The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Apr 15, 1939 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 15, 1939 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

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

Season:: 1938-39
Referee:: GT Davies
Attendance:: 24,640
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 19 20
Opp Before/After:: 2 3

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chesterfield (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Oct 07, 1939

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1639 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 902 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1816 (of 5829)
Total:: 2690 (of 7634)
Played:: 87 years, 5 months, 0 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: LWLWWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Jack Fryer (55')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Jimmy McMullan
Prior form: DDWLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Robert Davies (2') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	30	Percy Ashton
2	D	25	Reg Trim
3	D	24	John Munro
4	D	34	Tommy Graham
5	M	25	Robert Davies
6	M	25	Thomas Clark
7	F	24	Len Beaumont
8	F	27	Jack Fryer (55')
9	M	23	Bob McCall
10	F	27	Jack Surtees
11	F	21	Roy Brown

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Roy Smith
2	D	Jack Ashley
3	D	Ted Catlin
4	D	Dave Russell
5	D	Harry Hanford
6	M	Horace Burrows
7	M	Ernie Toseland
8	M	Jackie Robinson
9	M	Walter Millership
10	F	Charlie Napier
11	F	Bill Fallon

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 15, 1939)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Southampton
Bradford Park Avenue	0-3	Sheffield United
Bury	1-1	Newcastle United
Chesterfield	1-2	Luton Town
Fulham	1-0	Coventry City
Manchester City	2-0	Burnley
Millwall	2-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Swansea Town	2-1	Plymouth Argyle
Tranmere Rovers	0-1	Norwich City
West Ham United	2-1	West Bromwich Albion

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	Blackburn Rovers	39	24	4	11	91	59	16	1	3	56	23	8	3	8	35	36	32	52	WDWWLW	Safe
	2	Sheffield Wednesday	37	19	8	10	81	54	13	3	3	45	17	6	5	7	36	37	27	46	DDWLDW	Safe
	3	Luton Town	38	21	4	13	79	60	13	3	3	46	24	8	1	10	33	36	19	46	WWLWWW	Safe
	4	Coventry City	37	19	7	11	57	40	12	3	3	33	10	7	4	8	24	30	17	45	DLWWDW	Safe
	5	Sheffield United	37	16	13	8	55	40	7	8	3	27	14	9	5	5	28	26	15	45	LLWDWD	Safe
	6	Chesterfield	37	18	9	10	60	45	15	1	2	47	16	3	8	8	13	29	15	45	WDWWWD	Safe
	7	Tottenham Hotspur	38	18	9	11	62	50	12	6	2	44	24	6	3	9	18	26	12	45	DWLWWW	Safe
	8	Manchester City	37	19	5	13	89	68	11	2	5	50	33	8	3	8	39	35	21	43	WWWWWD	Safe
	9	Newcastle United	39	17	9	13	57	45	12	3	4	41	19	5	6	9	16	26	12	43	DDDDLL	Safe
	10	West Bromwich Albion	38	17	8	13	84	66	14	2	2	50	18	3	6	11	34	48	18	42	LWLLDD	Safe
	11	Fulham	37	15	9	13	56	49	11	4	3	31	16	4	5	10	25	33	7	39	DLWLLL	Safe
	12	Burnley	39	15	9	15	48	50	13	3	4	31	18	2	6	11	17	32	-2	39	DLLWLW	Safe
	13	West Ham United	38	14	9	15	64	50	8	5	6	32	19	6	4	9	32	31	14	37	DWDLLW	Safe
	14	Millwall	39	12	13	14	60	52	10	6	3	40	17	2	7	11	20	35	8	37	LLDWDL	Safe
	15	Bury	39	11	12	16	59	68	9	4	7	47	35	2	8	9	12	33	-9	34	LLWLDD
	16	Southampton	38	12	9	17	54	74	8	6	5	33	31	4	3	12	21	43	-20	33	LWWLDL
	17	Plymouth Argyle	37	12	8	17	43	51	6	7	5	20	13	6	1	12	23	38	-8	32	LDLLDL
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	39	11	10	18	57	77	8	6	6	33	32	3	4	12	24	45	-20	32	DLLWLL
	19	Nottingham Forest	38	9	10	19	46	78	7	6	6	31	27	2	4	13	15	51	-32	28	LWLWWD
	20	Swansea Town	37	9	10	18	43	73	7	5	7	29	27	2	5	11	14	46	-30	28	WLLLLW
	21	Norwich City	37	11	4	22	46	86	9	4	6	38	29	2	0	16	8	57	-40	26	WDLWDL
	22	Tranmere Rovers	39	6	5	28	38	94	6	4	10	26	37	0	1	18	12	57	-56	17	WLLWLL	Relegated

