The City Ground

FOREST 5 - 0 READING - Sat Feb 22, 1930 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Feb 22, 1930 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 5-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1929-30
Referee:: GT Davies
Attendance:: 8,882
League Week:: 29 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 14 11
Opp Before/After:: 19 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (FA Cup)
League:: Hull City
Reading:: Dec 25, 1930

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1251 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 514 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1407 (of 5829)
Total:: 2264 (of 7634)
Played:: 96 years, 6 months, 29 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Cyril Stocks (26')
Cyril Stocks (32')
Cyril Stocks (48')
Billy Dickinson (56')
Billy Dickinson (64')

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

Goal Scorers

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Arthur Dexter
2	D	30	Bill Thompson
3	D	28	Jimmy Barrington
4	D	25	Billy McKinlay
5	D	24	Tommy Graham
6	F	37	Bob Wallace
7	M	22	John Scott
8	F	24	Cyril Stocks (26') (32') (48')
9	F	24	Billy Dickinson (56') (64')
10	F	24	Leo Loftus
11	F	33	Noah Burton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Duckworth
2	D	Percy Thorpe
3	D	James Nimmo
4	D	Sid Chandler
5	D	Alf Messer
6	M	Charlie Barley
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Murdo McDonald
9	M	Arthur Bacon
10	F	Fred Kennedy
11	F	Bert Oswald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Feb 22, 1930)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-2	Cardiff City
Blackpool	5-1	Preston North End
Bradford Park Avenue	3-0	Swansea Town
Bury	2-0	Bristol City
Chelsea	3-1	Notts County
Millwall	0-0	Hull City
Nottingham Forest	5-0	Reading
Oldham Athletic	1-0	Charlton Athletic
Southampton	2-1	Stoke City
Tottenham Hotspur	4-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion	4-2	Bradford City

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	29	16	8	5	65	34	10	4	1	41	15	6	4	4	24	19	31	40	DDLDWL
	2	Blackpool	28	18	2	8	70	56	12	1	1	44	17	6	1	7	26	39	14	38	WWLLWL
	3	Chelsea	28	13	10	5	50	27	12	2	1	36	7	1	8	4	14	20	23	36	DDDWDW
	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29	13	7	9	57	49	11	1	2	39	15	2	6	7	18	34	8	33	LWDDWW
	5	Bradford Park Avenue	28	13	7	8	57	50	9	3	1	39	17	4	4	7	18	33	7	33	DWWWDL
	6	Bury	29	14	4	11	58	50	9	1	4	34	21	5	3	7	24	29	8	32	WDWLWL
	7	Southampton	28	12	5	11	55	52	10	3	1	32	14	2	2	10	23	38	3	29	WLDLWL
	8	Cardiff City	29	12	5	12	41	41	9	3	3	27	12	3	2	9	14	29	0	29	WDLLLW
	9	West Bromwich Albion	27	12	4	11	72	55	10	1	2	49	19	2	3	9	23	36	17	28	WLLWWL
	10	Charlton Athletic	27	9	10	8	40	37	5	6	1	21	14	4	4	7	19	23	3	28	LWDDLD
	11	Stoke City	30	10	8	12	54	54	7	4	4	29	17	3	4	8	25	37	0	28	LWLWDD
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	9	11	41	45	6	8	1	30	20	3	1	10	11	25	-4	27	LWLDDW
	13	Hull City	27	11	5	11	41	49	8	2	3	24	15	3	3	8	17	34	-8	27	LLDWLW
	14	Nottingham Forest	28	8	11	9	33	42	5	5	4	20	19	3	6	5	13	23	-9	27	DDDLDD
	15	Preston North End	29	9	8	12	43	53	5	4	5	30	24	4	4	7	13	29	-10	26	DLWDDD
	16	Notts County	29	6	13	10	39	45	6	6	3	25	16	0	7	7	14	29	-6	25	DDWWDL
	17	Bradford City	28	8	9	11	42	50	5	5	5	27	23	3	4	6	15	27	-8	25	WLLWDD
	18	Millwall	28	6	12	10	42	57	6	6	3	26	23	0	6	7	16	34	-15	24	WLDWDD
	19	Reading	30	7	10	13	36	49	6	6	3	21	17	1	4	10	15	32	-13	24	LWWDLD
	20	Barnsley	29	8	7	14	38	51	7	6	1	24	15	1	1	13	14	36	-13	23	WLWDLW
	21	Swansea Town	30	7	8	15	39	51	6	4	5	28	21	1	4	10	11	30	-12	22	DLLWDD
	22	Bristol City	27	8	6	13	45	61	7	3	4	27	24	1	3	9	18	37	-16	22	DDWDLL

