The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 - 1 FOREST - Tue Dec 25, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 25, 1951 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: J Topliss
Attendance:: 61,062
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Dec 26, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1885 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 1060 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2076 (of 5768)
Total:: 3224 (of 7557)
Played:: 73 years, 6 months, 24 days ago

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

Goals
Noel Kelly

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: WWWWDW (Old to recent)

Goals
Walter Rickett (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Danny Canning
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Jack Burkitt
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
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dave McIntosh
2	D	Keith Bannister
3	D	Vince Kenny
4	D	Eddie Gannon
5	D	Ralph O'Donnell
6	M	George Davies
7	M	Alan Finney
8	M	Jackie Sewell
9	M	Derek Dooley
10	F	Redfern Froggatt
11	F	Walter Rickett

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Dec 25, 1951)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	12	5	6	55	38	9	1	1	30	11	3	4	5	25	27	1.44737	29	WWWWDW
	2	Brentford	22	11	6	5	28	19	9	1	0	19	4	2	5	5	9	15	1.47368	28	WDWLWD
	3	Rotherham United	22	12	4	6	51	38	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	5	22	28	1.34211	28	WDWLLD
	4	Sheffield United	22	11	5	6	57	38	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	5	20	23	1.50000	27	LWLDDL
	5	Cardiff City	22	11	5	6	38	26	9	1	1	29	10	2	4	5	9	16	1.46154	27	WDWDLW
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	9	8	6	46	38	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	5	24	25	1.21053	26	DWWLWL
	7	Luton Town	22	9	8	5	38	33	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	3	16	17	1.15152	26	DDLLWW
	8	Birmingham City	23	9	8	6	30	29	5	5	2	15	11	4	3	4	15	18	1.03448	26	LWWWLW
	9	Leicester City	22	9	7	6	46	35	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	5	14	21	1.31429	25	WLWWWL
	10	Leeds United	22	8	7	7	32	32	5	5	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	1.00000	23	DWDLLD
	11	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	8	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	5	6	11	20	1.10345	22	WLLLDD
	12	Notts County	23	9	4	10	36	38	6	3	3	24	14	3	1	7	12	24	.94737	22	LDLLWW
	13	Everton	23	8	6	9	35	41	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	6	15	22	.85366	22	WDWLWL
	14	Barnsley	22	7	7	8	34	38	6	4	2	24	17	1	3	6	10	21	.89474	21	DDWWDD
	15	Bury	22	7	6	9	42	34	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	7	16	25	1.23529	20	LLLDWL
	16	Swansea Town	23	6	8	9	40	43	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	6	15	30	.93023	20	LLDWLL
	17	West Ham United	23	7	6	10	33	48	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	8	9	27	.68750	20	LDWLWL
	18	Southampton	23	6	7	10	32	49	4	5	2	18	13	2	2	8	14	36	.65306	19	WLLDLD
	19	Hull City	23	5	6	12	31	41	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	7	11	22	.75610	16	LLLWDW
	20	Coventry City	22	6	4	12	31	48	4	4	3	19	19	2	0	9	12	29	.64583	16	LWLWLW
	21	Queens Park Rangers	22	4	8	10	28	48	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	7	6	26	.58333	16	LLLWLL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	3	13	25	37	4	1	6	17	18	2	2	7	8	19	.67568	15	WWLWDW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								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	Sheffield Wednesday	24	12	6	6	56	39	9	2	1	31	12	3	4	5	25	27	1.43590	30	WWWDWD		1-1
3	2	Cardiff City	23	11	6	6	39	27	9	1	1	29	10	2	5	5	10	17	1.44444	28	DWDLWD		1-1
1	3	Brentford	23	11	6	6	29	21	9	1	1	20	6	2	5	5	9	15	1.38095	28	DWLWDL		1-2
1	4	Rotherham United	23	12	4	7	51	42	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	6	22	32	1.21429	28	DWLLDL		0-4
3	5	Birmingham City	24	10	8	6	34	29	6	5	2	19	11	4	3	4	15	18	1.17241	28	WWWLWW		4-0
2	6	Sheffield United	23	11	5	7	58	41	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	6	21	26	1.41463	27	WLDDLL		1-3
1	7	Nottingham Forest	24	9	9	6	47	39	5	5	1	22	13	4	4	5	25	26	1.20513	27	WWLWLD		1-1
1	8	Luton Town	23	9	8	6	38	36	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	4	16	20	1.05556	26	DLLWWL		0-3
	9	Leicester City	23	9	7	7	47	37	7	4	2	33	16	2	3	5	14	21	1.27027	25	LWWWLL		1-2
	10	Leeds United	23	9	7	7	34	33	5	5	1	18	10	4	2	6	16	23	1.03030	25	WDLLDW		2-1
	11	Doncaster Rovers	24	8	8	8	35	30	7	3	2	24	10	1	5	6	11	20	1.16667	24	LLLDDW		3-1
	12	Notts County	24	10	4	10	39	39	7	3	3	27	15	3	1	7	12	24	1.00000	24	DLLWWW		3-1
1	13	Barnsley	23	8	7	8	37	39	7	4	2	27	18	1	3	6	10	21	.94872	23	DWWDDW		3-1
1	14	Everton	24	8	6	10	36	44	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	7	16	25	.81818	22	DWLWLL		1-3
2	15	West Ham United	24	8	6	10	36	48	7	4	2	27	21	1	2	8	9	27	.75000	22	DWLWLW		3-0
	16	Swansea Town	24	6	9	9	41	44	6	3	3	26	14	0	6	6	15	30	.93182	21	LDWLLD		1-1
1	17	Southampton	24	7	7	10	34	50	4	5	2	18	13	3	2	8	16	37	.68000	21	LLDLDW		2-1
3	18	Bury	23	7	6	10	42	36	6	2	3	26	11	1	4	7	16	25	1.16667	20	LLDWLL		0-2
1	19	Coventry City	23	7	4	12	33	48	4	4	3	19	19	3	0	9	14	29	.68750	18	WLWLWW		2-0
2	20	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	3	13	26	37	5	1	6	18	18	2	2	7	8	19	.70270	17	WLWDWW		1-0
2	21	Hull City	24	5	6	13	31	42	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	8	11	23	.73810	16	LLWDWL		0-1
1	22	Queens Park Rangers	23	4	8	11	29	51	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	8	7	29	.56863	16	LLWLLL		1-3