The City Ground

LEICESTER CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Feb 28, 1953 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 28, 1953 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 28 February 1953

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: H Beacock
Attendance:: 27,009
League Week:: 31 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 6 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Leicester City:: Sep 12, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1934 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1109 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2129 (of 5829)
Total:: 3282 (of 7634)
Played:: 73 years, 6 months, 20 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (72')

LEICESTER CITY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: WWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Hogg (4')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	22	Tommy Wilson
8	F	28	Tom Martin
9	F	25	Alan Moore (72')
10	F	21	Arthur Lemon	Debut
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Dickson
2	D	Milburn
3	D	Webb
4	D	Baldwin
5	D	McArthur
6	M	King
7	M	Hogg
8	M	Worthington
9	M	Rowley
10	F	Crawford
11	F	Dryburgh

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 28, 1953)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	2-1	Doncaster Rovers
Fulham	2-1	Hull City
Leeds United	0-3	Sheffield United
Leicester City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Luton Town	0-2	Huddersfield Town
Plymouth Argyle	4-0	Barnsley
Rotherham United	3-2	Lincoln City
Southampton	0-2	Brentford
West Ham United	0-0	Blackburn Rovers

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	31	19	6	6	76	42	12	2	2	51	21	7	4	4	25	21	34	44	LDWWLW
	2	Huddersfield Town	30	17	7	6	56	24	9	3	3	28	9	8	4	3	28	15	32	41	DWWWLL
	3	Luton Town	29	17	4	8	62	36	11	1	3	37	11	6	3	5	25	25	26	38	WWWWWL
	4	Plymouth Argyle	30	15	6	9	46	43	9	4	2	26	15	6	2	7	20	28	3	36	LLWWWW
	5	Birmingham City	29	14	7	8	51	46	9	2	4	33	25	5	5	4	18	21	5	35	LLWWWL
	6	Leicester City	30	14	6	10	72	61	10	4	1	44	20	4	2	9	28	41	11	34	WWLLDL
	7	Leeds United	30	11	11	8	54	41	10	3	2	35	15	1	8	6	19	26	13	33	WWLWDW
	8	Nottingham Forest	30	14	5	11	62	49	9	3	3	37	22	5	2	8	25	27	13	33	WDDDLW
	9	Fulham	31	13	7	11	58	52	11	1	3	39	20	2	6	8	19	32	6	33	LWDLWD
	10	Rotherham United	31	14	3	14	58	57	7	3	5	32	24	7	0	9	26	33	1	31	LLLWLD
	11	Blackburn Rovers	31	13	4	14	48	51	10	2	4	30	14	3	2	10	18	37	-3	30	WWDWWL
	12	West Ham United	30	9	11	10	40	39	7	4	4	30	20	2	7	6	10	19	1	29	WLLLLD
	13	Everton	29	9	9	11	49	44	6	5	3	25	13	3	4	8	24	31	5	27	LDDWLD
	14	Doncaster Rovers	30	7	13	10	41	49	5	7	3	20	16	2	6	7	21	33	-8	27	DDDDWL
	15	Notts County	30	10	6	14	46	60	7	4	4	31	22	3	2	10	15	38	-14	26	LDWLLL
	16	Swansea Town	30	8	10	12	49	65	5	8	2	28	20	3	2	10	21	45	-16	26	WLWLWD
	17	Lincoln City	29	6	14	9	40	55	5	8	2	28	22	1	6	7	12	33	-15	26	LWLWDD
	18	Brentford	29	9	7	13	39	54	7	4	3	26	18	2	3	10	13	36	-15	25	WLDLDW
	19	Bury	30	8	8	14	38	56	5	5	5	20	25	3	3	9	18	31	-18	24	LLLDDW
	20	Southampton	30	6	10	14	49	62	3	4	7	30	30	3	6	7	19	32	-13	22	WLDDDW
	21	Hull City	29	8	6	15	39	53	7	4	4	27	15	1	2	11	12	38	-14	22	WLDLLD
	22	Barnsley	30	5	6	19	39	73	4	2	9	26	32	1	4	10	13	41	-34	16	LLLLDD

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	32	20	6	6	79	42	12	2	2	51	21	8	4	4	28	21	37	46	DWWLWW	Safe	3-0
	2	Huddersfield Town	31	18	7	6	58	24	9	3	3	28	9	9	4	3	30	15	34	43	WWWLLW		2-0
	3	Luton Town	30	17	4	9	62	38	11	1	4	37	13	6	3	5	25	25	24	38	WWWWLL		0-2
	4	Plymouth Argyle	31	16	6	9	50	43	10	4	2	30	15	6	2	7	20	28	7	38	LWWWWW		4-0
1	5	Leicester City	31	14	7	10	73	62	10	5	1	45	21	4	2	9	28	41	11	35	WLLDLD		1-1
3	6	Fulham	32	14	7	11	60	53	12	1	3	41	21	2	6	8	19	32	7	35	WDLWDW		2-1
2	7	Birmingham City	29	14	7	8	51	46	9	2	4	33	25	5	5	4	18	21	5	35	LLWWWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	31	14	6	11	63	50	9	3	3	37	22	5	3	8	26	28	13	34	DDDLWD		1-1
2	9	Leeds United	31	11	11	9	54	44	10	3	3	35	18	1	8	6	19	26	10	33	WLWDWL		0-3
	10	Rotherham United	32	15	3	14	61	59	8	3	5	35	26	7	0	9	26	33	2	33	LLWLDW		3-2
	11	Blackburn Rovers	32	13	5	14	48	51	10	2	4	30	14	3	3	10	18	37	-3	31	WDWWLD		0-0
	12	West Ham United	31	9	12	10	40	39	7	5	4	30	20	2	7	6	10	19	1	30	LLLLDD		0-0
	13	Everton	29	9	9	11	49	44	6	5	3	25	13	3	4	8	24	31	5	27	LDDWLD
	14	Doncaster Rovers	31	7	13	11	42	51	5	7	3	20	16	2	6	8	22	35	-9	27	DDDWLL		1-2
3	15	Brentford	30	10	7	13	41	54	7	4	3	26	18	3	3	10	15	36	-13	27	LDLDWW		2-0
1	16	Notts County	30	10	6	14	46	60	7	4	4	31	22	3	2	10	15	38	-14	26	LDWLLL
1	17	Swansea Town	30	8	10	12	49	65	5	8	2	28	20	3	2	10	21	45	-16	26	WLWLWD
1	18	Lincoln City	30	6	14	10	42	58	5	8	2	28	22	1	6	8	14	36	-16	26	WLWDDL		2-3
	19	Bury	31	9	8	14	40	57	6	5	5	22	26	3	3	9	18	31	-17	26	LLDDWW		2-1
	20	Southampton	31	6	10	15	49	64	3	4	8	30	32	3	6	7	19	32	-15	22	LDDDWL		0-2
	21	Hull City	30	8	6	16	40	55	7	4	4	27	15	1	2	12	13	40	-15	22	LDLLDL		1-2
	22	Barnsley	31	5	6	20	39	77	4	2	9	26	32	1	4	11	13	45	-38	16	LLLDDL		0-4