The City Ground

ROTHERHAM UNITED 3 - 0 FOREST - Sat Jan 16, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Jan 16, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Millmoor
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-3 LOST
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, January 16, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: W Gaiger
Attendance:: 14,325
League Week:: 27 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 6
Opp Before/After:: 8 8

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Leicester City (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Apr 08, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1972 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1147 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2168 (of 5790)
Total:: 3323 (of 7585)
Played:: 71 years, 10 months, 27 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: WLLLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Geoff Thomas (1944-60) (23') (OG)
Burke (47')
Grainger (70')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	28	Jack French
5	D	36	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt
7	F	23	Tommy Wilson
8	F	32	Noel Kelly
9	M	35	Wally Ardron
10	F	21	Arthur Lemon
11	F	26	Alan Moore

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	37	Harry Walker	275		7	1
2	D	27	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	220		7	1
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson	174		7	1
4	F	28	Jack French	56	1	7	1
5	D	36	Horace Gager	249	7	7	1
6	M	27	Jack Burkitt	203	9	7	1
7	F	23	Tommy Wilson	7		262	29
8	F	32	Noel Kelly	28	3	7	1
9	M	35	Wally Ardron	169	119	7	1
10	F	21	Arthur Lemon	16	1	14	2
11	F	26	Alan Moore	73	29	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Quairney
2	D	Selkirk
3	D	Johnson
4	D	Marshall
5	D	Noble
6	M	Williams
7	M	Grainger
8	M	Henderson
9	M	Burke
10	F	Churms
11	F	Wilson

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Jan 16, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	0-0	Brentford
Everton	0-0	Bury
Fulham	3-4	West Ham United
Hull City	3-1	Doncaster Rovers
Leicester City	3-4	Birmingham City
Lincoln City	2-2	Derby County
Notts County	0-5	Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	5-0	Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United	3-0	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	4-0	Leeds United
Swansea Town	1-1	Luton Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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