The City Ground

FULHAM 1 - 1 FOREST - Mon May 26, 1947 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Mon May 26, 1947 (11:15 PM)
Opponent:: Fulham
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Craven Cottage
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: EW Baker
Attendance:: 9,160
League Week:: 39 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 18 17
Opp Before/After:: 14 13

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Chesterfield (League Tier 2)
Fulham:: Oct 25, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1685 (of 5086)
League Tier 2:: 948 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1869 (of 5828)
Total:: 3007 (of 7633)
Played:: 79 years, 3 months, 11 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Jack Edwards (50')

FULHAM
Manager: Jack Peart
Prior form: LDLWWL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Cyril Grant (87')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	31	Harry Walker	Debut
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	D	25	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	32	George Pritty
5	M	29	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	31	Sailor Brown
9	M	25	Eddie Barks
10	F	23	Jack Edwards (50')
11	F	28	Tom Johnston

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ted Hinton
2	D	Harry Freeman
3	D	Joe Bacuzzi
4	D	Len Quested
5	D	Jack Watson
6	M	Jim Taylor
7	M	Peter Buchanan
8	M	Dave Nelson
9	M	Cyril Grant
10	F	Pat Beasley
11	F	Ernie Shepherd

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Mon May 26, 1947)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	2-1	West Bromwich Albion
Bradford Park Avenue	3-2	Plymouth Argyle
Burnley	1-1	Bury
Chesterfield	2-1	Coventry City
Fulham	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Newcastle United	2-3	West Ham United
Newport County	0-3	Birmingham City
Sheffield Wednesday	1-0	Manchester City
Southampton	1-1	Leicester City
Swansea Town	0-3	Millwall

