The City Ground

READING 0 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 06, 1929 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 06, 1929 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Reading
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Elm Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-0 WON
: Half-time: 2-0

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

Season:: 1928-29
Referee:: J Hawkins
Attendance:: 10,315
Pos Before/After:: 13 13
Opp Before/After:: 14 17

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Preston North End (League Tier 2)
Reading:: Oct 19, 1929

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1218 (of 5045)
League Tier 2:: 481 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1370 (of 5768)
Total:: 2225 (of 7556)
Played:: 96 years, 3 months, 0 days ago

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

Goals
Berty Heathcock (8')
Norman Thompson (24') - Norman Thompson first goal
Berty Heathcock (89')

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

Goals

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	24	Arthur Dexter
2	D	29	Bill Thompson
3	D	24	Tommy Graham
4	D	24	Billy McKinlay
5	M	26	David Cameron
6	F	36	Bob Wallace
7	M	20	William Lennox
8	F	23	Cyril Stocks
9	M	25	Berty Heathcock (8') (89')
10	F	23	Norman Thompson (24')
11	F	26	Bob Morton

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Joe Duckworth
2	D	Percy Thorpe
3	D	Ted Smith
4	D	Sid Chandler
5	D	Alf Messer
6	M	Tommy Meads
7	M	Harry Goodwin
8	M	Ted Braithwaite
9	M	Bill Johnstone
10	F	Jock Hunter
11	F	Bert Oswald

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 06, 1929)

