The City Ground

COVENTRY CITY 3 - 3 FOREST - Sat Oct 27, 1951 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 27, 1951 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Coventry City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Highfield Road
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-3 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-2

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

Season:: 1951-52
Referee:: H Wright
Attendance:: 19,250
League Week:: 15 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 8 7
Opp Before/After:: 21 21

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Ham United (League Tier 2)
Coventry City:: Mar 15, 1952

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1876 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1051 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2067 (of 5828)
Total:: 3215 (of 7633)
Played:: 74 years, 10 months, 12 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Noel Kelly (22') - Noel Kelly first goal
Tucker Johnson (28') - Tucker Johnson last goal
Noel Kelly (54')

COVENTRY CITY
Manager: Harry Storer
Prior form: LDLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ted Roberts (20')
Ted Roberts (24')
Ted Roberts (46')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	35	Harry Walker
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
4	M	27	Alan Orr
5	D	19	Bob McKinlay	Debut
6	M	26	Bill Morley
7	F	35	Freddie Scott
8	F	29	Noel Kelly (22') (54')
9	M	33	Wally Ardron
10	F	30	Tucker Johnson (28')
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	35	Harry Walker	190		7	1
2	D	30	Jack Hutchinson	96		7	1
3	D	25	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	165		7	1
4	M	27	Alan Orr	14		7	1
5	D	19	Bob McKinlay	Debut
6	M	26	Bill Morley	101	3	7	1
7	F	35	Freddie Scott	218	29	7	1
8	F	29	Noel Kelly (22') (54')	6		7	1
9	M	33	Wally Ardron	103	71	7	1
10	F	30	Tucker Johnson (28')	71	30	7	1
11	F	30	Collin Collindridge	62	22	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Peter Taylor
2	D	Charlie Timmins
3	D	Dick Mason
4	D	Ron Cox
5	D	Martin McDonnell
6	M	Bill Bradbury
7	M	Les Warner
8	M	Bryn Allen
9	M	Ted Roberts
10	F	Ken Chisholm
11	F	Norman Lockhart

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 27, 1951)

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

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	13	9	2	2	40	16	7	0	0	27	5	2	2	2	13	11	24	20	WDDWLW
2	Brentford	13	7	3	3	17	10	5	1	0	10	1	2	2	3	7	9	7	17	DDLWWW
3	Rotherham United	13	8	1	4	32	19	6	0	1	19	6	2	1	3	13	13	13	17	WWWWLW
4	Notts County	14	7	3	4	25	18	5	2	0	15	4	2	1	4	10	14	7	17	WDLLWW
5	Swansea Town	14	5	6	3	30	26	5	1	0	18	5	0	5	3	12	21	4	16	LWLDWD
6	Cardiff City	13	6	3	4	24	17	5	1	1	18	8	1	2	3	6	9	7	15	WDDWWD
7	Luton Town	13	5	5	3	20	17	2	2	1	11	6	3	3	2	9	11	3	15	DDWLLD
8	Nottingham Forest	14	5	5	4	23	20	3	3	1	14	8	2	2	3	9	12	3	15	DDDWLD
9	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	3	5	26	27	5	1	1	15	9	1	2	4	11	18	-1	15	LLLWWW
10	Birmingham City	14	3	8	3	15	18	2	5	1	9	9	1	3	2	6	9	-3	14	DWDDDW
11	Leicester City	13	4	5	4	23	19	4	3	1	19	9	0	2	3	4	10	4	13	DDLDLW
12	Bury	13	5	3	5	21	18	4	0	1	12	3	1	3	4	9	15	3	13	WWDDWL
13	Doncaster Rovers	14	4	5	5	19	19	4	2	1	12	5	0	3	4	7	14	0	13	DDDWLD
14	Queens Park Rangers	13	3	7	3	16	20	3	4	0	13	8	0	3	3	3	12	-4	13	DDWLDD
15	Southampton	14	4	5	5	16	22	3	4	0	11	5	1	1	5	5	17	-6	13	LDDDWD
16	Leeds United	13	4	4	5	17	20	4	2	1	13	8	0	2	4	4	12	-3	12	WLLWLW
17	West Ham United	14	4	4	6	19	26	4	3	0	14	7	0	1	6	5	19	-7	12	LWWLDL
18	Everton	14	4	3	7	19	29	2	2	3	10	16	2	1	4	9	13	-10	11	LLWLDL
19	Hull City	14	3	4	7	20	26	2	2	3	12	10	1	2	4	8	16	-6	10	LLLDLL
20	Barnsley	13	4	2	7	19	26	4	1	2	16	12	0	1	5	3	14	-7	10	WLDLWL
21	Coventry City	13	3	3	7	14	29	2	3	1	8	9	1	0	6	6	20	-15	9	LDLLDL
22	Blackburn Rovers	13	2	2	9	13	26	1	1	4	7	12	1	1	5	6	14	-13	6	LDWWLL

