The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 16, 1938 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 16, 1938 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 LOST
: Half-time: 1-5

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1937-38
Referee:: JJ Greenan
Attendance:: 13,962
League Week:: 38 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 20
Opp Before/After:: 19 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Luton Town (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Nov 12, 1938

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1596 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 859 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1771 (of 5827)
Total:: 2642 (of 7632)
Played:: 88 years, 4 months, 18 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harold Wightman
Prior form: WLWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Meynell Burgin (22')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Reg Taylor
Prior form: WDDLWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Charlie Luke (1')
Frank Chivers (13')
Bob Pryde (19')
Billy Guest (26')
Billy Guest (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton
2	D	24	Reg Trim
3	D	23	John Munro
4	D		Fred Stanley (1938-43)	Debut
5	M	24	Robert Davies
6	F	26	Gibson McNaughton
7	F	20	Arthur Betts
8	F	26	Meynell Burgin (22')
9	F	24	Boy Martin
10	F	26	Jack Surtees
11	F	20	Roy Brown

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	29	Percy Ashton	155		1	1
2	D	24	Reg Trim	35		1	1
3	D	23	John Munro	49		1	1
4	D		Fred Stanley (1938-43)	Debut
5	M	24	Robert Davies	28		7	2
6	F	26	Gibson McNaughton	48	10	49	8
7	F	20	Arthur Betts	41	5	14	3
8	F	26	Meynell Burgin (22')	17	9	7	2
9	F	24	Boy Martin	75	44	1	1
10	F	26	Jack Surtees	62	14	1	1
11	F	20	Roy Brown	30	3	1	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gerry Matier
2	D	Billy Hough
3	D	Walter Crook
4	D	Walter Halsall
5	D	Fred Hall
6	M	Bob Pryde
7	M	Charlie Luke
8	M	Len Butt
9	M	Frank Chivers
10	F	Billy Tyson
11	F	Billy Guest

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 16, 1938)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Blackburn Rovers	5-1	Nottingham Forest
Bradford Park Avenue	3-1	Burnley
Chesterfield	1-0	Stockport County
Fulham	4-1	Luton Town
Norwich City	2-2	Sheffield United
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Newcastle United
Southampton	0-4	Coventry City
Swansea Town	2-2	Manchester United
West Ham United	3-1	Bury

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	38	20	8	10	66	51	13	4	2	42	18	7	4	8	24	33	15	48	DLDLDW	Safe
2	Aston Villa	36	20	7	9	59	32	13	2	2	40	12	7	5	7	19	20	27	47	LWWWLD	Safe
3	Manchester United	37	19	8	10	71	46	12	3	3	41	17	7	5	7	30	29	25	46	WDWLDL	Safe
4	Coventry City	36	18	10	8	58	39	11	5	3	30	14	7	5	5	28	25	19	46	WLWDLW	Safe
5	Tottenham Hotspur	37	18	6	13	69	47	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	10	29	33	22	42	WLWWWL
6	Burnley	38	16	10	12	49	44	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	10	17	34	5	42	WLDWWW
7	Bradford Park Avenue	36	14	9	13	58	46	10	4	3	41	17	4	5	10	17	29	12	37	LLLWLW
8	Bury	37	16	5	16	59	51	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	10	18	25	8	37	WLWLWL
9	West Ham United	37	11	14	12	46	46	11	5	3	30	15	0	9	9	16	31	0	36	DWDLLL
10	Norwich City	37	14	8	15	53	66	11	3	4	32	21	3	5	11	21	45	-13	36	LWLWDW
11	Chesterfield	36	13	9	14	56	56	9	2	6	35	23	4	7	8	21	33	0	35	LWLWDL
12	Fulham	37	12	11	14	49	51	7	7	4	33	21	5	4	10	16	30	-2	35	LWDWWW
13	Southampton	37	13	9	15	49	63	10	6	2	36	21	3	3	13	13	42	-14	35	WWLDLL
14	Newcastle United	36	13	7	16	46	45	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	11	11	28	1	33	DLWLLL
15	Luton Town	37	12	9	16	73	78	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	11	31	46	-5	33	LDDLDL
16	Plymouth Argyle	37	11	11	15	46	60	7	6	4	29	26	4	5	11	17	34	-14	33	DDWWDW
17	Nottingham Forest	37	13	6	18	41	50	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	12	13	29	-9	32	WLWLLW
18	Barnsley	37	11	10	16	45	58	7	8	3	27	17	4	2	13	18	41	-13	32	LDWDLD
19	Blackburn Rovers	36	11	9	16	60	71	10	6	2	43	28	1	3	14	17	43	-11	31	WDDLWL
20	Sheffield Wednesday	36	11	9	16	41	50	8	4	6	21	19	3	5	10	20	31	-9	31	LLLDWW
21	Swansea Town	36	10	11	15	37	61	10	5	3	25	18	0	6	12	12	43	-24	31	WLWDWL
22	Stockport County	37	11	8	18	40	60	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	13	18	41	-20	30	WLLLWW

