The City Ground

ROTHERHAM UNITED 2 - 3 FOREST - Sat Nov 01, 1952 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Nov 01, 1952 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Rotherham United
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Millmoor
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-2 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 01 November 1952

Season:: 1952-53
Referee:: F Cowen
Attendance:: 19,488
League Week:: 16 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 12 10
Opp Before/After:: 4 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Rotherham United:: Mar 21, 1953

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1919 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 1094 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2112 (of 5828)
Total:: 3264 (of 7633)
Played:: 73 years, 10 months, 9 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Collin Collindridge (25')
Tot Leverton (43')
Collin Collindridge (85')

ROTHERHAM UNITED
Manager: Andy Smailes
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Grainger (30') (Pen)
Grainger (46')

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	Debut
5	D	35	Horace Gager
6	M	26	Jack Burkitt
7	F	25	Alan Moore
8	F	36	Freddie Scott
9	F	26	Tot Leverton (43')
10	F	27	Tom Martin	Debut
11	F	31	Collin Collindridge (25') (85')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Quairney
2	D	Selkirk
3	D	H Williams
4	D	Edwards
5	D	Noble
6	M	D Williams
7	M	Marsden
8	M	Shaw
9	M	Grainger
10	F	Rawson
11	F	Rickett

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Nov 01, 1952)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	3-1	Barnsley
Bury	0-4	Sheffield United
Fulham	3-0	Everton
Leeds United	3-1	Hull City
Leicester City	4-2	Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town	4-0	Lincoln City
Notts County	3-4	Swansea Town
Plymouth Argyle	3-1	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	2-3	Nottingham Forest
Southampton	0-2	Huddersfield Town
West Ham United	3-1	Brentford

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	Huddersfield Town	14	8	5	1	28	9	5	2	1	17	4	3	3	0	11	5	19	21	DDLWWW
	2	Sheffield United	15	8	3	4	27	23	6	1	1	19	8	2	2	3	8	15	4	19	WLWWLD
	3	Plymouth Argyle	13	7	4	2	24	15	4	3	0	15	8	3	1	2	9	7	9	18	LDLWDW
	4	Rotherham United	14	8	2	4	30	22	4	2	1	14	9	4	0	3	16	13	8	18	WWWWWW
	5	Leicester City	14	8	2	4	35	27	5	2	0	19	6	3	0	4	16	21	8	18	DWWWWL
	6	Fulham	14	8	1	5	30	24	6	0	1	22	10	2	1	4	8	14	6	17	WLWLWW
	7	Everton	13	6	3	4	26	18	4	1	1	13	3	2	2	3	13	15	8	15	WWDWLW
	8	Luton Town	14	6	3	5	26	22	4	1	1	14	5	2	2	4	12	17	4	15	DWWLWW
	9	Birmingham City	14	5	5	4	18	21	2	2	2	10	11	3	3	2	8	10	-3	15	LWLDLD
	10	Notts County	13	7	1	5	21	25	5	1	1	16	8	2	0	4	5	17	-4	15	LWLWLW
	11	Hull City	14	5	4	5	20	18	4	2	1	14	5	1	2	4	6	13	2	14	DWLWLL
	12	Nottingham Forest	15	6	1	8	26	26	3	1	3	15	11	3	0	5	11	15	0	13	LWWLLL
	13	Swansea Town	14	4	5	5	26	28	2	4	2	13	12	2	1	3	13	16	-2	13	DLDDWL
	14	Brentford	14	5	3	6	20	26	4	1	2	14	11	1	2	4	6	15	-6	13	LLWWLW
	15	Leeds United	15	3	6	6	21	21	3	2	2	10	5	0	4	4	11	16	0	12	DLLLWD
	16	Lincoln City	14	3	6	5	20	24	2	3	2	13	11	1	3	3	7	13	-4	12	LDLLDD
	17	West Ham United	14	3	6	5	15	19	3	2	2	13	11	0	4	3	2	8	-4	12	DDLLWL
	18	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	2	7	18	23	4	1	2	11	6	1	1	5	7	17	-5	12	DDLWLL
	19	Bury	13	3	4	6	15	18	2	2	2	10	7	1	2	4	5	11	-3	10	WWWDLL
	20	Southampton	15	3	4	8	23	31	1	2	4	15	17	2	2	4	8	14	-8	10	DLLLDW
	21	Doncaster Rovers	13	2	4	7	16	28	2	3	2	9	9	0	1	5	7	19	-12	8	LWLLDD
	22	Barnsley	13	2	2	9	17	34	2	0	5	13	16	0	2	4	4	18	-17	6	LDWLLL

