The City Ground

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1 - 0 FOREST - Mon Apr 15, 1895 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 15, 1895 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: West Bromwich Albion
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Stoney Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-1 LOST
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: The Birmingham Daily Post - Tuesday, April, 16th, 1895
: Albion Till We Die (Link)
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1894-95
Referee:
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 30 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 6 7
Opp Before/After:: 16 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (United Counties League)
League:: Bury
West Bromwich Albion:: Sep 28, 1895

GAME COUNT:
League:: 90 (of 5087)
League Tier 1:: 90 (of 2339)
Competitive:: 155 (of 5829)
Total:: 738 (of 7634)
Played:: 131 years, 5 months, 1 day ago

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

Goal Scorers

WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Manager: Edward Stephenson
Prior form: WWLDLL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Alf 'Jasper' Geddes (88')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Dan Allsop
2	D	23	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	19	Frank Forman
5	M	28	John McPherson
6	M	25	Peter McCracken
7	F	25	Horace Pike
8	F		TT Walker
9	F	24	Albert Carnelly
10	F	21	Fred Forman
11	F	19	George Geary	Last game

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Reader
2	D	Jack Horton
3	D	Billy Williams
4	D	Tom Perry
5	D	Tom Higgins
6	M	Jack Taggart
7	M	Billy Bassett
8	M	Roddie McLeod
9	M	William Richards
10	F	Tom Hutchinson
11	F	Alf 'Jasper' Geddes

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 15, 1895)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	2-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sheffield United	5-0	Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	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	Sunderland	29	20	5	4	78	36	12	2	0	49	13	8	3	4	29	23	42	45	WWLWWW
	2	Everton	28	18	5	5	79	46	12	2	1	47	18	6	3	4	32	28	33	41	WLWWWL
	3	Aston Villa	28	17	3	8	78	39	12	0	1	47	8	5	3	7	31	31	39	37	WLWDLW
	4	Preston North End	29	14	5	10	57	44	9	3	3	32	14	5	2	7	25	30	13	33	WLWWDW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	59	49	9	5	1	40	15	2	5	8	19	34	10	32	DDWDDL
	6	Nottingham Forest	29	13	5	11	50	55	10	1	4	33	22	3	4	7	17	33	-5	31	WDLWLL
	7	Sheffield United	29	13	4	12	52	55	9	2	3	28	17	4	2	9	24	38	-3	30	DWLWWL
	8	The Wednesday	28	12	4	12	48	45	10	2	2	34	15	2	2	10	14	30	3	28	LLDLWL
	9	Burnley	29	11	4	14	43	54	8	2	4	27	22	3	2	10	16	32	-11	26	LLLLLL
	10	Bolton Wanderers	29	9	7	13	61	57	8	3	4	45	23	1	4	9	16	34	4	25	WLDWWW
	11	Small Heath	30	9	7	14	50	74	6	6	3	35	28	3	1	11	15	46	-24	25	DLWDLW
	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	9	6	14	41	61	7	4	4	24	25	2	2	10	17	36	-20	24	WDDLLW
	13	Derby County	30	7	9	14	45	68	4	5	6	23	23	3	4	8	22	45	-23	23	WLWDDW
	14	Liverpool	29	7	8	14	49	65	6	4	4	36	23	1	4	10	13	42	-16	22	WWLWLD
	15	Stoke	28	7	6	15	44	64	7	3	5	35	25	0	3	10	9	39	-20	20	LLWDWW
	16	West Bromwich Albion	28	8	4	16	44	66	7	2	4	31	21	1	2	12	13	45	-22	20	WWLDLL

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	29	20	5	4	78	36	12	2	0	49	13	8	3	4	29	23	42	45	WWLWWW
	2	Everton	28	18	5	5	79	46	12	2	1	47	18	6	3	4	32	28	33	41	WLWWWL
	3	Aston Villa	29	17	4	8	80	41	12	1	1	49	10	5	3	7	31	31	39	38	LWDLWD		2-2
	4	Preston North End	29	14	5	10	57	44	9	3	3	32	14	5	2	7	25	30	13	33	WLWWDW
	5	Blackburn Rovers	30	11	10	9	59	49	9	5	1	40	15	2	5	8	19	34	10	32	DDWDDL
1	6	Sheffield United	30	14	4	12	57	55	10	2	3	33	17	4	2	9	24	38	2	32	WLWWLW		5-0
1	7	Nottingham Forest	30	13	5	12	50	56	10	1	4	33	22	3	4	8	17	34	-6	31	DLWLLL		0-1
	8	The Wednesday	28	12	4	12	48	45	10	2	2	34	15	2	2	10	14	30	3	28	LLDLWL
	9	Burnley	29	11	4	14	43	54	8	2	4	27	22	3	2	10	16	32	-11	26	LLLLLL
	10	Bolton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	61	62	8	3	4	45	23	1	4	10	16	39	-1	25	LDWWWL		0-5
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	7	14	43	63	7	4	4	24	25	2	3	10	19	38	-20	25	DDLLWD		2-2
1	12	Small Heath	30	9	7	14	50	74	6	6	3	35	28	3	1	11	15	46	-24	25	DLWDLW
	13	Derby County	30	7	9	14	45	68	4	5	6	23	23	3	4	8	22	45	-23	23	WLWDDW
	14	Liverpool	29	7	8	14	49	65	6	4	4	36	23	1	4	10	13	42	-16	22	WWLWLD
1	15	West Bromwich Albion	29	9	4	16	45	66	8	2	4	32	21	1	2	12	13	45	-21	22	WLDLLW		1-0
1	16	Stoke	28	7	6	15	44	64	7	3	5	35	25	0	3	10	9	39	-20	20	LLWDWW