The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 NOTTS COUNTY - Sat Feb 25, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Feb 25, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Notts County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 27 February 1893
: Empire News & The Umpire - Sunday 26 February 1893
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1892-93
Referee:
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 25 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 6 5
Opp Before/After:: 9 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Notts County:: Nov 11, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 25 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 25 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 83 (of 5824)
Total:: 623 (of 7629)
Played:: 133 years, 5 months, 27 days ago

Review
Alex Higgins went off on the hour with a dislocated collar bone after a collision with Hendry

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: WWWWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horace Pike (35')
Tom McInnes (40')
Tom McInnes (65')

NOTTS COUNTY
Manager: Edwin Browne
Prior form: LLLDWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Bruce (44')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Dan Allsop
2	D	20	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
5	M	25	John McPherson
6	M	23	Peter McCracken
7	F	19	Tom McInnes (40') (65')
8	F	23	Arthur Shaw
9	F	29	Alex Higgins
10	F	23	Horace Pike (35')
11	F	26	Harry Daft

Lineup

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

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Feb 25, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Accrington Stanley	0-3	Everton
Blackburn Rovers	3-3	Stoke
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Burnley
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Notts County
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-1	Derby County

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sunderland	22	17	2	3	78	28	11	2	0	49	16	6	0	3	29	12	50	36	WWWWWD
	2	Preston North End	22	15	1	6	44	29	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	5	19	21	15	31	LWWLWL
	3	Everton	24	11	4	9	55	46	6	3	3	32	17	5	1	6	23	29	9	26	WLWWWW
	4	Aston Villa	24	12	2	10	55	53	8	1	1	33	16	4	1	9	22	37	2	26	LDWWLD
	5	The Wednesday	24	11	2	11	50	52	7	2	3	31	24	4	0	8	19	28	-2	24	WLLLLL
	6	Nottingham Forest	24	9	6	9	38	40	6	2	4	24	21	3	4	5	14	19	-2	24	WWWWWW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	10	7	38	43	5	6	2	24	19	2	4	5	14	24	-5	24	LDDDWD
	8	Stoke	24	10	3	11	51	41	7	1	4	30	13	3	2	7	21	28	10	23	LLWWLL
	9	Notts County	23	9	4	10	45	43	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	6	14	28	2	22	LLLDWW
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	9	4	9	40	48	9	2	1	26	11	0	2	8	14	37	-8	22	LWDLLW
	11	Derby County	22	7	7	8	42	48	5	4	4	27	25	2	3	4	15	23	-6	21	DLWDLW
	12	West Bromwich Albion	25	9	3	13	45	62	7	1	4	27	14	2	2	9	18	48	-17	21	LLWLLW
	13	Burnley	23	8	4	11	33	37	6	2	2	22	10	2	2	9	11	27	-4	20	LWWLWW
	14	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	6	10	39	46	6	1	2	26	15	1	5	8	13	31	-7	20	DDLLLD
	15	Accrington Stanley	22	6	7	9	46	59	5	3	3	27	26	1	4	6	19	33	-13	19	WWDLLL
	16	Newton Heath	24	4	5	15	44	68	4	2	5	33	26	0	3	10	11	42	-24	13	LWLLLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sunderland	22	17	2	3	78	28	11	2	0	49	16	6	0	3	29	12	50	36	WWWWWD
	2	Preston North End	22	15	1	6	44	29	9	0	1	25	8	6	1	5	19	21	15	31	LWWLWL
	3	Everton	25	12	4	9	58	46	6	3	3	32	17	6	1	6	26	29	12	28	LWWWWW		3-0
	4	Aston Villa	24	12	2	10	55	53	8	1	1	33	16	4	1	9	22	37	2	26	LDWWLD
1	5	Nottingham Forest	25	10	6	9	41	41	7	2	4	27	22	3	4	5	14	19	0	26	WWWWWW		3-1
1	6	Blackburn Rovers	25	7	11	7	41	46	5	7	2	27	22	2	4	5	14	24	-5	25	DDDWDD		3-3
1	7	Stoke	25	10	4	11	54	44	7	1	4	30	13	3	3	7	24	31	10	24	LWWLLD		3-3
3	8	The Wednesday	24	11	2	11	50	52	7	2	3	31	24	4	0	8	19	28	-2	24	WLLLLL
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	10	4	9	42	49	10	2	1	28	12	0	2	8	14	37	-7	24	WDLLWW		2-1
1	10	Notts County	24	9	4	11	46	46	7	3	4	31	15	2	1	7	15	31	0	22	LLDWWL		1-3
3	11	Bolton Wanderers	24	8	6	10	40	46	7	1	2	27	15	1	5	8	13	31	-6	22	DLLLDW		1-0
1	12	Derby County	23	7	7	9	43	50	5	4	4	27	25	2	3	5	16	25	-7	21	LWDLWL		1-2
1	13	West Bromwich Albion	25	9	3	13	45	62	7	1	4	27	14	2	2	9	18	48	-17	21	LLWLLW
1	14	Burnley	24	8	4	12	33	38	6	2	2	22	10	2	2	10	11	28	-5	20	WWLWWL		0-1
	15	Accrington Stanley	23	6	7	10	46	62	5	3	4	27	29	1	4	6	19	33	-16	19	WDLLLL		0-3
	16	Newton Heath	24	4	5	15	44	68	4	2	5	33	26	0	3	10	11	42	-24	13	LWLLLL

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