The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5 - 1 FOREST - Sat May 17, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat May 17, 1947 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: The Hawthorns
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-5 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: A Baker
Attendance:: 12,566
Pos Before/After:: 18 18
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
West Bromwich Albion:: Nov 22, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1684 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 947 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1868 (of 5724)
Total:: 3005 (of 7505)
Played:: 76 years, 11 months, 9 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Edwards (70')

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Fred Everiss
Prior form: WLLDDL (Old to recent)

Goals
Billy Lunn (9')
Len Millard (12')
Dave Walsh (46')
Billy Elliott (57')
Ike Clarke (85')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Harold Orgill	Last game
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	D	25	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards (70')
11	F	28	Tom Johnston

	Totals	Last Game
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	26	Harold Orgill	7		7	2
2	D	32	Harry Brigham	40	2	7	2
3	D	25	Jack Hutchinson	254		7	2
4	M	32	George Pritty	58	1	7	2
5	M	29	Ted Blagg	62		7	2
6	M	25	Frank Knight	54	1	7	2
7	F	30	Freddie Scott	322	47	7	2
8	F	31	Sailor Brown	51	17	7	2
9	M	25	Eddie Barks	74	8	7	2
10	F	23	Jack Edwards (70)	81	21	7	2
11	F	28	Tom Johnston	70	32	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Tom Grimley
2	D	Jim Pemberton
3	D	Harry Kinsell
4	D	Cliff Edwards
5	D	Jack Vernon
6	M	Len Millard
7	M	Billy Elliott
8	M	Ike Clarke
9	M	Dave Walsh
10	F	Billy Lunn
11	F	Frank Hodgetts

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat May 17, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-1	Swansea Town
Bury	2-2	Newcastle United
Chesterfield	2-0	Leicester City
Coventry City	1-0	Plymouth Argyle
Fulham	1-0	Burnley
Millwall	0-2	Birmingham City
Newport County	1-3	Bradford Park Avenue
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	West Ham United
West Bromwich Albion	5-1	Nottingham Forest

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Manchester City	38	24	10	4	70	30	15	3	1	42	13	9	7	3	28	17	2.33333	58	WDWLWD	Promoted
2	Burnley	37	20	12	5	54	25	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	3	25	12	2.16000	52	WDWLWL	Safe
3	Birmingham City	40	23	5	12	69	33	17	2	2	51	11	6	3	10	18	22	2.09091	51	WLWWWD	Safe
4	Newcastle United	38	19	8	11	88	52	11	4	5	58	29	8	4	6	30	23	1.69231	46	LWDLWW	Safe
5	Tottenham Hotspur	40	17	12	11	64	52	11	6	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	1.23077	46	DDWLWL	Safe
6	Chesterfield	37	14	14	9	47	39	8	6	3	26	13	6	8	6	21	26	1.20513	42	LDWWWL	Safe
7	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	8	13	75	69	10	4	5	45	35	7	4	8	30	34	1.08696	42	WLLDDL	Safe
8	Coventry City	39	14	13	12	60	57	10	8	1	35	17	4	5	11	25	40	1.05263	41	WLWDDW	Safe
9	Leicester City	38	17	6	15	65	57	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	10	26	36	1.14035	40	WLDDWL	Safe
10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	67	67	12	4	4	46	26	3	3	12	21	41	1.00000	37	LDWDWW	Safe
11	Barnsley	39	15	7	17	78	83	11	2	6	43	27	4	5	11	35	56	.93976	37	LWLLWW	Safe
12	Southampton	40	14	8	18	66	75	10	4	5	42	23	4	4	13	24	52	.88000	36	LLWDLW	Safe
13	Fulham	36	14	7	15	60	65	11	3	4	38	21	3	4	11	22	44	.92308	35	LWLDLW	Safe
14	Luton Town	40	14	7	19	62	70	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	15	21	44	.88571	35	DWLDLL	Safe
15	Bury	38	12	10	16	76	70	11	5	4	60	32	1	5	12	16	38	1.08571	34	LDWLWL	Safe
16	Plymouth Argyle	39	14	5	20	76	87	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	13	31	53	.87356	33	LLWLLL
17	Bradford Park Avenue	36	11	11	14	54	63	6	6	7	24	22	5	5	7	30	41	.85714	33	LWWLLD
18	Nottingham Forest	37	12	9	16	57	67	10	5	3	37	19	2	4	13	20	48	.85075	33	DLWLDD
19	Millwall	37	13	6	18	51	71	7	5	6	28	26	6	1	12	23	45	.71831	32	LLLDWW
20	Sheffield Wednesday	39	11	7	21	63	83	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	15	26	56	.75904	29	WWLWLL
21	Swansea Town	40	11	7	22	54	77	9	1	10	36	37	2	6	12	18	40	.70130	29	LWLDDW
22	Newport County	36	8	3	25	50	114	7	1	9	34	44	1	2	16	16	70	.43860	19	LWDLLW

