7	7	32	32	5	5	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	0	23	DWDLLD		0-0
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	8	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	5	6	11	20	3	22	WLLLDD		0-0
3	12	Notts County	23	9	4	10	36	38	6	3	3	24	14	3	1	7	12	24	-2	22	LDLLWW		2-0
2	13	Everton	23	8	6	9	35	41	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	6	15	22	-6	22	WDWLWL		0-4
2	14	Barnsley	22	7	7	8	34	38	6	4	2	24	17	1	3	6	10	21	-4	21	DDWWDD		1-1
2	15	Bury	22	7	6	9	42	34	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	7	16	25	8	20	LLLDWL		1-2
2	16	Swansea Town	23	6	8	9	40	43	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	6	15	30	-3	20	LLDWLL		0-2
	17	West Ham United	23	7	6	10	33	48	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	8	9	27	-15	20	LDWLWL		1-3
	18	Southampton	23	6	7	10	32	49	4	5	2	18	13	2	2	8	14	36	-17	19	WLLDLD		1-1
1	19	Hull City	23	5	6	12	31	41	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	7	11	22	-10	16	LLLWDW		2-1
1	20	Coventry City	22	6	4	12	31	48	4	4	3	19	19	2	0	9	12	29	-17	16	LWLWLW		4-1
2	21	Queens Park Rangers	22	4	8	10	28	48	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	7	6	26	-20	16	LLLWLL		1-4
	22	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	3	13	25	37	4	1	6	17	18	2	2	7	8	19	-12	15	WWLWDW		3-1