The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 19, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 19, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 24,312
League Week:: 41 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 14 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Aug 23, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1902 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1077 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2095 (of 5824)
Total:: 3245 (of 7629)
Played:: 74 years, 4 months, 2 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Wally Ardron (57')
Collin Collindridge (20') (Pen)

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jackie Bestall
Prior form: LDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alec Glover (7')
Bill Eckersley (40') (Pen)
Archie Wright (57')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (57')
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (20')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Harry Walker	214		5	1
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	182		5	1
3	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	124		5	1
4	M	26	Bill Morley	127	5	5	1
5	D	35	Horace Gager	178	4	5	1
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt	130	3	5	1
7	F	25	Alan Moore	13	4	5	1
8	F	35	Freddie Scott	245	31	5	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron (57')	129	88	5	1
10	F	29	Tommy Capel	94	44	5	1
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (20')	81	26	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Reg Elvy
2	D	Davie Gray
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Jackie Campbell
5	D	Willie Kelly
6	M	Eric Bell
7	M	Chris Anderson
8	M	Eddie Crossan
9	M	Eddie Quigley
10	F	Archie Wright
11	F	Alec Glover

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 19, 1952)

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

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 Wednesday	40	20	10	10	96	64	14	3	3	52	21	6	7	7	44	43	32	50	DWWWDW	Safe
2	Birmingham City	40	20	9	11	64	50	10	6	4	33	20	10	3	7	31	30	14	49	WDWWWL	Safe
3	Nottingham Forest	40	17	13	10	72	58	11	6	3	38	21	6	7	7	34	37	14	47	LLDDWD	Safe
4	Leicester City	40	19	8	13	77	62	12	5	3	47	23	7	3	10	30	39	15	46	LLLWWW	Safe
5	Leeds United	39	17	11	11	54	49	12	7	1	32	14	5	4	10	22	35	5	45	DWLDWD	Safe
6	Cardiff City	38	17	10	11	61	50	15	2	1	43	13	2	8	10	18	37	11	44	WDDLWW	Safe
7	Rotherham United	40	17	8	15	71	65	11	4	5	39	22	6	4	10	32	43	6	42	DWWLLL	Safe
8	Everton	40	16	9	15	61	56	12	4	4	41	24	4	5	11	20	32	5	41	LWLWWL	Safe
9	Luton Town	39	15	11	13	70	71	8	6	5	40	31	7	5	8	30	40	-1	41	WLWWWL	Safe
10	Southampton	40	15	11	14	61	68	11	6	3	40	24	4	5	11	21	44	-7	41	WLWDDW	Safe
11	Sheffield United	39	17	5	17	87	72	13	2	4	55	24	4	3	13	32	48	15	39	LWWLLL	Safe
12	Brentford	38	14	10	14	50	49	10	5	3	31	18	4	5	11	19	31	1	38	WLWLDL	Safe
13	Doncaster Rovers	39	13	11	15	54	57	9	4	7	29	27	4	7	8	25	30	-3	37	DWWDWL	Safe
14	Blackburn Rovers	39	16	5	18	49	57	10	3	7	32	28	6	2	11	17	29	-8	37	LDLWLW	Safe
15	West Ham United	39	14	9	16	60	74	12	5	3	44	29	2	4	13	16	45	-14	37	LWDWLL	Safe
16	Notts County	40	15	6	19	65	67	10	5	5	40	27	5	1	14	25	40	-2	36	DLLLLW
17	Bury	40	14	7	19	64	65	12	2	6	40	21	2	5	13	24	44	-1	35	WLLWLW
18	Barnsley	39	11	12	16	55	66	8	6	6	38	32	3	6	10	17	34	-11	34	LWDLDL
19	Coventry City	40	14	6	20	58	77	9	5	6	36	31	5	1	14	22	46	-19	34	WLWDLW
20	Hull City	40	11	11	18	55	69	10	5	5	40	22	1	6	13	15	47	-14	33	DDWLLW
21	Swansea Town	40	10	12	18	65	74	9	4	7	41	25	1	8	11	24	49	-9	32	LLDLDL
22	Queens Park Rangers	39	9	12	18	48	77	7	8	5	34	35	2	4	13	14	42	-29	30	LDLDLW

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	Sheffield Wednesday	41	21	10	10	98	64	14	3	3	52	21	7	7	7	46	43	34	52	WWWDWW	Champions	2-0
	2	Birmingham City	41	20	9	12	64	55	10	6	4	33	20	10	3	8	31	35	9	49	DWWWLL	Safe	0-5
	3	Nottingham Forest	41	17	13	11	74	61	11	6	3	38	21	6	7	8	36	40	13	47	LDDWDL	Safe	2-3
	4	Leicester City	41	19	8	14	77	63	12	5	3	47	23	7	3	11	30	40	14	46	LLWWWL	Safe	0-1
1	5	Cardiff City	39	17	11	11	63	52	15	2	1	43	13	2	9	10	20	39	11	45	DDLWWD	Safe	2-2
1	6	Leeds United	40	17	11	12	55	53	12	7	1	32	14	5	4	11	23	39	2	45	WLDWDL	Safe	1-4
1	7	Everton	41	17	9	15	63	57	12	4	4	41	24	5	5	11	22	33	6	43	WLWWLW	Safe	2-1
1	8	Rotherham United	41	17	8	16	72	68	11	4	5	39	22	6	4	11	33	46	4	42	WWLLLL	Safe	1-3
	9	Luton Town	40	15	12	13	72	73	8	7	5	42	33	7	5	8	30	40	-1	42	LWWWLD	Safe	2-2
	10	Southampton	41	15	11	15	61	72	11	6	3	40	24	4	5	12	21	48	-11	41	LWDDWL	Safe	0-4
	11	Sheffield United	40	17	5	18	88	74	13	2	5	56	26	4	3	13	32	48	14	39	WWLLLL	Safe	1-2
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	40	17	5	18	52	59	11	3	7	35	30	6	2	11	17	29	-7	39	DLWLWW	Safe	3-2
2	13	West Ham United	40	15	9	16	64	74	13	5	3	48	29	2	4	13	16	45	-10	39	WDWLLW	Safe	4-0
2	14	Notts County	41	16	6	19	70	67	11	5	5	45	27	5	1	14	25	40	3	38	LLLLWW	Safe	5-0
3	15	Brentford	39	14	10	15	51	53	10	5	3	31	18	4	5	12	20	35	-2	38	LWLDLL	Safe	1-4
3	16	Doncaster Rovers	40	13	12	15	55	58	9	4	7	29	27	4	8	8	26	31	-3	38	WWDWLD	Safe	1-1
	17	Bury	41	15	7	19	67	66	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	13	24	44	1	37	LLWLWW	Safe	3-1
2	18	Hull City	41	12	11	18	59	70	11	5	5	44	23	1	6	13	15	47	-11	35	DWLLWW		4-1
1	19	Barnsley	40	11	13	16	56	67	8	7	6	39	33	3	6	10	17	34	-11	35	WDLDLD		1-1
1	20	Swansea Town	41	11	12	18	69	75	10	4	7	45	26	1	8	11	24	49	-6	34	LDLDLW		4-1
2	21	Coventry City	41	14	6	21	58	79	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	14	22	46	-21	34	LWDLWL		0-2
	22	Queens Park Rangers	40	10	12	18	49	77	8	8	5	35	35	2	4	13	14	42	-28	32	DLDLWW		1-0