The City Ground

HULL CITY 3 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 27, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 27, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boothferry Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-3 LOST
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 27 December 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: T Seymour
Attendance:: 22,838
League Week:: 24 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 18 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Notts County (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: Sep 07, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1927 (of 5083)
League Tier 2:: 1102 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2120 (of 5824)
Total:: 3273 (of 7629)
Played:: 73 years, 8 months, 2 days ago

Review
This was the second game against Hull in two days following yesterday's 4-1 win at home.

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

Goal Scorers
Alan Moore (43')

HULL CITY
Manager: Bob Jackson
Prior form: LLWLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horton (20')
Gerrie (33')
Gerrie (53')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	36	Harry Walker
2	D	27	Bill Whare
3	D	31	Jack Hutchinson
4	F	27	Jack French
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore (c) (43')
8	F	26	Tot Leverton
9	M	34	Wally Ardron
10	F	28	Tom Martin
11	F	32	Collin Collindridge

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Robinson
2	D	Phillips
3	D	Berry
4	D	Harris
5	D	Davidson
6	M	Durham
7	M	Linaker
8	M	Horton
9	M	Gerrie
10	F	Jensen
11	F	Burbanks

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 27, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	2-0	Rotherham United
Hull City	3-1	Nottingham Forest
Leeds United	2-2	Luton Town
Leicester City	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Notts County	1-1	West Ham United
Plymouth Argyle	2-1	Birmingham City
Southampton	5-3	Fulham
Swansea Town	3-3	Huddersfield Town

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	25	16	5	4	62	33	10	2	1	42	17	6	3	3	20	16	29	37	DWWWDW
	2	Huddersfield Town	23	14	5	4	41	14	8	2	2	22	5	6	3	2	19	9	27	33	LWWWLW
	3	Birmingham City	23	11	7	5	40	34	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	2	12	13	6	29	WLDWWW
	4	Luton Town	22	12	3	7	49	30	9	1	2	32	9	3	2	5	17	21	19	27	WLWLWW
	5	Leicester City	23	11	5	7	55	47	8	3	0	32	11	3	2	7	23	36	8	27	LDLWDL
	6	Nottingham Forest	23	12	2	9	52	38	7	1	3	30	17	5	1	6	22	21	14	26	WWWDLW
	7	Rotherham United	23	12	2	9	46	37	7	2	3	28	17	5	0	6	18	20	9	26	LWLLLW
	8	Plymouth Argyle	22	10	6	6	33	29	6	4	1	19	11	4	2	5	14	18	4	26	WDDLLL
	9	West Ham United	23	8	9	6	33	28	6	4	2	27	16	2	5	4	6	12	5	25	WDLWWD
	10	Fulham	23	10	5	8	43	37	8	1	3	30	17	2	4	5	13	20	6	25	DLLWDD
	11	Leeds United	23	7	9	7	37	31	7	2	2	23	10	0	7	5	14	21	6	23	DWDWWL
	12	Notts County	22	9	4	9	36	45	6	3	3	27	18	3	1	6	9	27	-9	22	WDLWDD
	13	Everton	22	7	6	9	37	32	4	3	2	16	7	3	3	7	21	25	5	20	DLDWLD
	14	Lincoln City	23	4	12	7	31	42	3	7	2	20	17	1	5	5	11	25	-11	20	DDWLDD
	15	Brentford	23	7	5	11	34	43	5	2	3	21	15	2	3	8	13	28	-9	19	LLLDWW
	16	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	9	9	30	42	3	5	3	12	13	2	4	6	18	29	-12	19	DDWDDL
	17	Blackburn Rovers	23	8	3	12	28	42	7	2	3	20	10	1	1	9	8	32	-14	19	LLWLWW
	18	Hull City	23	7	4	12	33	43	6	2	3	21	9	1	2	9	12	34	-10	18	LLWLWL
	19	Swansea Town	23	5	8	10	37	55	2	7	2	17	16	3	1	8	20	39	-18	18	DLDLLL
	20	Bury	22	5	6	11	25	43	3	4	4	14	19	2	2	7	11	24	-18	16	WWLLDL
	21	Southampton	24	4	7	13	38	51	2	3	7	24	26	2	4	6	14	25	-13	15	DWLDLD
	22	Barnsley	23	5	4	14	31	55	4	1	7	21	24	1	3	7	10	31	-24	14	DWLDLL

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	25	16	5	4	62	33	10	2	1	42	17	6	3	3	20	16	29	37	DWWWDW
	2	Huddersfield Town	24	14	6	4	44	17	8	2	2	22	5	6	4	2	22	12	27	34	WWWLWD		3-3
2	3	Leicester City	24	12	5	7	57	48	9	3	0	34	12	3	2	7	23	36	9	29	DLWDLW		2-1
1	4	Birmingham City	24	11	7	6	41	36	7	2	3	28	21	4	5	3	13	15	5	29	LDWWWL		1-2
1	5	Luton Town	23	12	4	7	51	32	9	1	2	32	9	3	3	5	19	23	19	28	LWLWWD		2-2
2	6	Plymouth Argyle	23	11	6	6	35	30	7	4	1	21	12	4	2	5	14	18	5	28	DDLLLW		2-1
1	7	Nottingham Forest	24	12	2	10	53	41	7	1	3	30	17	5	1	7	23	24	12	26	WWDLWL		1-3
1	8	Rotherham United	24	12	2	10	46	39	7	2	3	28	17	5	0	7	18	22	7	26	WLLLWL		0-2
	9	West Ham United	24	8	10	6	34	29	6	4	2	27	16	2	6	4	7	13	5	26	DLWWDD		1-1
	10	Fulham	24	10	5	9	46	42	8	1	3	30	17	2	4	6	16	25	4	25	LLWDDL		3-5
	11	Leeds United	24	7	10	7	39	33	7	3	2	25	12	0	7	5	14	21	6	24	WDWWLD		2-2
	12	Notts County	23	9	5	9	37	46	6	4	3	28	19	3	1	6	9	27	-9	23	DLWDDD		1-1
	13	Everton	22	7	6	9	37	32	4	3	2	16	7	3	3	7	21	25	5	20	DLDWLD
4	14	Hull City	24	8	4	12	36	44	7	2	3	24	10	1	2	9	12	34	-8	20	LWLWLW		3-1
1	15	Lincoln City	23	4	12	7	31	42	3	7	2	20	17	1	5	5	11	25	-11	20	DDWLDD
1	16	Brentford	23	7	5	11	34	43	5	2	3	21	15	2	3	8	13	28	-9	19	LLLDWW
1	17	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	9	9	30	42	3	5	3	12	13	2	4	6	18	29	-12	19	DDWDDL
1	18	Swansea Town	24	5	9	10	40	58	2	8	2	20	19	3	1	8	20	39	-18	19	LDLLLD		3-3
2	19	Blackburn Rovers	24	8	3	13	29	44	7	2	3	20	10	1	1	10	9	34	-15	19	LWLWWL		1-2
	20	Bury	23	6	6	11	27	43	4	4	4	16	19	2	2	7	11	24	-16	18	WLLDLW		2-0
	21	Southampton	25	5	7	13	43	54	3	3	7	29	29	2	4	6	14	25	-11	17	WLDLDW		5-3
	22	Barnsley	23	5	4	14	31	55	4	1	7	21	24	1	3	7	10	31	-24	14	DWLDLL