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Manchester City	38	24	10	4	70	30	15	3	1	42	13	9	7	3	28	17	2.33333	58	WDWLWD	Promoted
1	2	Birmingham City	41	24	5	12	71	33	17	2	2	51	11	7	3	10	20	22	2.15152	53	LWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	3	Burnley	38	20	12	6	54	26	11	7	2	29	13	9	5	4	25	13	2.07692	52	DWLWLL	Safe	0-1
	4	Newcastle United	39	19	9	11	90	54	11	4	5	58	29	8	5	6	32	25	1.66667	47	WDLWWD	Safe	2-2
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	13	11	64	52	11	7	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	1.23077	47	DWLWLD	Safe	0-0
	6	Chesterfield	38	15	14	9	49	39	9	6	3	28	13	6	8	6	21	26	1.25641	44	DWWWLW	Safe	2-0
	7	West Bromwich Albion	39	18	8	13	80	70	11	4	5	50	36	7	4	8	30	34	1.14286	44	LLDDLW	Safe	5-1
	8	Coventry City	40	15	13	12	61	57	11	8	1	36	17	4	5	11	25	40	1.07018	43	LWDDWW	Safe	1-0
	9	Leicester City	39	17	6	16	65	59	10	4	5	39	21	7	2	11	26	38	1.10169	40	LDDWLL	Safe	0-2
1	10	Barnsley	40	16	7	17	81	84	12	2	6	46	28	4	5	11	35	56	.96429	39	WLLWWW	Safe	3-1
1	11	West Ham United	39	15	8	16	67	67	12	4	4	46	26	3	4	12	21	41	1.00000	38	DWDWWD	Safe	0-0
1	12	Fulham	37	15	7	15	61	65	12	3	4	39	21	3	4	11	22	44	.93846	37	WLDLWW	Safe	1-0
1	13	Southampton	40	14	8	18	66	75	10	4	5	42	23	4	4	13	24	52	.88000	36	LLWDLW	Safe
1	14	Bury	39	12	11	16	78	72	11	6	4	62	34	1	5	12	16	38	1.08333	35	DWLWLD	Safe	2-2
2	15	Bradford Park Avenue	37	12	11	14	57	64	6	6	7	24	22	6	5	7	33	42	.89063	35	WWLLDW	Safe	3-1
2	16	Luton Town	40	14	7	19	62	70	11	4	4	41	26	3	3	15	21	44	.88571	35	DWLDLL	Safe
1	17	Plymouth Argyle	40	14	5	21	76	88	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	14	31	54	.86364	33	LWLLLL	Safe	0-1
	18	Nottingham Forest	38	12	9	17	58	72	10	5	3	37	19	2	4	14	21	53	.80556	33	LWLDDL	Safe	1-5
	19	Millwall	38	13	6	19	51	73	7	5	7	28	28	6	1	12	23	45	.69863	32	LLDWWL	Safe	0-2
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	39	11	7	21	63	83	9	4	6	37	27	2	3	15	26	56	.75904	29	WWLWLL
	21	Swansea Town	41	11	7	23	55	80	9	1	10	36	37	2	6	13	19	43	.68750	29	WLDDWL		1-3
	22	Newport County	37	8	3	26	51	117	7	1	10	35	47	1	2	16	16	70	.43590	19	WDLLWL		1-3