The City Ground

CARDIFF CITY 4 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 22, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 22, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Cardiff City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ninian Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-4 LOST

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: W Dellow
Attendance:: 19,860
Pos Before/After:: 5 6
Opp Before/After:: 7 5

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 2)
Cardiff City:: Sep 10, 1960

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1884 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1059 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2075 (of 5724)
Total:: 3222 (of 7505)
Played:: 72 years, 3 months, 29 days ago

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

Goals
Tommy Capel

CARDIFF CITY
Manager: Cyril Spiers
Prior form: WWDWDL (Old to recent)

Goals
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	26	Bill Morley
5	D	34	Horace Gager
6	M	28	Alan Orr
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Noel Kelly
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	29	Tommy Capel
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Dec 22, 1951)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-0	Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers	3-1	West Ham United
Cardiff City	4-1	Nottingham Forest
Hull City	2-1	Sheffield United
Leeds United	0-0	Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town	2-1	Bury
Notts County	2-0	Swansea Town
Queens Park Rangers	1-4	Coventry City
Rotherham United	1-1	Brentford
Sheffield Wednesday	4-0	Everton
Southampton	1-1	Barnsley

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	21	11	5	5	56	36	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	4	19	21	1.55556	27	LLWLDD
	2	Brentford	21	11	5	5	27	18	9	1	0	19	4	2	4	5	8	14	1.50000	27	LWDWLW
	3	Rotherham United	21	12	3	6	50	37	9	0	1	28	9	3	3	5	22	28	1.35135	27	WWDWLL
	4	Sheffield Wednesday	22	11	5	6	51	38	8	1	1	26	11	3	4	5	25	27	1.34211	27	LWWWWD
	5	Nottingham Forest	22	9	8	5	45	34	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	4	23	21	1.32353	26	WDWWLW
	6	Leicester City	21	9	7	5	46	33	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	4	14	19	1.39394	25	DWLWWW
	7	Cardiff City	21	10	5	6	34	25	8	1	1	25	9	2	4	5	9	16	1.36000	25	WWDWDL
	8	Luton Town	21	8	8	5	36	32	3	4	2	20	15	5	4	3	16	17	1.12500	24	WDDLLW
	9	Birmingham City	22	8	8	6	28	29	4	5	2	13	11	4	3	4	15	18	.96552	24	WLWWWL
	10	Leeds United	21	8	6	7	32	32	5	4	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	1.00000	22	WDWDLL
	11	Everton	22	8	6	8	35	37	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	5	15	18	.94595	22	WWDWLW
	12	Doncaster Rovers	22	7	7	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	4	6	11	20	1.10345	21	WWLLLD
	13	Bury	21	7	6	8	41	32	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	6	15	23	1.28125	20	WLLLDW
	14	Swansea Town	22	6	8	8	40	41	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	5	15	28	.97561	20	LLLDWL
	15	Notts County	22	8	4	10	34	38	5	3	3	22	14	3	1	7	12	24	.89474	20	LLDLLW
	16	Barnsley	21	7	6	8	33	37	6	4	2	24	17	1	2	6	9	20	.89189	20	DDDWWD
	17	West Ham United	22	7	6	9	32	45	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	7	8	24	.71111	20	WLDWLW
	18	Southampton	22	6	6	10	31	48	4	4	2	17	12	2	2	8	14	36	.64583	18	LWLLDL
	19	Queens Park Rangers	21	4	8	9	27	44	4	5	2	21	18	0	3	7	6	26	.61364	16	LLLLWL
	20	Hull City	22	4	6	12	29	40	3	3	5	18	18	1	3	7	11	22	.72500	14	LLLLWD
	21	Coventry City	21	5	4	12	27	47	4	4	3	19	19	1	0	9	8	28	.57447	14	LLWLWL
	22	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	3	13	22	36	3	1	6	14	17	2	2	7	8	19	.61111	13	LWWLWD

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
3	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	12	5	6	55	38	9	1	1	30	11	3	4	5	25	27	1.44737	29	WWWWDW		4-0
	2	Brentford	22	11	6	5	28	19	9	1	0	19	4	2	5	5	9	15	1.47368	28	WDWLWD		1-1
	3	Rotherham United	22	12	4	6	51	38	9	1	1	29	10	3	3	5	22	28	1.34211	28	WDWLLD		1-1
3	4	Sheffield United	22	11	5	6	57	38	9	2	1	37	15	2	3	5	20	23	1.50000	27	LWLDDL		1-2
2	5	Cardiff City	22	11	5	6	38	26	9	1	1	29	10	2	4	5	9	16	1.46154	27	WDWDLW		4-1
1	6	Nottingham Forest	23	9	8	6	46	38	5	5	1	22	13	4	3	5	24	25	1.21053	26	DWWLWL		1-4
1	7	Luton Town	22	9	8	5	38	33	4	4	2	22	16	5	4	3	16	17	1.15152	26	DDLLWW		2-1
1	8	Birmingham City	23	9	8	6	30	29	5	5	2	15	11	4	3	4	15	18	1.03448	26	LWWWLW		2-0
3	9	Leicester City	22	9	7	6	46	35	7	4	1	32	14	2	3	5	14	21	1.31429	25	WLWWWL		0-2
	10	Leeds United	22	8	7	7	32	32	5	5	1	18	10	3	2	6	14	22	1.00000	23	DWDLLD		0-0
1	11	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	8	8	32	29	6	3	2	21	9	1	5	6	11	20	1.10345	22	WLLLDD		0-0
3	12	Notts County	23	9	4	10	36	38	6	3	3	24	14	3	1	7	12	24	.94737	22	LDLLWW		2-0
2	13	Everton	23	8	6	9	35	41	5	3	3	20	19	3	3	6	15	22	.85366	22	WDWLWL		0-4
2	14	Barnsley	22	7	7	8	34	38	6	4	2	24	17	1	3	6	10	21	.89474	21	DDWWDD		1-1
2	15	Bury	22	7	6	9	42	34	6	2	2	26	9	1	4	7	16	25	1.23529	20	LLLDWL		1-2
2	16	Swansea Town	23	6	8	9	40	43	6	2	3	25	13	0	6	6	15	30	.93023	20	LLDWLL		0-2
	17	West Ham United	23	7	6	10	33	48	6	4	2	24	21	1	2	8	9	27	.68750	20	LDWLWL		1-3
	18	Southampton	23	6	7	10	32	49	4	5	2	18	13	2	2	8	14	36	.65306	19	WLLDLD		1-1
1	19	Hull City	23	5	6	12	31	41	4	3	5	20	19	1	3	7	11	22	.75610	16	LLLWDW		2-1
1	20	Coventry City	22	6	4	12	31	48	4	4	3	19	19	2	0	9	12	29	.64583	16	LWLWLW		4-1
2	21	Queens Park Rangers	22	4	8	10	28	48	4	5	3	22	22	0	3	7	6	26	.58333	16	LLLWLL		1-4
	22	Blackburn Rovers	22	6	3	13	25	37	4	1	6	17	18	2	2	7	8	19	.67568	15	WWLWDW		3-1