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	14	10	2	2	44	18	8	0	0	31	7	2	2	2	13	11	26	22	DDWLWW		4-2
	2	Brentford	14	7	4	3	18	11	5	1	0	10	1	2	3	3	8	10	7	18	DLWWWD		1-1
	3	Rotherham United	14	8	2	4	35	22	6	0	1	19	6	2	2	3	16	16	13	18	WWWLWD		3-3
	4	Notts County	15	7	3	5	28	22	5	2	1	18	8	2	1	4	10	14	6	17	DLLWWL		3-4
	5	Swansea Town	15	5	7	3	31	27	5	2	0	19	6	0	5	3	12	21	4	17	WLDWDD		1-1
1	6	Luton Town	14	5	6	3	21	18	2	3	1	12	7	3	3	2	9	11	3	16	DWLLDD		1-1
1	7	Nottingham Forest	15	5	6	4	26	23	3	3	1	14	8	2	3	3	12	15	3	16	DDWLDD		3-3
1	8	Sheffield Wednesday	15	6	4	5	28	29	5	1	1	15	9	1	3	4	13	20	-1	16	LLWWWD		2-2
3	9	Cardiff City	14	6	3	5	24	19	5	1	1	18	8	1	2	4	6	11	5	15	DDWWDL		0-2
1	10	Leicester City	14	5	5	4	26	21	4	3	1	19	9	1	2	3	7	12	5	15	DLDLWW		3-2
4	11	Southampton	15	5	5	5	20	25	3	4	0	11	5	2	1	5	9	20	-5	15	DDDWDW		4-3
	12	Bury	14	5	4	5	22	19	4	1	1	13	4	1	3	4	9	15	3	14	WDDWLD		1-1
	13	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	6	5	20	20	4	2	1	12	5	0	4	4	8	15	0	14	DDWLDD		1-1
2	14	Leeds United	14	5	4	5	20	22	4	2	1	13	8	1	2	4	7	14	-2	14	LLWLWW		3-2
1	15	Queens Park Rangers	14	3	8	3	18	22	3	5	0	15	10	0	3	3	3	12	-4	14	DWLDDD		2-2
6	16	Birmingham City	15	3	8	4	17	22	2	5	1	9	9	1	3	3	8	13	-5	14	WDDDWL		2-4
3	17	Barnsley	14	5	2	7	21	26	5	1	2	18	12	0	1	5	3	14	-5	12	LDLWLW		2-0
1	18	West Ham United	15	4	4	7	21	29	4	3	1	16	10	0	1	6	5	19	-8	12	WWLDLL		2-3
1	19	Everton	15	4	4	7	20	30	2	2	3	10	16	2	2	4	10	14	-10	12	LWLDLD		1-1
1	20	Hull City	15	3	5	7	23	29	2	3	3	15	13	1	2	4	8	16	-6	11	LLDLLD		3-3
	21	Coventry City	14	3	4	7	17	32	2	4	1	11	12	1	0	6	6	20	-15	10	DLLDLD		3-3
	22	Blackburn Rovers	14	2	2	10	15	29	1	1	5	9	15	1	1	5	6	14	-14	6	DWWLLL		2-3