The City Ground

FOREST 9 - 2 GILLINGHAM - Sat Nov 18, 1950 (League Tier 3)

Date:: Sat Nov 18, 1950 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Gillingham
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 3
Score:: 9-2 WON
: Half-time: 6-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 18 November 1950

Season:: 1950-51
Referee:: J Jackson
Attendance:: 20,639
League Week:: 18 of 46
Pos Before/After:: 1 1
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Torquay United (FA Cup)
League:: Exeter City
Gillingham:: Apr 07, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1833 (of 5087)
League Tier 3:: 60 (of 226)
Competitive:: 2022 (of 5829)
Total:: 3169 (of 7634)
Played:: 75 years, 10 months, 2 days ago

Review
This is only the second (and currently last) time that we scored 9 goals in a game! It's also one of only 5 times that 2 players have scored a hat-trick, and the half-time score of 6-1 is our record (known) score at the break of any game.

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

Goal Scorers
Tommy Capel (9')
Tommy Capel (20')
Tommy Capel (27')
Wally Ardron (30')
Tommy Capel (42')
Wally Ardron (44')
Tucker Johnson (57')
Tucker Johnson (64')
Wally Ardron (73')

GILLINGHAM
Manager: Archie Clark
Prior form: LDLDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Veck (33')
Thomas (51')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Harry Walker
2	D	25	Bill Whare
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	25	Bill Morley
5	D	33	Horace Gager
6	M	24	Jack Burkitt
7	F	34	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson (57') (64')
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (30') (44') (73')
10	F	28	Tommy Capel (9') (20') (27') (42')
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Harry Walker	146		7	1
2	D	25	Bill Whare	41		7	1
3	D	24	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	121		7	1
4	M	25	Bill Morley	56	3	7	1
5	D	33	Horace Gager	110	3	7	1
6	M	24	Jack Burkitt	80	2	7	1
7	F	34	Freddie Scott	173	20	7	1
8	F	29	Tucker Johnson (57') (64')	38	10	7	1
9	M	32	Wally Ardron (30') (44') (73')	60	41	7	1
10	F	28	Tommy Capel (9') (20') (27') (42')	42	22	7	1
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge	17	8	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Gage
2	D	Dorling
3	D	Marks
4	D	Collins
5	D	Boswell
6	M	Ayres
7	M	Burtenshaw
8	M	Veck
9	M	Thomas
10	F	Briggs
11	F	Forrester

All Games In Division 3S On This Day (Sat Nov 18, 1950)

Home	Score	Away
Aldershot	2-1	Millwall
Brighton and Hove Albion	0-6	Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers	2-1	Leyton Orient
Colchester United	0-1	Walsall
Crystal Palace	1-3	Ipswich Town
Newport County	5-0	Reading
Northampton Town	4-1	Exeter City
Norwich City	3-0	Southend United
Nottingham Forest	9-2	Gillingham
Port Vale	3-1	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
Swindon Town	3-2	Watford
Torquay United	4-1	Bristol City

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								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	Nottingham Forest	17	13	3	1	47	11	7	1	0	27	4	6	2	1	20	7	36	29	DWWDWW
2	Millwall	18	11	5	2	38	21	6	4	0	23	10	5	1	2	15	11	17	27	WDWDLW
3	Norwich City	17	10	6	1	28	14	6	3	0	14	2	4	3	1	14	12	14	26	WDDDWW
4	Bristol Rovers	17	9	5	3	26	12	7	1	0	18	3	2	4	3	8	9	14	23	WWWDWW
5	Exeter City	17	11	0	6	23	16	5	0	4	11	10	6	0	2	12	6	7	22	WLWWWL
6	Plymouth Argyle	17	9	2	6	32	20	6	1	2	22	7	3	1	4	10	13	12	20	WWWWLW
7	Bristol City	17	9	2	6	26	19	8	0	1	18	6	1	2	5	8	13	7	20	DWDWWL
8	Southend United	17	9	2	6	35	26	7	0	2	25	11	2	2	4	10	15	9	20	LWLWLW
9	Ipswich Town	17	8	4	5	23	19	5	3	1	18	10	3	1	4	5	9	4	20	DWWWWL
10	Reading	17	7	4	6	25	18	5	2	2	15	6	2	2	4	10	12	7	18	DWDDWW
11	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	17	8	2	7	27	23	7	1	1	22	6	1	1	6	5	17	4	18	LWLWLW
12	Northampton Town	18	5	7	6	23	20	3	3	2	15	12	2	4	4	8	8	3	17	DWLLWL
13	Port Vale	17	6	3	8	18	25	6	0	2	11	9	0	3	6	7	16	-7	15	WLWDLD
14	Brighton and Hove Albion	17	4	7	6	21	34	3	3	2	13	12	1	4	4	8	22	-13	15	DDWLWL
15	Aldershot	18	5	5	8	19	36	2	5	1	10	6	3	0	7	9	30	-17	15	DLLLWW
16	Newport County	18	6	2	10	27	31	4	2	4	20	17	2	0	6	7	14	-4	14	LLWLLL
17	Torquay United	18	5	4	9	27	36	5	1	3	20	17	0	3	6	7	19	-9	14	LLWLWL
18	Leyton Orient	17	6	2	9	22	33	5	0	2	11	7	1	2	7	11	26	-11	14	LLLLWL
19	Swindon Town	17	6	1	10	18	23	6	1	1	14	4	0	0	9	4	19	-5	13	WLLLWL
20	Colchester United	16	4	4	8	25	30	3	2	3	17	11	1	2	5	8	19	-5	12	LLLDLL
21	Walsall	17	4	3	10	15	26	4	1	3	11	7	0	2	7	4	19	-11	11	DWLWLW
22	Gillingham	17	3	5	9	20	37	3	5	1	15	11	0	0	8	5	26	-17	11	LDLDLD
23	Watford	17	2	5	10	22	32	2	3	4	12	10	0	2	6	10	22	-10	9	LLLDLL
24	Crystal Palace	17	4	1	12	16	41	3	0	5	8	15	1	1	7	8	26	-25	9	WLLLLL

