The City Ground

FOREST 4 - 1 DARWEN - Thu Mar 15, 1894 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Thu Mar 15, 1894 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Darwen
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 4-1 WON

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

Season:: 1893-94
Referee:: JB Brodie
Attendance:: 1,000
League Week:: 24 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 14 14

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sunderland (League Tier 1)

GAME COUNT:
League:: 54 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 54 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 116 (of 5829)
Total:: 674 (of 7634)
Played:: 132 years, 5 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
James Collins (7')
Tom McInnes
John Brodie
Alex Higgins

DARWEN
Manager:
Prior form: DDLWDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Malcolm Sutherland (2')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		William Brown (1890)	Last game
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 (7')
9	M	24	John Brodie
10	F	30	Alex Higgins
11	F	24	Horace Pike

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Henry Briggs
2	D	John Leach
3	D	James Orr
4	D	Bob Shaw
5	D	William Wardrope
6	M	Tommy Ghee
7	M	William McKennie
8	M	John McKnight
9	M	Allan Maxwell
10	F	Malcolm Sutherland
11	F	John Wade

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Thu Mar 15, 1894)

Home	Score	Away
Nottingham Forest	4-1	Darwen

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	25	14	4	7	63	40	9	3	1	40	14	5	1	6	23	26	23	32	LWWWWW
	3	Burnley	25	14	3	8	51	38	12	0	0	36	8	2	3	8	15	30	13	31	WLWDLW
	4	Blackburn Rovers	25	14	2	9	57	44	11	0	1	39	13	3	2	8	18	31	13	30	LWWWLL
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	14	2	11	49	55	11	1	3	34	24	3	1	8	15	31	-6	30	WLLLWL
	6	Sheffield United	28	12	5	11	46	58	7	3	4	25	22	5	2	7	21	36	-12	29	WLLDWW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	4	11	60	58	7	4	2	32	22	5	0	9	28	36	2	28	LWLLWL
	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
	10	Derby County	24	11	3	10	53	53	8	1	4	39	27	3	2	6	14	26	0	25	DWWWLL
	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
	13	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	2	13	31	42	6	2	3	15	9	3	0	10	16	33	-11	20	LDWLLW
	14	Darwen	26	7	5	14	34	69	6	4	3	23	22	1	1	11	11	47	-35	19	DDLWDW
	15	Preston North End	26	7	3	16	35	51	5	1	7	21	24	2	2	9	14	27	-16	17	LLLLLW
	16	Newton Heath	23	5	1	17	24	50	4	1	6	18	20	1	0	11	6	30	-26	11	LLLLLW

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	25	14	4	7	63	40	9	3	1	40	14	5	1	6	23	26	23	32	LWWWWW
	3	Burnley	25	14	3	8	51	38	12	0	0	36	8	2	3	8	15	30	13	31	WLWDLW
	4	Blackburn Rovers	25	14	2	9	57	44	11	0	1	39	13	3	2	8	18	31	13	30	LWWWLL
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	14	2	11	49	55	11	1	3	34	24	3	1	8	15	31	-6	30	WLLLWL
	6	Sheffield United	28	12	5	11	46	58	7	3	4	25	22	5	2	7	21	36	-12	29	WLLDWW
	7	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	4	11	60	58	7	4	2	32	22	5	0	9	28	36	2	28	LWLLWL
1	8	Nottingham Forest	24	12	3	9	49	37	8	2	3	32	14	4	1	6	17	23	12	27	WLWLLW		4-1
1	9	Everton	26	11	3	12	77	53	8	1	3	51	19	3	2	9	26	34	24	25	WWLLLL
	10	Derby County	24	11	3	10	53	53	8	1	4	39	27	3	2	6	14	26	0	25	DWWWLL
	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
	13	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	2	13	31	42	6	2	3	15	9	3	0	10	16	33	-11	20	LDWLLW
	14	Darwen	27	7	5	15	35	73	6	4	3	23	22	1	1	12	12	51	-38	19	DLWDWL		1-4
	15	Preston North End	26	7	3	16	35	51	5	1	7	21	24	2	2	9	14	27	-16	17	LLLLLW
	16	Newton Heath	23	5	1	17	24	50	4	1	6	18	20	1	0	11	6	30	-26	11	LLLLLW