The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Aug 23, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Aug 23, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 23 August 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: H Jackson
Attendance:: 26,985
League Week:: 1 of 42
Pos Before/After:: - 15
Opp Before/After:: - 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Barnsley (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Dec 20, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1904 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1079 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2097 (of 5790)
Total:: 3249 (of 7585)
Played:: 73 years, 3 months, 22 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker

Goal Scorers
Freddie Scott (20')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jackie Bestall

Goal Scorers
Crossan (46')
Glover (67')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	27	Bill Morley
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	35	Freddie Scott (20')
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	36	Harry Walker	216		119	3
2	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	184		119	3
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson	126		119	3
4	M	27	Bill Morley	129	5	119	3
5	D	35	Horace Gager	180	4	119	3
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt	132	3	119	3
7	F	25	Alan Moore	15	5	119	3
8	F	35	Freddie Scott (20')	247	31	119	3
9	M	33	Wally Ardron	131	90	119	3
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	96	44	119	3
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge	83	28	119	3

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Elvey
2	D	Seart
3	D	Eckersley
4	D	Campbell
5	D	Kelly
6	M	Ball
7	M	Glover
8	M	Crossan
9	M	Holmes
10	F	Nightingale
11	F	Wharton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Aug 23, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	1-0	Lincoln City
Doncaster Rovers	1-1	Barnsley
Everton	0-2	Hull City
Fulham	2-0	Bury
Huddersfield Town	1-0	Leeds United
Leicester City	3-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Luton Town
Rotherham United	1-1	Birmingham City
Swansea Town	1-2	Sheffield United
West Ham United	1-0	Southampton

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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