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 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 07 February 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 16,857
League Week:: 28 of 42
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 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1106 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2126 (of 5829)
Total:: 3279 (of 7634)
Played:: 73 years, 7 months, 14 days ago

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)

Goal Scorers
Tom Martin (44')
Paterson (56') (OG)

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

Goal Scorers
Harrison (3')
Lawlor (5')

Penalties Missed:
Collin Collindridge (15')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	28	Tom Martin (44')
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Tommy Capel
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	36	Harry Walker	245		7	1
2	D	27	Bill Whare	106	1	7	1
3	D	26	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	196		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French	14		7	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	209	5	7	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	161	5	7	1
7	F	25	Alan Moore	33	12	21	3
8	F	28	Tom Martin (44')	13	1	7	1
9	M	34	Wally Ardron	155	109	7	1
10	F	30	Tommy Capel	115	53	7	1
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge	111	38	7	1

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 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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Sheffield United	29	18	6	5	72	38	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	3	21	17	34	42	DWLDWW
2	Huddersfield Town	27	16	7	4	54	20	9	3	2	28	6	7	4	2	26	14	34	39	LWDDWW
3	Luton Town	26	15	4	7	57	33	10	1	2	34	9	5	3	5	23	24	24	34	WWDWWW
4	Leicester City	27	14	5	8	68	54	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	7	27	37	14	33	DLWWWL
5	Birmingham City	27	13	7	7	48	42	8	2	3	30	21	5	5	4	18	21	6	33	WWLLWW
6	Nottingham Forest	27	13	4	10	58	45	8	2	3	34	20	5	2	7	24	25	13	30	LWLWDD
7	Fulham	28	12	6	10	51	46	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	7	16	27	5	30	DLWLWD
8	Plymouth Argyle	27	12	6	9	40	41	7	4	2	21	13	5	2	7	19	28	-1	30	LWLLLW
9	Leeds United	27	9	10	8	45	35	8	3	2	29	12	1	7	6	16	23	10	28	WLDWWL
10	West Ham United	27	9	10	8	37	34	7	4	3	30	19	2	6	5	7	15	3	28	WDDWLL
11	Rotherham United	28	13	2	13	53	50	7	2	5	31	23	6	0	8	22	27	3	28	WLWLLL
12	Blackburn Rovers	28	11	4	13	41	49	9	2	3	26	12	2	2	10	15	37	-8	26	WLWWWD
13	Notts County	27	10	6	11	42	52	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	8	12	32	-10	26	DDLLDW
14	Everton	26	8	8	10	44	41	5	4	3	20	13	3	4	7	24	28	3	24	LDWLDD
15	Doncaster Rovers	27	6	12	9	36	46	4	7	3	17	16	2	5	6	19	30	-10	24	DLWDDD
16	Swansea Town	27	7	9	11	47	61	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	9	21	42	-14	23	LLDWLW
17	Brentford	26	8	6	12	36	47	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	9	13	31	-11	22	DWWWLD
18	Lincoln City	26	5	12	9	34	50	4	7	2	23	18	1	5	7	11	32	-16	22	LDDLWL
19	Hull City	27	8	5	14	37	49	7	3	3	25	11	1	2	11	12	38	-12	21	WLWLDL
20	Bury	27	7	6	14	34	54	5	4	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	-20	20	LWWLLL
21	Southampton	28	5	9	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	5	7	17	31	-14	19	LDWLDD
22	Barnsley	27	5	4	18	34	67	4	1	8	23	28	1	3	10	11	39	-33	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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	30	18	6	6	74	41	12	2	2	51	21	6	4	4	23	20	33	42	WLDWWL		2-3
	2	Huddersfield Town	28	17	7	4	56	20	9	3	2	28	6	8	4	2	28	14	36	41	WDDWWW		2-0
	3	Luton Town	27	16	4	7	59	33	11	1	2	36	9	5	3	5	23	24	26	36	WDWWWW		2-0
1	4	Birmingham City	28	14	7	7	51	44	9	2	3	33	23	5	5	4	18	21	7	35	WLLWWW		3-2
1	5	Leicester City	28	14	5	9	68	56	10	3	1	41	17	4	2	8	27	39	12	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	32	WLLLWW		3-1
1	7	Nottingham Forest	28	13	5	10	60	47	8	3	3	36	22	5	2	7	24	25	13	31	WLWDDD		2-2
1	8	Leeds United	28	10	10	8	48	37	9	3	2	32	14	1	7	6	16	23	11	30	LDWWLW		3-2
2	9	Rotherham United	29	14	2	13	56	52	7	2	5	31	23	7	0	8	25	29	4	30	LWLLLW		3-2
3	10	Fulham	29	12	6	11	52	49	10	1	3	35	19	2	5	8	17	30	3	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	2	28	DDWLLL		2-3
	12	Blackburn Rovers	29	12	4	13	44	49	10	2	3	29	12	2	2	10	15	37	-5	28	LWWWDW		3-0
1	13	Everton	27	9	8	10	49	41	6	4	3	25	13	3	4	7	24	28	8	26	DWLDDW		5-0
1	14	Notts County	28	10	6	12	44	55	7	4	3	30	20	3	2	9	14	35	-11	26	DLLDWL		2-3
	15	Doncaster Rovers	28	6	13	9	38	48	4	7	3	17	16	2	6	6	21	32	-10	25	LWDDDD		2-2
2	16	Lincoln City	27	6	12	9	37	52	5	7	2	26	20	1	5	7	11	32	-15	24	DDLWLW		3-2
1	17	Swansea Town	28	7	9	12	47	64	4	8	2	26	19	3	1	10	21	45	-17	23	LDWLWL		0-3
1	18	Brentford	27	8	6	13	36	52	6	3	3	23	16	2	3	10	13	36	-16	22	WWWLDL		0-5
	19	Hull City	28	8	5	15	37	51	7	3	4	25	13	1	2	11	12	38	-14	21	LWLDLL		0-2
	20	Bury	28	7	7	14	34	54	5	5	5	20	25	2	2	9	14	29	-20	21	WWLLLD		0-0
	21	Southampton	29	5	10	14	47	61	3	4	7	30	30	2	6	7	17	31	-14	20	DWLDDD		0-0
	22	Barnsley	28	5	4	19	36	70	4	1	9	25	31	1	3	10	11	39	-34	14	LLLLLL		2-3