Table after:

	THIRD DIVISION SOUTH								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	Nottingham Forest	18	14	3	1	56	13	8	1	0	36	6	6	2	1	20	7	43	31	WWDWWW		9-2
1	2	Norwich City	18	11	6	1	31	14	7	3	0	17	2	4	3	1	14	12	17	28	DDDWWW		3-0
1	3	Millwall	19	11	5	3	39	23	6	4	0	23	10	5	1	3	16	13	16	27	DWDLWL		1-2
	4	Bristol Rovers	18	10	5	3	28	13	8	1	0	20	4	2	4	3	8	9	15	25	WWDWWW		2-1
1	5	Plymouth Argyle	18	10	2	6	38	20	6	1	2	22	7	4	1	4	16	13	18	22	WWWLWW		6-0
3	6	Ipswich Town	18	9	4	5	26	20	5	3	1	18	10	4	1	4	8	10	6	22	WWWWLW		3-1
2	7	Exeter City	18	11	0	7	24	20	5	0	4	11	10	6	0	3	13	10	4	22	LWWWLL		1-4
	8	Southend United	18	9	2	7	35	29	7	0	2	25	11	2	2	5	10	18	6	20	WLWLWL		0-3
2	9	Bristol City	18	9	2	7	27	23	8	0	1	18	6	1	2	6	9	17	4	20	WDWWLL		1-4
2	10	Northampton Town	19	6	7	6	27	21	4	3	2	19	13	2	4	4	8	8	6	19	WLLWLW		4-1
1	11	Reading	18	7	4	7	25	23	5	2	2	15	6	2	2	5	10	17	2	18	WDDWWL		0-5
1	12	Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic	18	8	2	8	28	26	7	1	1	22	6	1	1	7	6	20	2	18	WLWLWL		1-3
	13	Port Vale	18	7	3	8	21	26	7	0	2	14	10	0	3	6	7	16	-5	17	LWDLDW		3-1
1	14	Aldershot	19	6	5	8	21	37	3	5	1	12	7	3	0	7	9	30	-16	17	LLLWWW		2-1
1	15	Newport County	19	7	2	10	32	31	5	2	4	25	17	2	0	6	7	14	1	16	LWLLLW		5-0
1	16	Torquay United	19	6	4	9	31	37	6	1	3	24	18	0	3	6	7	19	-6	16	LWLWLW		4-1
2	17	Swindon Town	18	7	1	10	21	25	7	1	1	17	6	0	0	9	4	19	-4	15	LLLWLW		3-2
4	18	Brighton and Hove Albion	18	4	7	7	21	40	3	3	3	13	18	1	4	4	8	22	-19	15	DWLWLL		0-6
1	19	Leyton Orient	18	6	2	10	23	35	5	0	2	11	7	1	2	8	12	28	-12	14	LLLWLL		1-2
1	20	Walsall	18	5	3	10	16	26	4	1	3	11	7	1	2	7	5	19	-10	13	WLWLWW		1-0
1	21	Colchester United	17	4	4	9	25	31	3	2	4	17	12	1	2	5	8	19	-6	12	LLDLLL		0-1
	22	Gillingham	18	3	5	10	22	46	3	5	1	15	11	0	0	9	7	35	-24	11	DLDLDL		2-9
	23	Watford	18	2	5	11	24	35	2	3	4	12	10	0	2	7	12	25	-11	9	LLDLLL		2-3
	24	Crystal Palace	18	4	1	13	17	44	3	0	6	9	18	1	1	7	8	26	-27	9	LLLLLL		1-3