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BLACKBURN ROVERS 3 - 2 FOREST - Sat Apr 19, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 19, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-3 (Lost)

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: A Murdoch
Attendance:: 24,312
Pos Before/After:: 3 3
Opp Before/After:: 14 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Queens Park Rangers (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Aug 23, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1902 (of 4969)
League Tier 2:: 1077 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2095 (of 5679)
Total:: 3242 (of 7451)

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

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

Goals:
Wally Ardron
Collin Collindridge

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jackie Bestall
Prior form: LDLWLW (Old to recent)

Goals:
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Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	William Morley
5	D	Horace Gager
6	M	Jack Burkitt
7	F	Alan Moore
8	F	Freddie Scott
9	M	Wally Ardron
10	F	Tommy Capel
11	F	Collin Collindridge

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Apr 19, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Doncaster Rovers
Blackburn Rovers	3-2	Nottingham Forest
Bury	3-1	Rotherham United
Coventry City	0-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Hull City	4-1	Brentford
Luton Town	2-2	Cardiff City
Notts County	5-0	Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers	1-0	Leicester City
Sheffield United	1-2	Everton
Swansea Town	4-1	Leeds United
West Ham United	4-0	Southampton

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
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	20	10	10	96	64	14	3	3	52	21	6	7	7	44	43	1.500	50	DWWWDW
	2	Birmingham City	40	20	9	11	64	50	10	6	4	33	20	10	3	7	31	30	1.280	49	WDWWWL
	3	Nottingham Forest	40	17	13	10	72	58	11	6	3	38	21	6	7	7	34	37	1.241	47	LLDDWD
	4	Leicester City	40	19	8	13	77	62	12	5	3	47	23	7	3	10	30	39	1.242	46	LLLWWW
	5	Leeds United	39	17	11	11	54	49	12	7	1	32	14	5	4	10	22	35	1.102	45	DWLDWD
	6	Cardiff City	38	17	10	11	61	50	15	2	1	43	13	2	8	10	18	37	1.220	44	WDDLWW
	7	Rotherham United	40	17	8	15	71	65	11	4	5	39	22	6	4	10	32	43	1.092	42	DWWLLL
	8	Everton	40	16	9	15	61	56	12	4	4	41	24	4	5	11	20	32	1.089	41	LWLWWL
	9	Luton Town	39	15	11	13	70	71	8	6	5	40	31	7	5	8	30	40	.986	41	WLWWWL
	10	Southampton	40	15	11	14	61	68	11	6	3	40	24	4	5	11	21	44	.897	41	WLWDDW
	11	Sheffield United	39	17	5	17	87	72	13	2	4	55	24	4	3	13	32	48	1.208	39	LWWLLL
	12	Brentford	38	14	10	14	50	49	10	5	3	31	18	4	5	11	19	31	1.020	38	WLWLDL
	13	Doncaster Rovers	39	13	11	15	54	57	9	4	7	29	27	4	7	8	25	30	.947	37	DWWDWL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	39	16	5	18	49	57	10	3	7	32	28	6	2	11	17	29	.860	37	LDLWLW
	15	West Ham United	39	14	9	16	60	74	12	5	3	44	29	2	4	13	16	45	.811	37	LWDWLL
	16	Notts County	40	15	6	19	65	67	10	5	5	40	27	5	1	14	25	40	.970	36	DLLLLW
	17	Bury	40	14	7	19	64	65	12	2	6	40	21	2	5	13	24	44	.985	35	WLLWLW
	18	Barnsley	39	11	12	16	55	66	8	6	6	38	32	3	6	10	17	34	.833	34	LWDLDL
	19	Coventry City	40	14	6	20	58	77	9	5	6	36	31	5	1	14	22	46	.753	34	WLWDLW
	20	Hull City	40	11	11	18	55	69	10	5	5	40	22	1	6	13	15	47	.797	33	DDWLLW
	21	Swansea Town	40	10	12	18	65	74	9	4	7	41	25	1	8	11	24	49	.878	32	LLDLDL
	22	Queens Park Rangers	39	9	12	18	48	77	7	8	5	34	35	2	4	13	14	42	.623	30	LDLDLW

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	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield Wednesday	41	21	10	10	98	64	14	3	3	52	21	7	7	7	46	43	1.531	52	WWWDWW	2-0
	2	Birmingham City	41	20	9	12	64	55	10	6	4	33	20	10	3	8	31	35	1.164	49	DWWWLL	0-5
	3	Nottingham Forest	41	17	13	11	74	61	11	6	3	38	21	6	7	8	36	40	1.213	47	LDDWDL	2-3
	4	Leicester City	41	19	8	14	77	63	12	5	3	47	23	7	3	11	30	40	1.222	46	LLWWWL	0-1
1	5	Cardiff City	39	17	11	11	63	52	15	2	1	43	13	2	9	10	20	39	1.212	45	DDLWWD	2-2
1	6	Leeds United	40	17	11	12	55	53	12	7	1	32	14	5	4	11	23	39	1.038	45	WLDWDL	1-4
1	7	Everton	41	17	9	15	63	57	12	4	4	41	24	5	5	11	22	33	1.105	43	WLWWLW	2-1
1	8	Rotherham United	41	17	8	16	72	68	11	4	5	39	22	6	4	11	33	46	1.059	42	WWLLLL	1-3
	9	Luton Town	40	15	12	13	72	73	8	7	5	42	33	7	5	8	30	40	.986	42	LWWWLD	2-2
	10	Southampton	41	15	11	15	61	72	11	6	3	40	24	4	5	12	21	48	.847	41	LWDDWL	0-4
	11	Sheffield United	40	17	5	18	88	74	13	2	5	56	26	4	3	13	32	48	1.189	39	WWLLLL	1-2
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	40	17	5	18	52	59	11	3	7	35	30	6	2	11	17	29	.881	39	DLWLWW	3-2
2	13	West Ham United	40	15	9	16	64	74	13	5	3	48	29	2	4	13	16	45	.865	39	WDWLLW	4-0
2	14	Notts County	41	16	6	19	70	67	11	5	5	45	27	5	1	14	25	40	1.045	38	LLLLWW	5-0
3	15	Brentford	39	14	10	15	51	53	10	5	3	31	18	4	5	12	20	35	.962	38	LWLDLL	1-4
3	16	Doncaster Rovers	40	13	12	15	55	58	9	4	7	29	27	4	8	8	26	31	.948	38	WWDWLD	1-1
	17	Bury	41	15	7	19	67	66	13	2	6	43	22	2	5	13	24	44	1.015	37	LLWLWW	3-1
2	18	Hull City	41	12	11	18	59	70	11	5	5	44	23	1	6	13	15	47	.843	35	DWLLWW	4-1
1	19	Barnsley	40	11	13	16	56	67	8	7	6	39	33	3	6	10	17	34	.836	35	WDLDLD	1-1
1	20	Swansea Town	41	11	12	18	69	75	10	4	7	45	26	1	8	11	24	49	.920	34	LDLDLW	4-1
2	21	Coventry City	41	14	6	21	58	79	9	5	7	36	33	5	1	14	22	46	.734	34	LWDLWL	0-2
	22	Queens Park Rangers	40	10	12	18	49	77	8	8	5	35	35	2	4	13	14	42	.636	32	DLDLWW	1-0