The City Ground

STOKE CITY 2 - 0 FOREST - Mon Aug 30, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon Aug 30, 1954 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Stoke City
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Victoria Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday 31 August 1954

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: J McCann
Attendance:: 22,927
League Week:: 4 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 22
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Lincoln City (League Tier 2)
Stoke City:: Sep 03, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1991 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1166 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2187 (of 5790)
Total:: 3346 (of 7585)
Played:: 71 years, 3 months, 13 days ago

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

Goal Scorers

STOKE CITY
Manager: Frank Taylor
Prior form: WWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Hutton (72')
Harry Oscroft (78')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	38	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	30	Alan Orr	Last game
5	D	21	Bob McKinlay
6	F	29	Tom Martin
7	F	27	Alan Moore
8	F	23	Tommy Wilson
9	M	29	Ronnie Blackman
10	F	37	Freddie Scott
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	38	Harry Walker	294		2	1
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	236		2	1
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson	189		2	1
4	M	30	Alan Orr	44		5	2
5	D	21	Bob McKinlay	7		2	1
6	F	29	Tom Martin	34	4	2	1
7	F	27	Alan Moore	92	35	2	1
8	F	23	Tommy Wilson	10		128	7
9	M	29	Ronnie Blackman	3		2	1
10	F	37	Freddie Scott	287	38	2	1
11	F	28	Hugh McLaren	13	6	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Robertson
2	D	Jack Short
3	D	John McCue
4	D	Frank Mountford
5	D	Ken Thomson
6	M	Johnny Sellars
7	M	Colin Hutchinson
8	M	Joe Hutton
9	M	Johnny King
10	F	Bobby Cairns
11	F	Harry Oscroft

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon Aug 30, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Bristol Rovers	1-1	Birmingham City
Hull City	4-0	Lincoln City
Rotherham United	3-0	Leeds United
Stoke City	2-0	Nottingham Forest
West Ham United	2-5	Blackburn Rovers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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