The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 BLACKBURN ROVERS - Sat Oct 16, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 16, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1954-55
Referee:: P Power
Attendance:: 15,892
League Week:: 13 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 1 1

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Plymouth Argyle (League Tier 2)
Blackburn Rovers:: Mar 05, 1955

GAME COUNT:
League:: 2000 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1175 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2196 (of 5790)
Total:: 3355 (of 7585)
Played:: 71 years, 1 month, 28 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Peter Small (8')

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Johnny Carey
Prior form: WWLDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bobby Langton (50')
Frank Mooney (60')

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	29	Bill Morley
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt
7	F	38	Freddie Scott
8	F	26	Sid Thompson
9	M	36	Wally Ardron
10	F	32	Noel Kelly
11	F	29	Peter Small (8')

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	38	Harry Walker	303		7	1
2	D	28	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	245		7	1
3	D	33	Jack Hutchinson	194		7	1
4	M	29	Bill Morley	137	5	742	95
5	D	22	Bob McKinlay	16		7	1
6	M	28	Jack Burkitt	227	9	7	1
7	F	38	Freddie Scott	295	40	14	2
8	F	26	Sid Thompson	20	8	7	1
9	M	36	Wally Ardron	185	124	7	1
10	F	32	Noel Kelly	36	3	203	22
11	F	29	Peter Small (8')	2	1	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Reg Elvy
2	D	Ron Suart
3	D	Bill Eckersley
4	D	Ronnie Clayton
5	D	Willie Kelly
6	M	Eric Bell
7	M	Frank Mooney
8	M	Eddie Crossan
9	M	Tommy Briggs
10	F	Eddie Quigley
11	F	Bobby Langton

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 16, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Birmingham City	2-0	Swansea Town
Bury	2-2	Derby County
Hull City	2-1	Port Vale
Ipswich Town	2-4	Fulham
Leeds United	2-1	West Ham United
Lincoln City	5-1	Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town	3-1	Plymouth Argyle
Middlesbrough	2-0	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Blackburn Rovers
Rotherham United	6-2	Bristol Rovers
Stoke City	2-0	Liverpool

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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