The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 THE WEDNESDAY - Sat Oct 31, 1896 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Oct 31, 1896 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: The Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: Town Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)
: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1896-97
Referee:
Attendance:: 8,000
Pos Before/After:: 10 10
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 1)
The Wednesday:: Jan 30, 1897

GAME COUNT:
League:: 129 (of 5007)
League Tier 1:: 129 (of 2259)
Competitive:: 195 (of 5724)
Total:: 805 (of 7505)
Played:: 127 years, 5 months, 16 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Radford
Prior form: WDDLLW (Old to recent)

Goals
Adrian Capes - Adrian Capes first goal
Adrian Capes

THE WEDNESDAY
Manager: Arthur Dickinson
Prior form: LWWDDW (Old to recent)

Goals
?
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	25	Dan Allsop
2	D	24	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	21	Frank Forman
5	M		Bert Abbott	Last game
6	M		Alec Stewart
7	F	22	Fred Forman
8	F	21	Chas Richards
9	M	23	Adrian Capes
10	F	21	Arthur Capes
11	F	23	Tom McInnes

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	?
2	D	?
3	D	?
4	D	?
5	D	?
6	M	?
7	M	?
8	M	?
9	M	?
10	F	?
11	F	?

All the games in Division 1 on this day (Sat Oct 31, 1896)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-4	Preston North End
Bury	2-2	Bolton Wanderers
Everton	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Nottingham Forest	2-2	The Wednesday
Sheffield United	2-2	Derby County
Stoke City	0-2	Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Liverpool

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Bolton Wanderers	9	6	2	1	16	5	4	1	0	10	1	2	1	1	6	4	3.20000	14	WWWWLW
	2	Sheffield United	9	4	4	1	14	8	2	2	0	5	1	2	2	1	9	7	1.75000	12	DDWWDL
	3	Liverpool	11	5	2	4	18	12	3	1	1	9	2	2	1	3	9	10	1.50000	12	DLWLDW
	4	Aston Villa	9	5	2	2	16	12	3	1	1	9	6	2	1	1	7	6	1.33333	12	WLDWWW
	5	Preston North End	8	4	3	1	18	13	4	0	0	14	7	0	3	1	4	6	1.38462	11	DWLWDW
	6	The Wednesday	9	4	2	3	16	14	3	1	1	12	7	1	1	2	4	7	1.14286	10	LWWDDW
	7	Blackburn Rovers	9	4	2	3	12	12	4	0	1	10	4	0	2	2	2	8	1.00000	10	WDWLWL
	8	West Bromwich Albion	9	3	3	3	8	10	2	2	1	5	4	1	1	2	3	6	.80000	9	DDLLWD
	9	Everton	8	4	0	4	12	14	2	0	2	7	7	2	0	2	5	7	.85714	8	LWWLLL
	10	Nottingham Forest	7	2	3	2	13	12	2	1	0	10	3	0	2	2	3	9	1.08333	7	WDDLLW
	11	Burnley	9	2	3	4	14	19	2	3	0	8	6	0	0	4	6	13	.73684	7	DLLWDL
	12	Sunderland	10	2	3	5	10	18	1	1	2	5	8	1	2	3	5	10	.55556	7	LLLDWW
	13	Stoke City	8	3	0	5	13	19	2	0	1	7	4	1	0	4	6	15	.68421	6	LLLWWL
	14	Derby County	8	2	1	5	15	17	2	1	2	14	12	0	0	3	1	5	.88235	5	LWWLLL
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9	2	1	6	10	12	1	1	3	3	5	1	0	3	7	7	.83333	5	LDWLLL
	16	Bury	8	1	3	4	5	13	0	2	1	2	3	1	1	3	3	10	.38462	5	LLLLDD

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Bolton Wanderers	10	6	3	1	18	7	4	1	0	10	1	2	2	1	8	6	2.57143	15	WWWLWD		2-2
1	2	Liverpool	12	6	2	4	19	12	3	1	1	9	2	3	1	3	10	10	1.58333	14	LWLDWW		1-0
1	3	Aston Villa	10	6	2	2	18	12	3	1	1	9	6	3	1	1	9	6	1.50000	14	LDWWWW		2-0
1	4	Preston North End	9	5	3	1	22	13	4	0	0	14	7	1	3	1	8	6	1.69231	13	WLWDWW		4-0
3	5	Sheffield United	10	4	5	1	16	10	2	3	0	7	3	2	2	1	9	7	1.60000	13	DWWDLD		2-2
	6	The Wednesday	10	4	3	3	18	16	3	1	1	12	7	1	2	2	6	9	1.12500	11	WWDDWD		2-2
	7	Blackburn Rovers	10	4	2	4	12	16	4	0	2	10	8	0	2	2	2	8	.75000	10	DWLWLL		0-4
1	8	Everton	9	4	1	4	12	14	2	1	2	7	7	2	0	2	5	7	.85714	9	WWLLLD		0-0
1	9	West Bromwich Albion	10	3	3	4	8	11	2	2	2	5	5	1	1	2	3	6	.72727	9	DLLWDL		0-1
	10	Nottingham Forest	8	2	4	2	15	14	2	2	0	12	5	0	2	2	3	9	1.07143	8	DDLLWD		2-2
	11	Burnley	9	2	3	4	14	19	2	3	0	8	6	0	0	4	6	13	.73684	7	DLLWDL
	12	Sunderland	10	2	3	5	10	18	1	1	2	5	8	1	2	3	5	10	.55556	7	LLLDWW
1	13	Derby County	9	2	2	5	17	19	2	1	2	14	12	0	1	3	3	7	.89474	6	WWLLLD		2-2
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	2	2	6	10	12	1	1	3	3	5	1	1	3	7	7	.83333	6	DWLLLD		0-0
2	15	Stoke City	9	3	0	6	13	21	2	0	2	7	6	1	0	4	6	15	.61905	6	LLWWLL		0-2
	16	Bury	9	1	4	4	7	15	0	3	1	4	5	1	1	3	3	10	.46667	6	LLLDDD		2-2