The City Ground

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 - 1 FOREST - Sat Mar 19, 1949 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Mar 19, 1949 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Hillsborough
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 LOST
: Half-time: 1-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 19 March 1949

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: E Plinstone
Attendance:: 27,694
League Week:: 33 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 21 21
Opp Before/After:: 9 9

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Coventry City (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Dec 25, 1951

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1764 (of 5060)
League Tier 2:: 1027 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1951 (of 5790)
Total:: 3091 (of 7585)
Played:: 76 years, 8 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
John Love (9')

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: DWLLDL (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Frogatt (32')
Woodhead (77')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	32	Harry Walker
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	33	Bob McCall
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt
5	D	32	Horace Gager
6	M	27	Frank Knight
7	F	32	Freddie Scott
8	F	25	John Love (9')
9	F	22	Tot Leverton
10	F	29	George Wilkins
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	32	Harry Walker	77		7	1
2	D	23	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)	77		7	1
3	M	33	Bob McCall	140	1	7	1
4	M	23	Jack Burkitt	21	1	7	1
5	D	32	Horace Gager	46	1	7	1
6	M	27	Frank Knight	44	1	7	1
7	F	32	Freddie Scott	103	10	7	1
8	F	25	John Love (9')	3	1	7	1
9	F	22	Tot Leverton	17	6	28	4
10	F	29	George Wilkins	25	7	7	1
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile	19	2	7	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	McIntosh
2	D	Westlake
3	D	Swift
4	D	Gannon
5	D	Turton
6	M	Witcomb
7	M	Kilshaw
8	M	Quigley
9	M	Jordan
10	F	Frogatt
11	F	Woodhead

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Mar 19, 1949)

Home	Score	Away
Brentford	1-0	Bradford Park Avenue
Bury	0-3	Cardiff City
Chesterfield	0-0	Plymouth Argyle
Coventry City	4-1	Grimsby Town
Leeds United	4-1	Barnsley
Leicester City	1-3	Southampton
Lincoln City	0-3	Fulham
Sheffield Wednesday	2-1	Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Luton Town
West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
West Ham United	2-0	Queens Park Rangers

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

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