The City Ground

READING 0 - 1 FOREST - Sat Oct 19, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 19, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elm Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-0 WON
: Half-time: 1-0

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

Season:: 1929-30
Referee:: AJ Weaver
Attendance:: 13,324
League Week:: 11 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 22 20
Opp Before/After:: 5 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Charlton Athletic (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Feb 22, 1930

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1233 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 496 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1385 (of 5829)
Total:: 2242 (of 7634)
Played:: 96 years, 10 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Johnny Dent (14')

READING
Manager: Angus Wylie
Prior form: WWDDDD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Arthur Dexter
2	D	30	Bill Thompson
3	D	27	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	25	Billy McKinlay
5	M	25	Albert Harrison
6	F	36	Bob Wallace
7	M	21	John Scott
8	F	24	Cyril Stocks
9	F	26	Johnny Dent (14')
10	F	22	Robert Heslop
11	F	26	Bob Morton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Lance Richardson
2	D	Percy Thorpe
3	D	Bill Pickering
4	D	Sid Chandler
5	D	Alf Messer
6	M	Charlie Barley
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Fred Kennedy
9	M	George James
10	F	Jock Hunter
11	F	Bert Oswald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Oct 19, 1929)

Home	Score	Away
Bradford City	2-2	West Bromwich Albion
Bristol City	1-2	Bury
Cardiff City	1-0	Barnsley
Charlton Athletic	1-1	Oldham Athletic
Hull City	3-2	Millwall
Notts County	2-2	Chelsea
Preston North End	4-6	Blackpool
Reading	0-1	Nottingham Forest
Stoke City	4-0	Southampton
Swansea Town	2-4	Bradford Park Avenue
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3-0	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	Oldham Athletic	9	6	2	1	18	9	3	2	0	11	6	3	0	1	7	3	9	14	WWDDLW
	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	6	2	3	26	18	5	0	1	21	9	1	2	2	5	9	8	14	DWWLWW
	3	Blackpool	9	7	0	2	25	18	6	0	0	18	7	1	0	2	7	11	7	14	WWLWWW
	4	Stoke City	11	4	5	2	27	23	4	2	0	16	6	0	3	2	11	17	4	13	LWWDLD
	5	Reading	10	4	4	2	15	11	3	1	0	8	2	1	3	2	7	9	4	12	WWDDDD
	6	Southampton	10	5	2	3	24	18	4	1	0	15	8	1	1	3	9	10	6	12	LLWWWD
	7	Bradford Park Avenue	10	5	2	3	18	18	3	1	1	13	9	2	1	2	5	9	0	12	WDLDWW
	8	West Bromwich Albion	9	5	1	3	24	14	3	0	1	12	4	2	1	2	12	10	10	11	LDWLWW
	9	Charlton Athletic	10	4	3	3	19	17	2	2	0	11	6	2	1	3	8	11	2	11	WLDLDW
	10	Notts County	11	4	3	4	17	18	4	1	0	14	5	0	2	4	3	13	-1	11	LWWDDL
	11	Cardiff City	11	4	3	4	12	14	2	2	1	5	2	2	1	3	7	12	-2	11	WDLWDL
	12	Hull City	10	4	3	3	11	13	3	1	1	5	2	1	2	2	6	11	-2	11	WLLDDL
	13	Chelsea	9	5	0	4	20	15	5	0	1	16	5	0	0	3	4	10	5	10	WLWWLL
	14	Bradford City	10	4	2	4	15	15	3	1	1	11	4	1	1	3	4	11	0	10	WLLWDW
	15	Bury	9	4	1	4	20	20	3	0	1	9	7	1	1	3	11	13	0	9	WDLWLW
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	10	3	3	4	17	18	2	3	0	9	6	1	0	4	8	12	-1	9	DDLDWL
	17	Bristol City	10	3	2	5	19	24	3	1	1	14	8	0	1	4	5	16	-5	8	LDWLLL
	18	Swansea Town	10	2	3	5	14	12	2	2	1	12	4	0	1	4	2	8	2	7	LLWLDW
	19	Barnsley	9	2	2	5	16	20	2	1	1	8	7	0	1	4	8	13	-4	6	DLDWLL
	20	Millwall	10	0	5	5	15	25	0	3	3	9	15	0	2	2	6	10	-10	5	LDDDDD
	21	Preston North End	10	1	2	7	11	25	1	1	2	9	9	0	1	5	2	16	-14	4	LDWLDL
	22	Nottingham Forest	10	0	4	6	8	26	0	2	3	3	11	0	2	3	5	15	-18	4	LDLDDL

