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FOREST 7 - 1 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS - Sat Sep 02, 1893 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 02, 1893 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 7-1 WON
: Half-time: 2-1

Sources:: Saphire Blue - The Nottingham Forest Scrapbook
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Sheffield Evening Telegraph - Saturday 02 September 1893
: Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 02 September 1893
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:: JH Strawson
Attendance:: 11,000
Pos Before/After:: - 2
Opp Before/After:: - 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Everton (League Tier 1)
Wolverhampton Wanderers:: Oct 14, 1893

GAME COUNT:
League:: 31 (of 5045)
League Tier 1:: 31 (of 2297)
Competitive:: 89 (of 5768)
Total:: 638 (of 7556)
Played:: 131 years, 10 months, 10 days ago

Review
There are several variations on the goal scorers for this game, depending on which source you read. The Nottingham Evening Post has the best write-up though, so I'm going to stick with who they thought were the scorers today.

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford

Goals
James Collins (2') - James Collins first goal
Arthur Shaw (20')
James Collins (52')
James Collins (61')
Neil McCallum (70')
Neil McCallum (75')
James Collins (80')

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Manager: Jack Addenbrooke

Goals
Joe Butcher (25')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Dan Allsop
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith
5	M	26	John McPherson
6	M	24	Alec Stewart	Debut
7	F	24	Arthur Shaw (20')
8	M	25	Neil McCallum (70') (75')
9	F		James Collins (2') (52') (61') (80')	Debut
10	F	20	Tom McInnes
11	F	29	Alex Higgins

	So Far	Last Game*
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	22	Dan Allsop	10		152	6
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie	27		168	11
3	D		Adam Scott	39	2	152	6
4	M	24	William 'Tich' Smith	36	36	152	6
5	M	26	John McPherson	29	11	168	11
6	M	24	Alec Stewart	Debut
7	F	24	Arthur Shaw (20')	38	34	152	6
8	M	25	Neil McCallum (70') (75')	24	25	152	6
9	F		James Collins (2') (52') (61') (80')	Debut
10	F	20	Tom McInnes	32	25	152	6
11	F	29	Alex Higgins	38	106	189	15

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Billy Rose
2	D	Dickie Baugh
3	D	George Swift
4	D	Billy Malpass
5	D	Harry Haynes
6	M	George Kinsey
7	M	David Wykes
8	M	Joe Butcher
9	M	Arthur Griffin
10	F	Harry Wood
11	F	David Black

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 02, 1893)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-2	West Bromwich Albion
Bolton Wanderers	4-1	Stoke City
Darwen	2-3	Blackburn Rovers
Everton	2-3	Sheffield United
Newton Heath	3-2	Burnley
Nottingham Forest	7-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Preston North End	1-0	Derby County
The Wednesday	2-2	Sunderland

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table after:

FIRST 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	Preston North End	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	99.99900	2	W		1-0
2	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	7	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	7.00000	2	W		7-1
3	Bolton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.00000	2	W		4-1
4	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W		3-2
5	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.50000	2	W		3-2
6	Newton Heath	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50000	2	W		3-2
7	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1.50000	2	W		3-2
8	Sunderland	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1.00000	1	D		2-2
9	The Wednesday	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00000	1	D		2-2
10	Burnley	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L		2-3
11	Darwen	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L		2-3
12	Everton	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.66667	0	L		2-3
13	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	.66667	0	L		2-3
14	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.25000	0	L		1-4
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	.14286	0	L		1-7
16	Derby County	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00000	0	L		0-1