The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 3 DERBY COUNTY - Sat Dec 17, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Dec 17, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Derby County
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-3 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1898-99
Referee:: F Bye
Attendance:: 9,000
League Week:: 17 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 15 15
Opp Before/After:: 12 11

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Bromwich Albion (League Tier 1)
Derby County:: Apr 20, 1899

GAME COUNT:
League:: 198 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 198 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 274 (of 5824)
Total:: 903 (of 7629)
Played:: 127 years, 8 months, 11 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: DWLLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Arthur Capes
Chas Richards - Chas Richards last goal
Grenville Morris

DERBY COUNTY
Manager: Harry Newbould
Prior form: LWLWLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
James Rutherford
Jack Cox
Steve Bloomer

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	M	23	Willie Wragg
4	M	23	Frank Forman
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	23	Bob Norris
7	M	20	James Suddick
8	F	23	Chas Richards
9	F	22	Len Benbow
10	F	21	Grenville Morris
11	F	23	Arthur Capes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jack Fryer
2	D	Jimmy Methven
3	D	Jonathan Staley
4	D	Jack Cox
5	D	Archie Goodall
6	M	Johnny May
7	M	Samuel Bosworth
8	M	Fred Richards
9	M	Steve Bloomer
10	F	James Rutherford
11	F	Harry Allen

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Dec 17, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-0	Everton
Bolton Wanderers	0-1	Bury
Burnley	4-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Liverpool	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United	2-2	The Wednesday
Nottingham Forest	3-3	Derby County
Preston North End	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United	2-0	Sunderland
Stoke	1-1	Notts 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	Aston Villa	14	10	3	1	36	13	7	2	0	26	8	3	1	1	10	5	23	23	WWWWWD
	2	Everton	17	9	4	4	25	17	7	0	2	14	5	2	4	2	11	12	8	22	LLWLWW
	3	Burnley	16	8	5	3	27	18	6	2	1	20	9	2	3	2	7	9	9	21	WLDWWW
	4	Notts County	15	6	6	3	26	19	4	3	1	21	13	2	3	2	5	6	7	18	WDWLLW
	5	Sheffield United	17	4	10	3	22	24	2	7	0	12	10	2	3	3	10	14	-2	18	LDLWLD
	6	Blackburn Rovers	16	7	3	6	30	26	5	1	1	20	10	2	2	5	10	16	4	17	LWLLDW
	7	Bury	15	7	3	5	21	21	4	2	1	13	7	3	1	4	8	14	0	17	WWWWWL
	8	Sunderland	15	7	2	6	22	21	6	1	1	12	2	1	1	5	10	19	1	16	LWLWLL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	16	6	3	7	22	20	6	1	2	16	4	0	2	5	6	16	2	15	WLDWLW
	10	Liverpool	15	7	1	7	19	18	5	1	1	12	5	2	0	6	7	13	1	15	LWLWWL
	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	6	3	7	21	22	3	2	2	8	7	3	1	5	13	15	-1	15	WLLWWD
	12	Derby County	16	4	7	5	26	32	4	3	1	17	12	0	4	4	9	20	-6	15	LWLWLW
	13	Preston North End	19	4	6	9	24	32	4	2	1	12	7	0	4	8	12	25	-8	14	LLWDWL
	14	Stoke	17	5	4	8	22	30	5	2	2	15	11	0	2	6	7	19	-8	14	LWWLLL
	15	Nottingham Forest	16	4	5	7	16	21	2	3	3	7	9	2	2	4	9	12	-5	13	DWLLLW
	16	The Wednesday	15	5	3	7	16	25	5	2	1	16	9	0	1	6	0	16	-9	13	LWLDLL
	17	Newcastle United	16	3	4	9	22	28	3	1	3	15	10	0	3	6	7	18	-6	10	WLWLWL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	15	3	4	8	16	26	2	3	2	10	9	1	1	6	6	17	-10	10	LWLDLL

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	15	11	3	1	39	13	8	2	0	29	8	3	1	1	10	5	26	25	WWWWDW		3-0
1	2	Burnley	17	9	5	3	31	20	7	2	1	24	11	2	3	2	7	9	11	23	LDWWWW		4-2
1	3	Everton	18	9	4	5	25	20	7	0	2	14	5	2	4	3	11	15	5	22	LWLWWL		0-3
1	4	Sheffield United	18	5	10	3	24	24	3	7	0	14	10	2	3	3	10	14	0	20	DLWLDW		2-0
1	5	Notts County	16	6	7	3	27	20	4	3	1	21	13	2	4	2	6	7	7	19	DWLLWD		1-1
1	6	Bury	16	8	3	5	22	21	4	2	1	13	7	4	1	4	9	14	1	19	WWWWLW		1-0
1	7	Blackburn Rovers	17	7	4	6	31	27	5	1	1	20	10	2	3	5	11	17	4	18	WLLDWD		1-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	17	6	4	7	24	22	6	1	2	16	4	0	3	5	8	18	2	16	LDWLWD		2-2
1	9	Liverpool	16	7	2	7	21	20	5	2	1	14	7	2	0	6	7	13	1	16	WLWWLD		2-2
2	10	Sunderland	16	7	2	7	22	23	6	1	1	12	2	1	1	6	10	21	-1	16	WLWLLL		0-2
1	11	Derby County	17	4	8	5	29	35	4	3	1	17	12	0	5	4	12	23	-6	16	WLWLWD		3-3
1	12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	6	3	8	23	26	3	2	2	8	7	3	1	6	15	19	-3	15	LLWWDL		2-4
	13	Preston North End	20	4	7	9	25	33	4	3	1	13	8	0	4	8	12	25	-8	15	LWDWLD		1-1
	14	Stoke	18	5	5	8	23	31	5	3	2	16	12	0	2	6	7	19	-8	15	WWLLLD		1-1
	15	Nottingham Forest	17	4	6	7	19	24	2	4	3	10	12	2	2	4	9	12	-5	14	WLLLWD		3-3
	16	The Wednesday	16	5	4	7	18	27	5	2	1	16	9	0	2	6	2	18	-9	14	WLDLLD		2-2
	17	Newcastle United	17	3	5	9	24	30	3	2	3	17	12	0	3	6	7	18	-6	11	LWLWLD		2-2
	18	Bolton Wanderers	16	3	4	9	16	27	2	3	3	10	10	1	1	6	6	17	-11	10	WLDLLL		0-1