The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 DONCASTER ROVERS - Sat Feb 07, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 07, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Doncaster Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 (Draw)
: Half-time: 1-2

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 16,857
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Swansea City (League Tier 2)
Doncaster Rovers:: Nov 21, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1931 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1106 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2126 (of 5722)
Total:: 3277 (of 7502)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 07 February 1953

Review
The Doncaster goalkeeper Hardwick was injured when saving Collinridge's 20th minute penalty so, for the second consecutive game, we were up against 10 men after he went of for treatment for 5 mintes while being replaced by oufielder Miller.

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

Goals
Tom Martin (44)
Paterson (56) (OG)

DONCASTER ROVERS
Manager: Peter Doherty
Prior form: DLWDDD (Old to recent)

Goals
Harrison (3)
Lawlor (5)

Penalties Missed:
Collin Collindridge (15)

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Bill Whare
3	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	Jack French
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Tom Martin (44)
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hardwick
2	D	Makepeace
3	D	Graham
4	D	Jones
5	D	Paterson
6	M	Miller
7	M	Tindill
8	M	Lawlor
9	M	Harrison
10	F	Herbert
11	F	Robinson

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Feb 07, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-3	Rotherham United
Birmingham City	3-2	Notts County
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Swansea Town
Bury	0-0	Southampton
Everton	5-0	Brentford
Hull City	0-2	Huddersfield Town
Leeds United	3-2	West Ham United
Lincoln City	3-2	Sheffield United
Luton Town	2-0	Leicester City
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Doncaster Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Fulham

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
1	Sheffield United	29	18	6	5	72	38	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	3	21	17	1.89474	42	DWLDWW
2	Huddersfield Town	27	16	7	4	54	20	9	3	2	28	6	7	4	2	26	14	2.70000	39	LWDDWW
3	Luton Town	26	15	4	7	57	33	10	1	2	34	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.72727	34	WWDWWW
4	Leicester City	27	14	5	8	68	54	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	7	27	37	1.25926	33	DLWWWL
5	Birmingham City	27	13	7	7	48	42	8	2	3	30	21	5	5	4	18	21	1.14286	33	WWLLWW
6	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	58	45	8	2	3	34	20	5	2	7	24	25	1.28889	30	LWLWDD
7	Fulham	28	12	6	10	51	46	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	7	16	27	1.10870	30	DLWLWD
8	Plymouth Argyle	27	12	6	9	40	41	7	4	2	21	13	5	2	7	19	28	.97561	30	LWLLLW
9	Leeds United	27	9	10	8	45	35	8	3	2	29	12	1	7	6	16	23	1.28571	28	WLDWWL
10	West Ham United	27	9	10	8	37	34	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	5	7	15	1.08824	28	WDDWLL
11	Rotherham United	28	13	2	13	53	50	7	2	5	31	23	6	0	8	22	27	1.06000	28	WLWLLL
12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	4	13	41	49	9	2	3	26	12	2	2	10	15	37	.83673	26	WLWWWD
13	Notts County	27	10	6	11	42	52	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	8	12	32	.80769	26	DDLLDW
14	Everton	26	8	8	10	44	41	5	4	3	20	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.07317	24	LDWLDD
15	Doncaster Rovers	27	6	12	9	36	46	4	7	3	17	16	2	5	6	19	30	.78261	24	DLWDDD
16	Swansea Town	27	7	9	11	47	61	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	9	21	42	.77049	23	LLDWLW
17	Brentford	26	8	6	12	36	47	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	9	13	31	.76596	22	DWWWLD
18	Lincoln City	26	5	12	9	34	50	4	7	2	23	18	1	5	7	11	32	.68000	22	LDDLWL
19	Hull City	27	8	5	14	37	49	7	3	3	25	11	1	2	11	12	38	.75510	21	WLWLDL
20	Bury	27	7	6	14	34	54	5	4	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	.62963	20	LWWLLL
21	Southampton	28	5	9	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	5	7	17	31	.77049	19	LDWLDD
22	Barnsley	27	5	4	18	34	67	4	1	8	23	28	1	3	10	11	39	.50746	14	LLLLLL

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	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	30	18	6	6	74	41	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	1.80488	42	WLDWWL	2-3
	2	Huddersfield Town	28	17	7	4	56	20	9	3	2	28	6	8	4	2	28	14	2.80000	41	WDDWWW	2-0
	3	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	59	33	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	1.78788	36	WDWWWW	2-0
1	4	Birmingham City	28	14	7	7	51	44	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	1.15909	35	WLLWWW	3-2
1	5	Leicester City	28	14	5	9	68	56	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	8	27	39	1.21429	33	LWWWLL	0-2
2	6	Plymouth Argyle	28	13	6	9	43	42	8	4	2	24	14	5	2	7	19	28	1.02381	32	WLLLWW	3-1
1	7	Nottingham Forest	28	13	5	10	60	47	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	7	24	25	1.27660	31	WLWDDD	2-2
1	8	Leeds United	28	10	10	8	48	37	9	3	2	32	14	1	7	6	16	23	1.29730	30	LDWWLW	3-2
2	9	Rotherham United	29	14	2	13	56	52	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	1.07692	30	LWLLLW	3-2
3	10	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	49	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	1.06122	30	LWLWDL	1-3
1	11	West Ham United	28	9	10	9	39	37	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	6	9	18	1.05405	28	DDWLLL	2-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	4	13	44	49	10	2	3	29	12	2	2	10	15	37	.89796	28	LWWWDW	3-0
1	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	49	41	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	1.19512	26	DWLDDW	5-0
1	14	Notts County	28	10	6	12	44	55	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	.80000	26	DLLDWL	2-3
	15	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	13	9	38	48	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	.79167	25	LWDDDD	2-2
2	16	Lincoln City	27	6	12	9	37	52	5	7	2	26	20	1	5	7	11	32	.71154	24	DDLWLW	3-2
1	17	Swansea Town	28	7	9	12	47	64	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	10	21	45	.73438	23	LDWLWL	0-3
1	18	Brentford	27	8	6	13	36	52	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	10	13	36	.69231	22	WWWLDL	0-5
	19	Hull City	28	8	5	15	37	51	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	.72549	21	LWLDLL	0-2
	20	Bury	28	7	7	14	34	54	5	5	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	.62963	21	WWLLLD	0-0
	21	Southampton	29	5	10	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	.77049	20	DWLDDD	0-0
	22	Barnsley	28	5	4	19	36	70	4	1	9	25	31	1	3	10	11	39	.51429	14	LLLLLL	2-3