The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 HULL CITY - Sat Dec 22, 1928 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 22, 1928 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Hull City
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 1-1

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: F Robinson
Attendance:: 6,758
League Week:: 19 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 2 4

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 2)
Hull City:: May 04, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1199 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 462 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1350 (of 5829)
Total:: 2205 (of 7634)
Played:: 97 years, 8 months, 26 days ago

FOREST
Manager: John Baynes
Prior form: LDLLLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Berty Heathcock (51')
Berty Heathcock (69')
Bob Morton (11')

HULL CITY
Manager: Billy McCracken
Prior form: LWDDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ronnie Starling (42')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	29	Len Langford
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	F	30	Percy Barratt
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	29	Gerry Morgan
6	D	23	Tommy Graham
7	M	22	Charles Howie
8	F	29	Sam Jennings
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (51') (69')
10	F	21	Robert Heslop
11	F	25	Bob Morton (11')

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Geordie Maddison
2	D	Jock Gibson
3	D	Matt Bell
4	D	Con Sullivan
5	D	Stan Dixon
6	M	Sam Weaver
7	M	Stan Alexander
8	M	Ronnie Starling
9	M	Ken McDonald
10	F	Joseph Murray
11	F	Dally Duncan

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 22, 1928)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-2	Millwall
Blackpool	3-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bradford Park Avenue	2-0	Oldham Athletic
Bristol City	2-1	Port Vale
Chelsea	1-1	Notts County
Clapton Orient	1-1	Reading
Grimsby Town	1-4	Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Hull City
Stoke City	1-1	Preston North End
Swansea Town	1-1	Southampton
West Bromwich Albion	3-2	Tottenham Hotspur

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	Notts County	19	11	5	3	38	19	7	2	1	22	8	4	3	2	16	11	19	27	DWLDDW
	2	Hull City	20	9	7	4	36	27	5	4	1	22	11	4	3	3	14	16	9	25	LWDDLD
	3	Chelsea	19	8	8	3	32	22	6	4	0	22	9	2	4	3	10	13	10	24	WLDDDD
	4	Preston North End	19	10	3	6	48	37	8	1	1	38	17	2	2	5	10	20	11	23	LWDWLW
	5	Middlesbrough	19	9	5	5	41	33	5	2	2	21	13	4	3	3	20	20	8	23	DWLDDW
	6	Southampton	19	6	10	3	33	22	3	4	2	20	11	3	6	1	13	11	11	22	DDLDDD
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	19	10	2	7	50	37	8	0	1	34	11	2	2	6	16	26	13	22	WDWDWW
	8	Stoke City	19	8	5	6	32	19	6	2	1	21	8	2	3	5	11	11	13	21	DLDDWL
	9	Grimsby Town	18	8	4	6	39	30	6	2	1	25	11	2	2	5	14	19	9	20	WWWDDL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	7	6	6	40	34	3	5	2	16	15	4	1	4	24	19	6	20	WDLDLW
	11	Millwall	19	8	4	7	34	33	5	2	3	21	15	3	2	4	13	18	1	20	DWLWLW
	12	Blackpool	19	8	2	9	39	39	6	1	2	22	7	2	1	7	17	32	0	18	WLWLWW
	13	West Bromwich Albion	19	7	4	8	31	35	6	1	2	18	9	1	3	6	13	26	-4	18	LLDDWD
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	18	8	2	8	29	33	8	0	2	24	15	0	2	6	5	18	-4	18	LWLWDL
	15	Port Vale	19	8	1	10	32	35	7	0	3	23	14	1	1	7	9	21	-3	17	LWDWLL
	16	Swansea Town	19	6	5	8	29	39	6	1	2	21	13	0	4	6	8	26	-10	17	WDWLWD
	17	Barnsley	18	6	3	9	29	33	4	3	2	20	15	2	0	7	9	18	-4	15	DLDLLL
	18	Nottingham Forest	18	5	5	8	32	39	2	3	4	10	18	3	2	4	22	21	-7	15	LDLLLD
	19	Reading	19	6	3	10	27	48	4	3	3	20	15	2	0	7	7	33	-21	15	LWWWWD
	20	Clapton Orient	19	4	6	9	23	39	3	3	3	12	14	1	3	6	11	25	-16	14	DLWDDL
	21	Bristol City	19	4	4	11	27	41	4	4	2	17	15	0	0	9	10	26	-14	12	WLWLWL
	22	Oldham Athletic	18	3	2	13	13	40	3	1	4	7	14	0	1	9	6	26	-27	8	WLLDDL

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	Notts County	20	11	6	3	39	20	7	2	1	22	8	4	4	2	17	12	19	28	WLDDWD		1-1
1	2	Chelsea	20	8	9	3	33	23	6	5	0	23	10	2	4	3	10	13	10	25	LDDDDD		1-1
2	3	Middlesbrough	20	10	5	5	45	34	5	2	2	21	13	5	3	3	24	21	11	25	WLDDWW		4-1
2	4	Hull City	21	9	7	5	37	30	5	4	1	22	11	4	3	4	15	19	7	25	WDDLDL		1-3
2	5	Bradford Park Avenue	20	11	2	7	52	37	9	0	1	36	11	2	2	6	16	26	15	24	DWDWWW		2-0
2	6	Preston North End	20	10	4	6	49	38	8	1	1	38	17	2	3	5	11	21	11	24	WDWLWD		1-1
1	7	Southampton	20	6	11	3	34	23	3	4	2	20	11	3	7	1	14	12	11	23	DLDDDD		1-1
	8	Stoke City	20	8	6	6	33	20	6	3	1	22	9	2	3	5	11	11	13	22	LDDWLD		1-1
2	9	Millwall	20	8	5	7	36	35	5	2	3	21	15	3	3	4	15	20	1	21	WLWLWD		2-2
1	10	Grimsby Town	19	8	4	7	40	34	6	2	2	26	15	2	2	5	14	19	6	20	WWDDLL		1-4
1	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	7	6	7	40	37	3	5	2	16	15	4	1	5	24	22	3	20	DLDLWL		0-3
	12	Blackpool	20	9	2	9	42	39	7	1	2	25	7	2	1	7	17	32	3	20	LWLWWW		3-0
	13	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	4	8	34	37	7	1	2	21	11	1	3	6	13	26	-3	20	LDDWDW		3-2
	14	Tottenham Hotspur	19	8	2	9	31	36	8	0	2	24	15	0	2	7	7	21	-5	18	WLWDLL		2-3
1	15	Swansea Town	20	6	6	8	30	40	6	2	2	22	14	0	4	6	8	26	-10	18	DWLWDD		1-1
1	16	Port Vale	20	8	1	11	33	37	7	0	3	23	14	1	1	8	10	23	-4	17	WDWLLL		1-2
1	17	Nottingham Forest	19	6	5	8	35	40	3	3	4	13	19	3	2	4	22	21	-5	17	DLLLDW		3-1
1	18	Barnsley	19	6	4	9	31	35	4	4	2	22	17	2	0	7	9	18	-4	16	LDLLLD		2-2
	19	Reading	20	6	4	10	28	49	4	3	3	20	15	2	1	7	8	34	-21	16	WWWWDD		1-1
	20	Clapton Orient	20	4	7	9	24	40	3	4	3	13	15	1	3	6	11	25	-16	15	LWDDLD		1-1
	21	Bristol City	20	5	4	11	29	42	5	4	2	19	16	0	0	9	10	26	-13	14	LWLWLW		2-1
	22	Oldham Athletic	19	3	2	14	13	42	3	1	4	7	14	0	1	10	6	28	-29	8	LLDDLL		0-2