The City Ground

HULL CITY 0 - 3 FOREST - Tue Dec 27, 1955 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Tue Dec 27, 1955 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boothferry Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1955-56
Referee:: J McLoughlin
Attendance:: 21,407
League Week:: 23 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 13 12
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Stoke City (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Feb 12, 1966

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2052 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1227 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2254 (of 5790)
Total:: 3415 (of 7585)
Played:: 69 years, 11 months, 15 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Higham (55')
Peter Higham (65')
Tommy Wilson (76')

HULL CITY
Manager: Bob Brocklebank
Prior form: LLWWLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson
2	D	30	Bill Whare
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	30	Bill Morley
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt
7	F	31	Peter Small
8	F	25	Jim Barrett
9	M	25	Peter Higham (55') (65')
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson (76')
11	F	23	Stewart Imlach

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Harry Nicholson	19		1	1
2	D	30	Bill Whare	188	1	1	1
3	D	29	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	300	1	1	1
4	M	30	Bill Morley	187	5	1	1
5	D	23	Bob McKinlay	69		1	1
6	M	29	Jack Burkitt	285	10	1	1
7	F	31	Peter Small	49	11	1	1
8	F	25	Jim Barrett	47	26	1	1
9	M	25	Peter Higham (55') (65')	22	9	1	1
10	F	25	Tommy Wilson (76')	46	11	1	1
11	F	23	Stewart Imlach	19	3	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Bly
2	D	John Neal
3	D	Viggo Jensen
4	D	Andy Davidson
5	D	Tom Berry
6	M	Brian Bulless
7	M	Johnny Stephens
8	M	Tommy Martin
9	M	Stan Mortensen
10	F	Doug Clarke
11	F	Brian Cripsey

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Tue Dec 27, 1955)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-2	Port Vale
Bristol City	6-0	Plymouth Argyle
Bury	2-1	Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers	2-0	Lincoln City
Hull City	0-3	Nottingham Forest
Leicester City	4-2	Bristol Rovers
Notts County	2-1	Leeds United
Sheffield Wednesday	5-1	Blackburn Rovers
Stoke City	3-2	Liverpool
Swansea Town	2-0	Fulham
West Ham United	1-0	Middlesbrough

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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