The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 20, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 20, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 20 March 1948

Season:: 1947-48
Referee:: G Salmon
Attendance:: 11,536
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Oct 30, 1948

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1721 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 984 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1906 (of 5790)
Total:: 3046 (of 7585)
Played:: 77 years, 8 months, 22 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
George Lee (51')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Billy Frith
Prior form: LLDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
McIntosh (80')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	Bob McCall
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	25	Noel Simpson
7	F	31	Freddie Scott
8	F	28	George Wilkins
9	M	26	Eddie Barks
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
11	F	28	George Lee (51')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	31	Harry Walker	33		7	1
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	32		28	4
3	D	26	Jack Hutchinson	40		7	1
4	M	32	Bob McCall	105	1	7	1
5	D	31	Horace Gager	3		7	1
6	M	25	Noel Simpson	40	3	63	9
7	F	31	Freddie Scott	76	7	7	1
8	F	28	George Wilkins	9	3	7	1
9	M	26	Eddie Barks	68	8	7	1
10	F	24	Jack Edwards	51	15	7	1
11	F	28	George Lee (51')	32	7	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Wood
2	D	Barratt
3	D	R Mason
4	D	Alderton
5	D	G Mason
6	M	Lovering
7	M	Simpson
8	M	Mcintosh
9	M	Roberts
10	F	Murphy
11	F	Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 20, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	West Ham United
Birmingham City	0-0	Southampton
Brentford	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Coventry City	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Fulham	0-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Leeds United	4-0	Cardiff City
Leicester City	2-3	Sheffield Wednesday
Luton Town	1-2	Millwall
Newcastle United	2-0	Doncaster Rovers
Plymouth Argyle	1-2	Chesterfield
West Bromwich Albion	3-3	Bury

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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