The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Oct 23, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 23, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: E Plinstone
Attendance:: 29,901
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 7 7

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Mar 19, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1744 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1007 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1929 (of 5724)
Total:: 3068 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 6 months, 4 days ago

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

Goals
Jack Edwards

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: LWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	D	27	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	Bob McCall
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	23	Bill Morley
7	M	21	Johnny Linaker
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	24	Jack Edwards
10	F	29	Sid Ottewell
11	F	29	George Lee

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 23, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	1-1	Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	West Bromwich Albion
Bradford Park Avenue	3-1	Brentford
Fulham	2-1	Lincoln City
Grimsby Town	4-1	Coventry City
Luton Town	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	1-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Plymouth Argyle	2-2	Chesterfield
Queens Park Rangers	2-1	West Ham United
Southampton	6-0	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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	West Bromwich Albion	13	7	4	2	23	9	3	2	1	14	6	4	2	1	9	3	2.55556	18	WDWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	13	7	4	2	24	10	6	1	0	21	5	1	3	2	3	5	2.40000	18	DWLWWW
	3	Bury	13	7	2	4	24	18	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.33333	16	WLLLLW
	4	Southampton	13	6	3	4	23	15	5	1	0	18	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.53333	15	WDLLWD
	5	Barnsley	13	5	5	3	23	16	3	3	1	14	4	2	2	2	9	12	1.43750	15	WLWWWL
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	13	5	4	4	22	18	3	2	1	12	6	2	2	3	10	12	1.22222	14	DDLWDD
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	4	4	26	22	4	2	1	15	6	1	2	3	11	16	1.18182	14	LWWDLW
	8	West Ham United	13	4	6	3	14	13	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	3	0	6	1.07692	14	DWWDDW
	9	Brentford	13	4	6	3	11	11	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	1	3	3	1.00000	14	LDWDLW
	10	Cardiff City	13	5	4	4	16	16	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1.00000	14	WDWWLL
	11	Fulham	13	5	3	5	20	17	3	2	1	13	4	2	1	4	7	13	1.17647	13	LDLWLW
	12	Leicester City	13	4	5	4	24	24	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	3	7	11	1.00000	13	WDLWDD
	13	Leeds United	13	4	5	4	21	22	3	3	1	11	6	1	2	3	10	16	.95455	13	DWLLDD
	14	Queens Park Rangers	13	5	3	5	15	22	4	2	0	11	4	1	1	5	4	18	.68182	13	LLWLWL
	15	Chesterfield	13	3	6	4	13	17	1	2	3	3	6	2	4	1	10	11	.76471	12	DDWWWL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	2	6	19	25	4	1	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	.76000	12	DWWLDL
	17	Luton Town	13	3	5	5	15	21	2	4	0	8	3	1	1	5	7	18	.71429	11	WLDLDL
	18	Grimsby Town	13	3	4	6	20	24	1	2	4	13	16	2	2	2	7	8	.83333	10	DWDLDL
	19	Coventry City	13	4	2	7	20	26	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	4	7	18	.76923	10	DLLLLW
	20	Nottingham Forest	13	4	2	7	10	17	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	4	7	14	.58824	10	LDLWLW
	21	Lincoln City	13	2	5	6	14	26	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	4	9	19	.53846	9	LLWDDL
	22	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	2	8	11	19	3	0	3	8	6	0	2	5	3	13	.57895	8	DLLLWL

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	West Bromwich Albion	14	7	5	2	23	9	3	2	1	14	6	4	3	1	9	3	2.55556	19	DWWWWD		0-0
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	5	2	25	11	6	1	0	21	5	1	4	2	4	6	2.27273	19	WLWWWD		1-1
1	3	Southampton	14	7	3	4	29	15	6	1	0	24	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.93333	17	DLLWDW		6-0
1	4	Barnsley	14	5	6	3	24	17	3	4	1	15	5	2	2	2	9	12	1.41176	16	LWWWLD		1-1
2	5	Bury	13	7	2	4	24	18	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.33333	16	WLLLLW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	14	6	4	4	25	19	4	2	1	15	7	2	2	3	10	12	1.31579	16	DLWDDW		3-1
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	4	4	28	23	4	2	1	15	6	2	2	3	13	17	1.21739	16	WWDLWW		2-1
3	8	Fulham	14	6	3	5	22	18	4	2	1	15	5	2	1	4	7	13	1.22222	15	DLWLWW		2-1
5	9	Queens Park Rangers	14	6	3	5	17	23	5	2	0	13	5	1	1	5	4	18	.73913	15	LWLWLW		2-1
	10	Cardiff City	13	5	4	4	16	16	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1.00000	14	WDWWLL
3	11	West Ham United	14	4	6	4	15	15	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	4	1	8	1.00000	14	WWDDWL		1-2
1	12	Leeds United	14	4	6	4	22	23	3	3	1	11	6	1	3	3	11	17	.95652	14	WLLDDD		1-1
4	13	Brentford	14	4	6	4	12	14	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	2	4	6	.85714	14	DWDLWL		1-3
2	14	Leicester City	14	4	5	5	24	30	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	4	7	17	.80000	13	DLWDDL		0-6
	15	Chesterfield	14	3	7	4	15	19	1	2	3	3	6	2	5	1	12	13	.78947	13	DWWWLD		2-2
	16	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	3	6	19	25	4	2	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	.76000	13	WWLDLD		0-0
1	17	Grimsby Town	14	4	4	6	24	25	2	2	4	17	17	2	2	2	7	8	.96000	12	WDLDLW		4-1
1	18	Luton Town	14	3	6	5	16	22	2	5	0	9	4	1	1	5	7	18	.72727	12	LDLDLD		1-1
	19	Coventry City	14	4	2	8	21	30	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	5	8	22	.70000	10	LLLLWL		1-4
	20	Nottingham Forest	14	4	2	8	11	19	2	2	4	4	5	2	0	4	7	14	.57895	10	DLWLWL		1-2
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	3	8	13	21	3	1	3	10	8	0	2	5	3	13	.61905	9	LLLWLD		2-2
1	22	Lincoln City	14	2	5	7	15	28	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	5	10	21	.53571	9	LWDDLL		1-2