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	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	7	2	3	29	18	6	0	1	24	9	1	2	2	5	9	11	16	WWLWWW		3-0
1	2	Blackpool	10	8	0	2	31	22	6	0	0	18	7	2	0	2	13	15	9	16	WLWWWW		6-4
2	3	Oldham Athletic	10	6	3	1	19	10	3	2	0	11	6	3	1	1	8	4	9	15	WDDLWD		1-1
	4	Stoke City	12	5	5	2	31	23	5	2	0	20	6	0	3	2	11	17	8	15	WWDLDW		4-0
2	5	Bradford Park Avenue	11	6	2	3	22	20	3	1	1	13	9	3	1	2	9	11	2	14	DLDWWW		4-2
6	6	Hull City	11	5	3	3	14	15	4	1	1	8	4	1	2	2	6	11	-1	13	LLDDLW		3-2
4	7	Cardiff City	12	5	3	4	13	14	3	2	1	6	2	2	1	3	7	12	-1	13	DLWDLW		1-0
	8	West Bromwich Albion	10	5	2	3	26	16	3	0	1	12	4	2	2	2	14	12	10	12	DWLWWD		2-2
4	9	Reading	11	4	4	3	15	12	3	1	1	8	3	1	3	2	7	9	3	12	WDDDDL		0-1
1	10	Charlton Athletic	11	4	4	3	20	18	2	3	0	12	7	2	1	3	8	11	2	12	LDLDWD		1-1
5	11	Southampton	11	5	2	4	24	22	4	1	0	15	8	1	1	4	9	14	2	12	LWWWDL		0-4
2	12	Notts County	12	4	4	4	19	20	4	2	0	16	7	0	2	4	3	13	-1	12	WWDDLD		2-2
	13	Chelsea	10	5	1	4	22	17	5	0	1	16	5	0	1	3	6	12	5	11	LWWLLD		2-2
1	14	Bury	10	5	1	4	22	21	3	0	1	9	7	2	1	3	13	14	1	11	DLWLWW		2-1
1	15	Bradford City	11	4	3	4	17	17	3	2	1	13	6	1	1	3	4	11	0	11	LLWDWD		2-2
	16	Tottenham Hotspur	11	3	3	5	17	21	2	3	0	9	6	1	0	5	8	15	-4	9	DLDWLL		0-3
	17	Bristol City	11	3	2	6	20	26	3	1	2	15	10	0	1	4	5	16	-6	8	DWLLLL		1-2
	18	Swansea Town	11	2	3	6	16	16	2	2	2	14	8	0	1	4	2	8	0	7	LWLDWL		2-4
	19	Barnsley	10	2	2	6	16	21	2	1	1	8	7	0	1	5	8	14	-5	6	LDWLLL		0-1
2	20	Nottingham Forest	11	1	4	6	9	26	0	2	3	3	11	1	2	3	6	15	-17	6	DLDDLW		1-0
1	21	Millwall	11	0	5	6	17	28	0	3	3	9	15	0	2	3	8	13	-11	5	DDDDDL		2-3
1	22	Preston North End	11	1	2	8	15	31	1	1	3	13	15	0	1	5	2	16	-16	4	DWLDLL		4-6