The City Ground

THE WEDNESDAY 1 - 0 FOREST - Mon Mar 05, 1894 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Mar 05, 1894 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Olive Grove
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 23 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 9 9
Opp Before/After:: 12 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Birmingham City (Friendly)
League:: Darwen
The Wednesday:: Apr 21, 1894

GAME COUNT:
League:: 53 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 53 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 115 (of 5824)
Total:: 672 (of 7629)
Played:: 132 years, 5 months, 16 days ago

Review
This game was scheduled for January 20th, but referee Lewis failed to turn up. The clubs agreed to play the January game as a United Counties League fixture, and re-start the game as a League fixture if he turned up before 3pm (which he did not).

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

Goal Scorers

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: DLDWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Harry Davis

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	25	Alec Stewart
5	M	27	John McPherson
6	M	24	Peter McCracken
7	F	20	Tom McInnes
8	F		James Collins
9	M	24	John Brodie
10	M	25	William 'Tich' Smith
11	F	24	Horace Pike

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK		William Brown (1890)	31		86	17
2	D	21	Archibald Ritchie	53		2	1
3	D		Adam Scott	65	2	2	1
4	M	25	Alec Stewart	25		2	1
5	M	27	John McPherson	55	9	2	1
6	M	24	Peter McCracken	46		2	1
7	F	20	Tom McInnes	55	26	2	1
8	F		James Collins	25	10	2	1
9	M	24	John Brodie	7	3	9	2
10	M	25	William 'Tich' Smith	48	9	2	1
11	F	24	Horace Pike	54	13	2	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Bill Allan
2	D	Jack Earp
3	D	Ambrose Langley
4	D	Harry Brandon
5	D	Bob Brown
6	M	Jimmy Jamieson
7	M	John Webster
8	M	Harry Davis
9	M	Harry Woolhouse
10	F	Alex Brady
11	F	Fred Spiksley

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Mar 05, 1894)

Home	Score	Away
The Wednesday	1-0	Nottingham Forest

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	Aston Villa	26	16	5	5	72	36	10	1	1	43	10	6	4	4	29	26	36	37	LWDWWL
2	Sunderland	24	13	4	7	59	39	9	3	1	40	14	4	1	6	19	25	20	30	WLWWWW
3	Blackburn Rovers	24	14	2	8	56	39	11	0	1	39	13	3	2	7	17	26	17	30	LLWWWL
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	14	2	10	48	52	11	1	3	34	24	3	1	7	14	28	-4	30	WWLLLW
5	Burnley	24	13	3	8	48	37	11	0	0	33	7	2	3	8	15	30	11	29	WWLWDL
6	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	4	11	60	58	7	4	2	32	22	5	0	9	28	36	2	28	LWLLWL
7	Sheffield United	27	11	5	11	44	58	7	3	4	25	22	4	2	7	19	36	-14	27	DWLLDW
8	Everton	26	11	3	12	77	53	8	1	3	51	19	3	2	9	26	34	24	25	WWLLLL
9	Nottingham Forest	22	11	3	8	45	35	7	2	3	28	13	4	1	5	17	22	10	25	WWWLWL
10	Derby County	22	11	3	8	51	46	8	1	3	38	23	3	2	5	13	23	5	25	WLDWWW
11	Stoke	25	11	3	11	56	61	11	1	1	40	16	0	2	10	16	45	-5	25	DLWWDW
12	The Wednesday	27	7	8	12	46	56	6	3	5	31	21	1	5	7	15	35	-10	22	DLDWWW
13	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	2	13	31	42	6	2	3	15	9	3	0	10	16	33	-11	20	LDWLLW
14	Preston North End	26	7	3	16	35	51	5	1	7	21	24	2	2	9	14	27	-16	17	LLLLLW
15	Darwen	25	6	5	14	31	68	5	4	3	20	21	1	1	11	11	47	-37	17	LDDLWD
16	Newton Heath	21	4	1	16	19	47	3	1	5	13	17	1	0	11	6	30	-28	9	LLLLLL

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	Aston Villa	26	16	5	5	72	36	10	1	1	43	10	6	4	4	29	26	36	37	LWDWWL
2	Sunderland	24	13	4	7	59	39	9	3	1	40	14	4	1	6	19	25	20	30	WLWWWW
3	Blackburn Rovers	24	14	2	8	56	39	11	0	1	39	13	3	2	7	17	26	17	30	LLWWWL
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	14	2	10	48	52	11	1	3	34	24	3	1	7	14	28	-4	30	WWLLLW
5	Burnley	24	13	3	8	48	37	11	0	0	33	7	2	3	8	15	30	11	29	WWLWDL
6	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	4	11	60	58	7	4	2	32	22	5	0	9	28	36	2	28	LWLLWL
7	Sheffield United	27	11	5	11	44	58	7	3	4	25	22	4	2	7	19	36	-14	27	DWLLDW
8	Everton	26	11	3	12	77	53	8	1	3	51	19	3	2	9	26	34	24	25	WWLLLL
9	Nottingham Forest	23	11	3	9	45	36	7	2	3	28	13	4	1	6	17	23	9	25	WWLWLL		0-1
10	Derby County	22	11	3	8	51	46	8	1	3	38	23	3	2	5	13	23	5	25	WLDWWW
11	Stoke	25	11	3	11	56	61	11	1	1	40	16	0	2	10	16	45	-5	25	DLWWDW
12	The Wednesday	28	8	8	12	47	56	7	3	5	32	21	1	5	7	15	35	-9	24	LDWWWW		1-0
13	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	2	13	31	42	6	2	3	15	9	3	0	10	16	33	-11	20	LDWLLW
14	Preston North End	26	7	3	16	35	51	5	1	7	21	24	2	2	9	14	27	-16	17	LLLLLW
15	Darwen	25	6	5	14	31	68	5	4	3	20	21	1	1	11	11	47	-37	17	LDDLWD
16	Newton Heath	21	4	1	16	19	47	3	1	5	13	17	1	0	11	6	30	-28	9	LLLLLL