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	1	Aston Villa	37	21	7	9	61	32	14	2	2	42	12	7	5	7	19	20	29	49	WWWLDW	Safe	2-0
1	2	Sheffield United	39	20	9	10	68	53	13	4	2	42	18	7	5	8	26	35	15	49	LDLDWD	Safe	2-2
1	3	Coventry City	37	19	10	8	62	39	11	5	3	30	14	8	5	5	32	25	23	48	LWDLWW	Safe	4-0
1	4	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	73	48	12	3	3	41	17	7	6	7	32	31	25	47	DWLDLD	Safe	2-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	6	14	69	49	13	3	3	40	14	5	3	11	29	35	20	42	LWWWLL	Safe	0-2
	6	Burnley	39	16	10	13	50	47	14	4	2	32	10	2	6	11	18	37	3	42	LDWWWL	Safe	1-3
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	37	15	9	13	61	47	11	4	3	44	18	4	5	10	17	29	14	39	LLWLWW		3-1
1	8	West Ham United	38	12	14	12	49	47	12	5	3	33	16	0	9	9	16	31	2	38	WDLLLW		3-1
1	9	Bury	38	16	5	17	60	54	11	3	6	41	26	5	2	11	19	28	6	37	LWLWLL		1-3
2	10	Fulham	38	13	11	14	53	52	8	7	4	37	22	5	4	10	16	30	1	37	WDWWWW		4-1
	11	Chesterfield	37	14	9	14	57	56	10	2	6	36	23	4	7	8	21	33	1	37	WLWDLW		1-0
2	12	Norwich City	38	14	9	15	55	68	11	4	4	34	23	3	5	11	21	45	-13	37	WLWDWD		2-2
	13	Southampton	38	13	9	16	49	67	10	6	3	36	25	3	3	13	13	42	-18	35	WLDLLL		0-4
2	14	Plymouth Argyle	38	11	12	15	48	62	7	7	4	31	28	4	5	11	17	34	-14	34	DWWDWD		2-2
1	15	Newcastle United	37	13	7	17	46	48	11	4	5	35	17	2	3	12	11	31	-2	33	LWLLLL		0-3
3	16	Blackburn Rovers	37	12	9	16	65	72	11	6	2	48	29	1	3	14	17	43	-7	33	DDLWLW		5-1
2	17	Luton Town	38	12	9	17	74	82	8	5	5	42	32	4	4	12	32	50	-8	33	DDLDLL		1-4
2	18	Sheffield Wednesday	37	12	9	16	44	50	9	4	6	24	19	3	5	10	20	31	-6	33	LLDWWW		3-0
1	19	Barnsley	38	11	11	16	47	60	7	8	3	27	17	4	3	13	20	43	-13	33	DWDLDD		2-2
3	20	Nottingham Forest	38	13	6	19	42	55	11	3	6	28	21	2	3	13	14	34	-13	32	LWLLWL		1-5
	21	Swansea Town	37	10	12	15	39	63	10	6	3	27	20	0	6	12	12	43	-24	32	LWDWLD		2-2
	22	Stockport County	38	11	8	19	40	61	8	5	5	22	19	3	3	14	18	42	-21	30	LLLWWL		0-1