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	Oldham Athletic	30	17	8	5	66	34	11	4	1	42	15	6	4	4	24	19	32	42	DLDWLW		1-0
	2	Blackpool	29	19	2	8	75	57	13	1	1	49	18	6	1	7	26	39	18	40	WLLWLW		5-1
	3	Chelsea	29	14	10	5	53	28	13	2	1	39	8	1	8	4	14	20	25	38	DDWDWW		3-1
1	4	Bradford Park Avenue	29	14	7	8	60	50	10	3	1	42	17	4	4	7	18	33	10	35	WWWDLW		3-0
1	5	Bury	30	15	4	11	60	50	10	1	4	36	21	5	3	7	24	29	10	34	DWLWLW		2-0
2	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	13	7	10	59	53	11	1	2	39	15	2	6	8	20	38	6	33	WDDWWL		2-4
	7	Southampton	29	13	5	11	57	53	11	3	1	34	15	2	2	10	23	38	4	31	LDLWLW		2-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	28	13	4	11	76	57	11	1	2	53	21	2	3	9	23	36	19	30	LLWWLW		4-2
1	9	Cardiff City	30	12	6	12	43	43	9	3	3	27	12	3	3	9	16	31	0	30	DLLLWD		2-2
2	10	Tottenham Hotspur	30	10	9	11	45	47	7	8	1	34	22	3	1	10	11	25	-2	29	WLDDWW		4-2
3	11	Nottingham Forest	29	9	11	9	38	42	6	5	4	25	19	3	6	5	13	23	-4	29	DDLDDW		5-0
2	12	Charlton Athletic	28	9	10	9	40	38	5	6	1	21	14	4	4	8	19	24	2	28	WDDLDL		0-1
2	13	Stoke City	31	10	8	13	55	56	7	4	4	29	17	3	4	9	26	39	-1	28	WLWDDL		1-2
1	14	Hull City	28	11	6	11	41	49	8	2	3	24	15	3	4	8	17	34	-8	28	LDWLWD		0-0
	15	Preston North End	30	9	8	13	44	58	5	4	5	30	24	4	4	8	14	34	-14	26	LWDDDL		1-5
	16	Notts County	30	6	13	11	40	48	6	6	3	25	16	0	7	8	15	32	-8	25	DWWDLL		1-3
	17	Bradford City	29	8	9	12	44	54	5	5	5	27	23	3	4	7	17	31	-10	25	LLWDDL		2-4
	18	Millwall	29	6	13	10	42	57	6	7	3	26	23	0	6	7	16	34	-15	25	LDWDDD		0-0
1	19	Barnsley	30	8	8	14	40	53	7	7	1	26	17	1	1	13	14	36	-13	24	LWDLWD		2-2
1	20	Reading	31	7	10	14	36	54	6	6	3	21	17	1	4	11	15	37	-18	24	WWDLDL		0-5
	21	Swansea Town	31	7	8	16	39	54	6	4	5	28	21	1	4	11	11	33	-15	22	LLWDDL		0-3
	22	Bristol City	28	8	6	14	45	63	7	3	4	27	24	1	3	10	18	39	-18	22	DWDLLL		0-2