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

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	GA	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Grimsby Town	36	21	5	10	74	53	14	2	3	44	24	7	3	7	30	29	1.39623	47	WWWWWL	Safe
	2	Middlesbrough	37	18	10	9	82	56	11	4	3	46	22	7	6	6	36	34	1.46429	46	LDLWLD	Safe
	3	Notts County	38	18	8	12	70	55	12	4	3	45	21	6	4	9	25	34	1.27273	44	WLWLWL	Safe
	4	Southampton	37	14	14	9	65	53	9	6	3	40	21	5	8	6	25	32	1.22642	42	LLWWLW	Safe
	5	Stoke City	37	15	11	11	64	44	10	7	2	38	16	5	4	9	26	28	1.45455	41	LWWLWD	Safe
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	36	19	3	14	78	62	16	1	1	57	20	3	2	13	21	42	1.25806	41	WWLLWW	Safe
	7	Chelsea	37	16	9	12	59	54	9	5	4	36	24	7	4	8	23	30	1.09259	41	LLLLLW	Safe
	8	Blackpool	37	16	6	15	77	70	12	3	4	43	16	4	3	11	34	54	1.10000	38	LWLWWL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	35	16	6	13	67	67	11	3	4	43	21	5	3	9	24	46	1.00000	38	LWWWWW
	10	Millwall	35	15	7	13	66	68	9	4	5	40	29	6	3	8	26	39	.97059	37	DLLLWL
	11	Preston North End	37	15	6	16	71	66	12	3	3	53	22	3	3	13	18	44	1.07576	36	WLWDLL
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	36	15	6	15	64	72	14	2	2	43	24	1	4	13	21	48	.88889	36	WWDDDW
	13	Nottingham Forest	37	11	12	14	60	67	6	6	7	27	31	5	6	7	33	36	.89552	34	DDLLDL
	14	Reading	37	13	8	16	57	79	10	3	5	43	25	3	5	11	14	54	.72152	34	WLWWLW
	15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	13	7	17	69	71	7	6	5	33	25	6	1	12	36	46	.97183	33	LWLLLW
	16	Swansea Town	37	12	9	16	59	66	11	3	5	44	25	1	6	11	15	41	.89394	33	DWDLWL
	17	Hull City	35	11	11	13	51	58	7	6	3	32	19	4	5	10	19	39	.87931	33	DDLWDD
	18	Bristol City	37	13	7	17	55	63	11	5	3	37	24	2	2	14	18	39	.87302	33	LWLWDW
	19	Barnsley	37	13	5	19	59	63	10	4	5	43	26	3	1	14	16	37	.93651	31	LWLWWD
	20	Oldham Athletic	37	13	5	19	47	69	12	2	4	31	23	1	3	15	16	46	.68116	31	WLWLLD
	21	Port Vale	37	13	3	21	65	80	12	0	6	47	25	1	3	15	18	55	.81250	29	WDLWLD
	22	Clapton Orient	37	10	8	19	39	62	8	4	7	25	25	2	4	12	14	37	.62903	28	DLLLWL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	1	Middlesbrough	38	19	10	9	86	56	12	4	3	50	22	7	6	6	36	34	1.53571	48	DLWLDW	Safe	4-0
1	2	Grimsby Town	37	21	5	11	75	56	14	2	3	44	24	7	3	8	31	32	1.33929	47	WWWWLL	Safe	1-3
	3	Notts County	39	19	8	12	75	56	13	4	3	50	22	6	4	9	25	34	1.33929	46	LWLWLW	Safe	5-1
	4	Southampton	38	15	14	9	68	54	10	6	3	43	22	5	8	6	25	32	1.25926	44	LWWLWW	Safe	3-1
	5	Stoke City	38	15	11	12	64	45	10	7	2	38	16	5	4	10	26	29	1.42222	41	WWLWDL	Safe	0-1
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	37	19	3	15	79	65	16	1	1	57	20	3	2	14	22	45	1.21538	41	WLLWWL	Safe	1-3
	7	Chelsea	38	16	9	13	59	55	9	5	4	36	24	7	4	9	23	31	1.07273	41	LLLLWL	Safe	0-1
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	36	16	7	13	68	68	11	3	4	43	21	5	4	9	25	47	1.00000	39	WWWWWD		1-1
1	9	Millwall	36	16	7	13	68	69	10	4	5	42	30	6	3	8	26	39	.98551	39	LLLWLW		2-1
2	10	Blackpool	38	16	6	16	78	72	12	3	4	43	16	4	3	12	35	56	1.08333	38	WLWWLL		1-2
	11	Preston North End	38	15	7	16	72	67	12	4	3	54	23	3	3	13	18	44	1.07463	37	LWDLLD		1-1
	12	Tottenham Hotspur	37	15	7	15	65	73	14	3	2	44	25	1	4	13	21	48	.89041	37	WDDDWD		1-1
	13	Nottingham Forest	38	12	12	14	63	67	6	6	7	27	31	6	6	7	36	36	.94030	36	DLLDLW		3-0
1	14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	14	7	17	72	72	8	6	5	36	26	6	1	12	36	46	1.00000	35	WLLLWW		3-1
2	15	Hull City	36	11	12	13	51	58	7	7	3	32	19	4	5	10	19	39	.87931	34	DLWDDD		0-0
2	16	Bristol City	38	13	8	17	56	64	11	5	3	37	24	2	3	14	19	40	.87500	34	WLWDWD		1-1
3	17	Reading	38	13	8	17	57	82	10	3	6	43	28	3	5	11	14	54	.69512	34	LWWLWL		0-3
2	18	Swansea Town	38	12	9	17	60	71	11	3	5	44	25	1	6	12	16	46	.84507	33	WDLWLL		1-5
1	19	Oldham Athletic	38	14	5	19	48	69	13	2	4	32	23	1	3	15	16	46	.69565	33	LWLLDW		1-0
1	20	Barnsley	38	13	6	19	59	63	10	4	5	43	26	3	2	14	16	37	.93651	32	WLWWDD		0-0
	21	Port Vale	38	14	3	21	66	80	13	0	6	48	25	1	3	15	18	55	.82500	31	DLWLDW		1-0
	22	Clapton Orient	38	10	8	20	39	66	8	4	7	25	25	2	4	13	14	41	.59091	28	LLLWLL		0-4