The City Ground

BRISTOL ROVERS 1 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 13, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 13, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bristol Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Eastville Stadium
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, March 13, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 21,736
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 10 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Brentford (League Tier 2)
Bristol Rovers:: Nov 27, 1954

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1979 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1154 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2175 (of 5790)
Total:: 3331 (of 7585)
Played:: 71 years, 9 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

BRISTOL ROVERS
Manager: Bert Tann
Prior form: DDWDDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Hale (69')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	27	Hugh McLaren
9	F	22	Arthur Lemon
10	F	31	Tommy Capel
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	37	Harry Walker	282		7	1
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	227		7	1
3	D	32	Jack Hutchinson	181		7	1
4	M	30	Alan Orr	33		7	1
5	D	37	Horace Gager	256	7	7	1
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt	210	9	7	1
7	F	27	Alan Moore	80	30	7	1
8	F	27	Hugh McLaren	6	6	7	1
9	F	22	Arthur Lemon	19	1	7	1
10	F	31	Tommy Capel	154	70	7	1
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge	150	47	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Radford
2	D	Bamford
3	D	Fox
4	D	Pitt
5	D	Warren
6	M	Sampson
7	M	McIlvenny
8	M	Biggs
9	M	Hale
10	F	Leonard
11	F	Watling

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 13, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	4-1	West Ham United
Brentford	2-0	Birmingham City
Bristol Rovers	1-0	Nottingham Forest
Bury	0-6	Stoke City
Derby County	0-2	Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers	2-2	Fulham
Everton	3-0	Rotherham United
Hull City	4-3	Swansea Town
Lincoln City	1-1	Luton Town
Notts County	2-0	Plymouth Argyle

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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