The City Ground

LEICESTER FOSSE 1 - 1 FOREST - Thu Feb 29, 1912 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Thu Feb 29, 1912 (7:45 PM)
Opponent:: Leicester Fosse
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Filbert Street
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

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

Season:: 1911-12
Referee:: HT Yates
Attendance:: 9,000
League Week:: 26 of 38
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 18 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Bristol City (League Tier 2)
Leicester Fosse:: Sep 07, 1912

GAME COUNT:
League:: 675 (of 5085)
League Tier 2:: 64 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 793 (of 5827)
Total:: 1475 (of 7632)
Played:: 114 years, 6 months, 6 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Fred Earp
Prior form: LDWLLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Joe Ford

LEICESTER FOSSE
Manager: George Johnson
Prior form: LLLWWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Tommy Benfield

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Jack Hanna
2	M	30	Walter Dudley
3	M	23	Thomas Gibson
4	F	28	Jack Armstrong
5	D	22	Joe Mercer
6	F		George Needham
7	M	25	Robert Firth
8	F	20	John Derrick
9	F	23	Frank Saunders
10	F	34	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Joe Ford

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Jonty Starbuck
2	D	Tommy Clay
3	D	Sam Currie
4	D	Arthur Randle
5	D	Percy Hanger
6	M	Teddy King
7	M	Tommy Benfield
8	M	Freddie Osborn
9	M	Harry Sparrow
10	F	Shirley Hubbard
11	F	George Harrison

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Thu Feb 29, 1912)

Home	Score	Away
Leicester Fosse	1-1	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	28	17	6	5	58	29	11	4	0	38	12	6	2	5	20	17	29	40	WLWWWW
	2	Chelsea	27	16	5	6	45	26	11	2	1	27	10	5	3	5	18	16	19	37	WLWWWL
	3	Derby County	27	15	5	7	59	27	10	1	2	44	12	5	4	5	15	15	32	35	DDLLLW
	4	Hull City	26	14	5	7	45	38	10	2	2	30	8	4	3	5	15	30	7	33	DLDLWL
	5	Barnsley	26	11	9	6	33	23	8	3	1	21	9	3	6	5	12	14	10	31	DDDWLD
	6	Clapton Orient	26	14	3	9	42	30	11	0	2	29	10	3	3	7	13	20	12	31	WWWWLL
	7	Grimsby Town	28	11	7	10	37	38	6	5	3	20	14	5	2	7	17	24	-1	29	WLWLWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	40	25	8	1	4	28	9	3	5	5	12	16	15	28	LDWLLL
	9	Fulham	25	12	4	9	48	36	8	2	3	30	14	4	2	6	18	22	12	28	WWWLWD
	10	Nottingham Forest	25	10	5	10	30	29	7	2	4	19	12	3	3	6	11	17	1	25	LDWLLW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	25	8	8	9	31	31	6	5	1	19	9	2	3	8	12	22	0	24	WLDDLL
	12	Huddersfield Town	26	9	6	11	37	41	6	5	3	22	15	3	1	8	15	26	-4	24	LDLLWL
	13	Blackpool	27	9	6	12	26	37	8	2	3	19	12	1	4	9	7	25	-11	24	DWDLLL
	14	Stockport County	26	8	7	11	32	33	6	3	5	20	14	2	4	6	12	19	-1	23	WLWWWW
	15	Bristol City	27	9	4	14	32	45	8	2	3	21	12	1	2	11	11	33	-13	22	DLWLWW
	16	Birmingham City	27	8	5	14	37	52	6	3	5	29	27	2	2	9	8	25	-15	21	LWDWLW
	17	Leeds City	28	9	3	16	37	58	7	2	4	18	17	2	1	12	19	41	-21	21	LWLWWL
	18	Leicester Fosse	26	8	5	13	27	49	5	3	3	16	13	3	2	10	11	36	-22	21	LLLWWW
	19	Glossop North End	25	3	9	13	19	42	3	8	3	16	16	0	1	10	3	26	-23	15	LDDWLW
	20	Gainsborough Trinity	25	3	8	14	21	47	2	3	6	9	16	1	5	8	12	31	-26	14	WLLDLL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Burnley	28	17	6	5	58	29	11	4	0	38	12	6	2	5	20	17	29	40	WLWWWW
	2	Chelsea	27	16	5	6	45	26	11	2	1	27	10	5	3	5	18	16	19	37	WLWWWL
	3	Derby County	27	15	5	7	59	27	10	1	2	44	12	5	4	5	15	15	32	35	DDLLLW
	4	Hull City	26	14	5	7	45	38	10	2	2	30	8	4	3	5	15	30	7	33	DLDLWL
	5	Barnsley	26	11	9	6	33	23	8	3	1	21	9	3	6	5	12	14	10	31	DDDWLD
	6	Clapton Orient	26	14	3	9	42	30	11	0	2	29	10	3	3	7	13	20	12	31	WWWWLL
	7	Grimsby Town	28	11	7	10	37	38	6	5	3	20	14	5	2	7	17	24	-1	29	WLWLWL
	8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	40	25	8	1	4	28	9	3	5	5	12	16	15	28	LDWLLL
	9	Fulham	25	12	4	9	48	36	8	2	3	30	14	4	2	6	18	22	12	28	WWWLWD
	10	Nottingham Forest	26	10	6	10	31	30	7	2	4	19	12	3	4	6	12	18	1	26	DWLLWD		1-1
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	25	8	8	9	31	31	6	5	1	19	9	2	3	8	12	22	0	24	WLDDLL
	12	Huddersfield Town	26	9	6	11	37	41	6	5	3	22	15	3	1	8	15	26	-4	24	LDLLWL
	13	Blackpool	27	9	6	12	26	37	8	2	3	19	12	1	4	9	7	25	-11	24	DWDLLL
	14	Stockport County	26	8	7	11	32	33	6	3	5	20	14	2	4	6	12	19	-1	23	WLWWWW
	15	Bristol City	27	9	4	14	32	45	8	2	3	21	12	1	2	11	11	33	-13	22	DLWLWW
2	16	Leicester Fosse	27	8	6	13	28	50	5	4	3	17	14	3	2	10	11	36	-22	22	LLWWWD		1-1
1	17	Birmingham City	27	8	5	14	37	52	6	3	5	29	27	2	2	9	8	25	-15	21	LWDWLW
1	18	Leeds City	28	9	3	16	37	58	7	2	4	18	17	2	1	12	19	41	-21	21	LWLWWL
	19	Glossop North End	25	3	9	13	19	42	3	8	3	16	16	0	1	10	3	26	-23	15	LDDWLW
	20	Gainsborough Trinity	25	3	8	14	21	47	2	3	6	9	16	1	5	8	12	31	-26	14	WLLDLL