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	Blackburn Rovers	40	25	4	11	94	59	17	1	3	59	23	8	3	8	35	36	35	54	DWWLWW	Safe	3-0
1	2	Luton Town	39	22	4	13	81	61	13	3	3	46	24	9	1	10	35	37	20	48	WLWWWW	Safe	2-1
1	3	Sheffield Wednesday	38	19	9	10	82	55	13	4	3	46	18	6	5	7	36	37	27	47	DWLDWD	Safe	1-1
1	4	Sheffield United	38	17	13	8	58	40	7	8	3	27	14	10	5	5	31	26	18	47	LWDWDW	Safe	3-0
1	5	Coventry City	38	19	7	12	57	41	12	3	3	33	10	7	4	9	24	31	16	45	LWWDWL	Safe	0-1
2	6	Manchester City	38	20	5	13	91	68	12	2	5	52	33	8	3	8	39	35	23	45	WWWWDW	Safe	2-0
1	7	Chesterfield	38	18	9	11	61	47	15	1	3	48	18	3	8	8	13	29	14	45	DWWWDL	Safe	1-2
1	8	Tottenham Hotspur	39	18	9	12	62	52	12	6	2	44	24	6	3	10	18	28	10	45	WLWWWL	Safe	0-2
	9	Newcastle United	40	17	10	13	58	46	12	3	4	41	19	5	7	9	17	27	12	44	DDDLLD	Safe	1-1
	10	West Bromwich Albion	39	17	8	14	85	68	14	2	2	50	18	3	6	12	35	50	17	42	WLLDDL	Safe	1-2
	11	Fulham	38	16	9	13	57	49	12	4	3	32	16	4	5	10	25	33	8	41	LWLLLW	Safe	1-0
1	12	West Ham United	39	15	9	15	66	51	9	5	6	34	20	6	4	9	32	31	15	39	WDLLWW	Safe	2-1
1	13	Millwall	40	13	13	14	62	52	11	6	3	42	17	2	7	11	20	35	10	39	LDWDLW	Safe	2-0
2	14	Burnley	40	15	9	16	48	52	13	3	4	31	18	2	6	12	17	34	-4	39	LLWLWL	Safe	0-2
	15	Bury	40	11	13	16	60	69	9	5	7	48	36	2	8	9	12	33	-9	35	LWLDDD		1-1
	16	Southampton	39	12	9	18	54	77	8	6	5	33	31	4	3	13	21	46	-23	33	WWLDLL		0-3
	17	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	8	18	44	53	6	7	5	20	13	6	1	13	24	40	-9	32	DLLDLL		1-2
	18	Bradford Park Avenue	40	11	10	19	57	80	8	6	7	33	35	3	4	12	24	45	-23	32	LLWLLL		0-3
1	19	Swansea Town	38	10	10	18	45	74	8	5	7	31	28	2	5	11	14	46	-29	30	LLLLWW		2-1
1	20	Nottingham Forest	39	9	11	19	47	79	7	6	6	31	27	2	5	13	16	52	-32	29	WLWWDD		1-1
	21	Norwich City	38	12	4	22	47	86	9	4	6	38	29	3	0	16	9	57	-39	28	DLWDLW		1-0
	22	Tranmere Rovers	40	6	5	29	38	95	6	4	11	26	38	0	1	18	12	57	-57	17	LLWLLL	Relegated	0-1