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	Huddersfield Town	15	9	5	1	30	9	5	2	1	17	4	4	3	0	13	5	21	23	DLWWWW		2-0
	2	Sheffield United	16	9	3	4	31	23	6	1	1	19	8	3	2	3	12	15	8	21	LWWLDW		4-0
	3	Plymouth Argyle	14	8	4	2	27	16	5	3	0	18	9	3	1	2	9	7	11	20	DLWDWW		3-1
1	4	Leicester City	15	9	2	4	39	29	6	2	0	23	8	3	0	4	16	21	10	20	WWWWLW		4-2
1	5	Fulham	15	9	1	5	33	24	7	0	1	25	10	2	1	4	8	14	9	19	LWLWWW		3-0
2	6	Rotherham United	15	8	2	5	32	25	4	2	2	16	12	4	0	3	16	13	7	18	WWWWWL		2-3
1	7	Luton Town	15	7	3	5	30	22	5	1	1	18	5	2	2	4	12	17	8	17	WWLWWW		4-0
1	8	Birmingham City	15	6	5	4	21	22	3	2	2	13	12	3	3	2	8	10	-1	17	WLDLDW		3-1
2	9	Everton	14	6	3	5	26	21	4	1	1	13	3	2	2	4	13	18	5	15	WDWLWL		0-3
2	10	Nottingham Forest	16	7	1	8	29	28	3	1	3	15	11	4	0	5	14	17	1	15	WWLLLW		3-2
2	11	Swansea Town	15	5	5	5	30	31	2	4	2	13	12	3	1	3	17	19	-1	15	LDDWLW		4-3
2	12	Notts County	14	7	1	6	24	29	5	1	2	19	12	2	0	4	5	17	-5	15	WLWLWL		3-4
2	13	Leeds United	16	4	6	6	24	22	4	2	2	13	6	0	4	4	11	16	2	14	LLLWDW		3-1
3	14	Hull City	15	5	4	6	21	21	4	2	1	14	5	1	2	5	7	16	0	14	WLWLLL		1-3
2	15	West Ham United	15	4	6	5	18	20	4	2	2	16	12	0	4	3	2	8	-2	14	DLLWLW		3-1
2	16	Brentford	15	5	3	7	21	29	4	1	2	14	11	1	2	5	7	18	-8	13	LWWLWL		1-3
1	17	Blackburn Rovers	15	5	2	8	19	26	4	1	2	11	6	1	1	6	8	20	-7	12	DLWLLL		1-3
2	18	Lincoln City	15	3	6	6	20	28	2	3	2	13	11	1	3	4	7	17	-8	12	DLLDDL		0-4
1	19	Southampton	16	3	4	9	23	33	1	2	5	15	19	2	2	4	8	14	-10	10	LLLDWL		0-2
1	20	Bury	14	3	4	7	15	22	2	2	3	10	11	1	2	4	5	11	-7	10	WWDLLL		0-4
	21	Doncaster Rovers	14	2	4	8	18	32	2	3	2	9	9	0	1	6	9	23	-14	8	WLLDDL		2-4
	22	Barnsley	14	2	2	10	18	37	2	0	5	13	16	0	2	5	5	21	-19	6	DWLLLL		1-3