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	Manchester City	39	25	10	4	72	30	16	3	1	44	13	9	7	3	28	17	42	60	DWLWDW	Promoted
	2	Burnley	39	21	12	6	58	27	11	7	2	29	13	10	5	4	29	14	31	54	WLWLLW	Safe
	3	Birmingham City	41	24	5	12	71	33	17	2	2	51	11	7	3	10	20	22	38	53	LWWWDW	Safe
	4	Newcastle United	40	19	10	11	91	55	11	4	5	58	29	8	6	6	33	26	36	48	DLWWDD	Safe
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	13	11	64	52	11	7	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	12	47	DWLWLD	Safe
	6	Coventry City	41	16	13	12	65	57	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	11	25	40	8	45	WDDWWW	Safe
	7	Chesterfield	38	15	14	9	49	39	9	6	3	28	13	6	8	6	21	26	10	44	DWWWLW	Safe
	8	West Bromwich Albion	39	18	8	13	80	70	11	4	5	50	36	7	4	8	30	34	10	44	LLDDLW	Safe
	9	Leicester City	40	17	6	17	66	63	10	4	6	40	25	7	2	11	26	38	3	40	DDWLLL	Safe
	10	Barnsley	40	16	7	17	81	84	12	2	6	46	28	4	5	11	35	56	-3	39	WLLWWW	Safe
	11	West Ham United	40	15	8	17	67	69	12	4	4	46	26	3	4	13	21	43	-2	38	WDWWDL	Safe
	12	Southampton	41	15	8	18	68	75	11	4	5	44	23	4	4	13	24	52	-7	38	LWDLWW	Safe
	13	Luton Town	41	15	7	19	65	70	12	4	4	44	26	3	3	15	21	44	-5	37	WLDLLW	Safe
	14	Fulham	38	15	7	16	61	67	12	3	4	39	21	3	4	12	22	46	-6	37	LDLWWL	Safe
	15	Bury	40	12	11	17	78	74	11	6	4	62	34	1	5	13	16	40	4	35	WLWLDL	Safe
	16	Bradford Park Avenue	38	12	11	15	57	67	6	6	7	24	22	6	5	8	33	45	-10	35	WLLDWL	Safe
	17	Plymouth Argyle	40	14	5	21	76	88	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	14	31	54	-12	33	LWLLLL	Safe
	18	Nottingham Forest	38	12	9	17	58	72	10	5	3	37	19	2	4	14	21	53	-14	33	LWLDDL	Safe
	19	Millwall	39	13	6	20	51	77	7	5	7	28	28	6	1	13	23	49	-26	32	LDWWLL	Safe
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	8	21	64	84	9	5	6	38	28	2	3	15	26	56	-20	30	WLWLLD
	21	Swansea Town	41	11	7	23	55	80	9	1	10	36	37	2	6	13	19	43	-25	29	WLDDWL
	22	Newport County	38	9	3	26	53	117	8	1	10	37	47	1	2	16	16	70	-64	21	DLLWLW	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	Manchester City	40	25	10	5	72	31	16	3	1	44	13	9	7	4	28	18	41	60	WLWDWL	Champions	0-1
1	2	Birmingham City	42	25	5	12	74	33	17	2	2	51	11	8	3	10	23	22	41	55	WWWDWW	Safe	3-0
1	3	Burnley	40	21	13	6	59	28	11	8	2	30	14	10	5	4	29	14	31	55	LWLLWD	Safe	1-1
	4	Newcastle United	41	19	10	12	93	58	11	4	6	60	32	8	6	6	33	26	35	48	LWWDDL	Safe	2-3
	5	Tottenham Hotspur	41	17	13	11	64	52	11	7	2	34	20	6	6	9	30	32	12	47	DWLWLD	Safe
1	6	Chesterfield	39	16	14	9	51	40	10	6	3	30	14	6	8	6	21	26	11	46	WWWLWW	Safe	2-1
1	7	Coventry City	42	16	13	13	66	59	12	8	1	40	17	4	5	12	26	42	7	45	DDWWWL	Safe	1-2
	8	West Bromwich Albion	40	18	8	14	81	72	11	4	5	50	36	7	4	9	31	36	9	44	LDDLWL	Safe	1-2
	9	Leicester City	41	17	7	17	67	64	10	4	6	40	25	7	3	11	27	39	3	41	DWLLLD	Safe	1-1
	10	Barnsley	41	17	7	17	83	85	13	2	6	48	29	4	5	11	35	56	-2	41	LLWWWW	Safe	2-1
	11	West Ham United	41	16	8	17	70	71	12	4	4	46	26	4	4	13	24	45	-1	40	DWWDLW	Safe	3-2
	12	Southampton	42	15	9	18	69	76	11	5	5	45	24	4	4	13	24	52	-7	39	WDLWWD	Safe	1-1
1	13	Fulham	39	15	8	16	62	68	12	4	4	40	22	3	4	12	22	46	-6	38	DLWWLD	Safe	1-1
1	14	Luton Town	41	15	7	19	65	70	12	4	4	44	26	3	3	15	21	44	-5	37	WLDLLW	Safe
1	15	Bradford Park Avenue	39	13	11	15	60	69	7	6	7	27	24	6	5	8	33	45	-9	37	LLDWLW	Safe	3-2
1	16	Bury	41	12	12	17	79	75	11	6	4	62	34	1	6	13	17	41	4	36	LWLDLD	Safe	1-1
1	17	Nottingham Forest	39	12	10	17	59	73	10	5	3	37	19	2	5	14	22	54	-14	34	WLDDLD	Safe	1-1
1	18	Millwall	40	14	6	20	54	77	7	5	7	28	28	7	1	13	26	49	-23	34	DWWLLW	Safe	3-0
2	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	14	5	22	78	91	11	3	7	45	34	3	2	15	33	57	-13	33	WLLLLL	Safe	2-3
	20	Sheffield Wednesday	41	12	8	21	65	84	10	5	6	39	28	2	3	15	26	56	-19	32	LWLLDW	Safe	1-0
	21	Swansea Town	42	11	7	24	55	83	9	1	11	36	40	2	6	13	19	43	-28	29	LDDWLL	Relegated	0-3
	22	Newport County	39	9	3	27	53	120	8	1	11	37	50	1	2	16	16	70	-67	21	LLWLWL	Relegated	0-3