The City Ground

BURY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Dec 11, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 11, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: B Flanagan
Attendance:: 10,968
Pos Before/After:: 20 19
Opp Before/After:: 5 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 2)
Bury:: May 07, 1949

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1751 (of 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1014 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1936 (of 5724)
Total:: 3075 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 4 months, 15 days ago

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

Goals
Tucker Johnson

BURY
Manager: Norman Bullock
Prior form: DLWLWW (Old to recent)

Goals
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	22	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	32	Bob McCall
4	F	29	Sid Ottewell
5	D	31	Horace Gager
6	M	22	Jack Burkitt
7	F	24	Gordon Kaile
8	F	27	Tucker Johnson
9	F	32	Bill Hullett	Guest (Manchester United)
10	F	24	Jack Edwards
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 Dec 11, 1948)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
Bury	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Chesterfield	3-2	Barnsley
Coventry City	2-0	Luton Town
Leeds United	1-2	Queens Park Rangers
Leicester City	2-2	Cardiff City
Lincoln City	1-2	Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Tottenham Hotspur	3-0	Plymouth Argyle
West Bromwich Albion	5-2	Grimsby Town
West Ham United	1-0	Fulham

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	20	11	5	4	32	16	6	2	1	20	7	5	3	3	12	9	2.00000	27	WWWLWL
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	19	9	7	3	37	18	8	1	0	30	7	1	6	3	7	11	2.05556	25	DWLWDD
	3	Southampton	20	10	5	5	36	19	9	1	0	30	5	1	4	5	6	14	1.89474	25	DWDWLW
	4	Fulham	19	9	5	5	28	21	6	3	1	18	6	3	2	4	10	15	1.33333	23	WWWDWD
	5	Bury	19	10	3	6	33	26	7	2	1	21	10	3	1	5	12	16	1.26923	23	DLWLWW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	20	9	4	7	42	35	5	2	2	21	11	4	2	5	21	24	1.20000	22	LLLWWW
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	5	7	38	31	6	2	2	21	8	2	3	5	17	23	1.22581	21	LLWDWL
	8	Brentford	19	7	7	5	18	17	3	4	2	10	8	4	3	3	8	9	1.05882	21	LDWWWL
	9	Luton Town	20	7	7	6	26	29	5	5	0	13	5	2	2	6	13	24	.89655	21	WWLWDW
	10	Blackburn Rovers	19	8	4	7	30	29	7	2	1	26	10	1	2	6	4	19	1.03448	20	DDWLWW
	11	Cardiff City	19	7	6	6	23	24	5	2	2	19	12	2	4	4	4	12	.95833	20	LLDDWW
	12	Barnsley	20	6	7	7	33	31	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	4	13	21	1.06452	19	DLLLLW
	13	West Ham United	19	6	7	6	22	24	4	4	1	15	9	2	3	5	7	15	.91667	19	LLWDWL
	14	Plymouth Argyle	20	7	5	8	23	27	6	1	3	16	11	1	4	5	7	16	.85185	19	WWDWDW
	15	Leeds United	19	5	8	6	31	31	4	4	1	18	10	1	4	5	13	21	1.00000	18	DWDDLL
	16	Chesterfield	20	5	8	7	23	28	2	3	4	7	10	3	5	3	16	18	.82143	18	DWWLLL
	17	Queens Park Rangers	20	7	4	9	20	32	6	2	2	15	10	1	2	7	5	22	.62500	18	DLLWLL
	18	Leicester City	20	5	7	8	30	38	3	6	1	23	17	2	1	7	7	21	.78947	17	DLWLDL
	19	Grimsby Town	19	5	5	9	31	37	3	3	5	21	21	2	2	4	10	16	.83784	15	WLWLDL
	20	Nottingham Forest	19	6	3	10	19	26	3	3	5	8	7	3	0	5	11	19	.73077	15	LWDLLW
	21	Coventry City	20	5	3	12	26	37	4	1	5	15	12	1	2	7	11	25	.70270	13	LLDLLW
	22	Lincoln City	20	2	7	11	24	49	2	4	4	13	19	0	3	7	11	30	.48980	11	LLDLDL

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	21	12	5	4	37	18	7	2	1	25	9	5	3	3	12	9	2.05556	29	WWLWLW		5-2
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	20	10	7	3	40	18	9	1	0	33	7	1	6	3	7	11	2.22222	27	WLWDDW		3-0
	3	Southampton	21	11	5	5	38	20	9	1	0	30	5	2	4	5	8	15	1.90000	27	WDWLWW		2-1
1	4	Bury	20	10	4	6	34	27	7	3	1	22	11	3	1	5	12	16	1.25926	24	LWLWWD		1-1
1	5	Fulham	20	9	5	6	28	22	6	3	1	18	6	3	2	5	10	16	1.27273	23	WWDWDL		0-1
1	6	Sheffield Wednesday	21	9	5	7	40	32	7	2	2	23	9	2	3	5	17	23	1.25000	23	LWDWLW		2-1
1	7	Bradford Park Avenue	21	9	4	8	43	37	5	2	2	21	11	4	2	6	22	26	1.16216	22	LLWWWL		1-2
2	8	Blackburn Rovers	20	9	4	7	31	29	7	2	1	26	10	2	2	6	5	19	1.06897	22	DWLWWW		1-0
1	9	Brentford	20	7	7	6	18	18	3	4	3	10	9	4	3	3	8	9	1.00000	21	DWWWLL		0-1
1	10	Cardiff City	20	7	7	6	25	26	5	2	2	19	12	2	5	4	6	14	.96154	21	LDDWWD		2-2
2	11	West Ham United	20	7	7	6	23	24	5	4	1	16	9	2	3	5	7	15	.95833	21	LWDWLW		1-0
3	12	Luton Town	21	7	7	7	26	31	5	5	0	13	5	2	2	7	13	26	.83871	21	WLWDWL		0-2
3	13	Chesterfield	21	6	8	7	26	30	3	3	4	10	12	3	5	3	16	18	.86667	20	WWLLLW		3-2
3	14	Queens Park Rangers	21	8	4	9	22	33	6	2	2	15	10	2	2	7	7	23	.66667	20	LLWLLW		2-1
3	15	Barnsley	21	6	7	8	35	34	4	4	3	20	10	2	3	5	15	24	1.02941	19	LLLLWL		2-3
2	16	Plymouth Argyle	21	7	5	9	23	30	6	1	3	16	11	1	4	6	7	19	.76667	19	WDWDWL		0-3
2	17	Leeds United	20	5	8	7	32	33	4	4	2	19	12	1	4	5	13	21	.96970	18	WDDLLL		1-2
	18	Leicester City	21	5	8	8	32	40	3	7	1	25	19	2	1	7	7	21	.80000	18	LWLDLD		2-2
1	19	Nottingham Forest	20	6	4	10	20	27	3	3	5	8	7	3	1	5	12	20	.74074	16	WDLLWD		1-1
1	20	Grimsby Town	20	5	5	10	33	42	3	3	5	21	21	2	2	5	12	21	.78571	15	LWLDLL		2-5
	21	Coventry City	21	6	3	12	28	37	5	1	5	17	12	1	2	7	11	25	.75676	15	LDLLWW		2-0
	22	Lincoln City	21	2	7	12	25	51	2	4	5	14	21	0	3	7	11	30	.49020	11	LDLDLL		1-2