The City Ground

FOREST 1 - 2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Oct 23, 1948 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Oct 23, 1948 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 1-2 (Lost)

Attendance:: 29,901
Pos Before/After:: 20/20
Opp Before/After:: 7/7
Referee:
Season:: 1948-49
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Coventry City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1744 (of 4876)
League Tier 2:: 1007 (of 2459)
Competitive:: 1929 (of 5573)
Total:: 3061 (of 7321)

Sources:: AFS (11v11.com) (Link)

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

Goals:
Jack Edwards

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager:
Prior form: LWWDLW (Old to recent)

Goals:

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player	Notes
1	GK	Harry Walker
2	D	Geoff Thomas (1944-60)
3	M	Jack Hutchinson
4	M	Bob McCall
5	D	Horace Gager
6	F	William Morley
7	M	Johnny Linaker
8	F	Tom Johnson
9	F	Jack Edwards
10	F	Sid Ottewell
11	F	George Lee

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All the games in Division 2 on this day (Sat Oct 23, 1948)

Home	F	A	Away
Barnsley	1	1	Leeds United
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	West Bromwich Albion
Bradford Park Avenue	3	1	Brentford
Fulham	2	1	Lincoln City
Grimsby Town	4	1	Coventry City
Luton Town	1	1	Tottenham Hotspur
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Chesterfield
Queens Park Rangers	2	1	West Ham United
Southampton	6	0	Leicester City

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
	1	West Bromwich Albion	13	7	4	2	23	9	3	2	1	14	6	4	2	1	9	3	2.556	18	WDWWWW
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	13	7	4	2	24	10	6	1	0	21	5	1	3	2	3	5	2.400	18	DWLWWW
	3	Bury	13	7	2	4	24	18	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.333	16	WLLLLW
	4	Southampton	13	6	3	4	23	15	5	1	0	18	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.533	15	WDLLWD
	5	Barnsley	13	5	5	3	23	16	3	3	1	14	4	2	2	2	9	12	1.438	15	WLWWWL
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	13	5	4	4	22	18	3	2	1	12	6	2	2	3	10	12	1.222	14	DDLWDD
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	13	5	4	4	26	22	4	2	1	15	6	1	2	3	11	16	1.182	14	LWWDLW
	8	West Ham United	13	4	6	3	14	13	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	3	0	6	1.077	14	DWWDDW
	9	Cardiff City	13	5	4	4	16	16	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1.000	14	WDWWLL
	10	Brentford	13	4	6	3	11	11	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	1	3	3	1.000	14	LDWDLW
	11	Fulham	13	5	3	5	20	17	3	2	1	13	4	2	1	4	7	13	1.176	13	LDLWLW
	12	Leicester City	13	4	5	4	24	24	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	3	7	11	1.000	13	WDLWDD
	13	Leeds United	13	4	5	4	21	22	3	3	1	11	6	1	2	3	10	16	.955	13	DWLLDD
	14	Queens Park Rangers	13	5	3	5	15	22	4	2	0	11	4	1	1	5	4	18	.682	13	LLWLWL
	15	Chesterfield	13	3	6	4	13	17	1	2	3	3	6	2	4	1	10	11	.765	12	DDWWWL
	16	Blackburn Rovers	13	5	2	6	19	25	4	1	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	.760	12	DWWLDL
	17	Luton Town	13	3	5	5	15	21	2	4	0	8	3	1	1	5	7	18	.714	11	WLDLDL
	18	Grimsby Town	13	3	4	6	20	24	1	2	4	13	16	2	2	2	7	8	.833	10	DWDLDL
	19	Coventry City	13	4	2	7	20	26	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	4	7	18	.769	10	DLLLLW
	20	Nottingham Forest	13	4	2	7	10	17	2	2	3	3	3	2	0	4	7	14	.588	10	LDLWLW
	21	Lincoln City	13	2	5	6	14	26	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	4	9	19	.538	9	LLWDDL
	22	Plymouth Argyle	13	3	2	8	11	19	3	0	3	8	6	0	2	5	3	13	.579	8	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
	1	West Bromwich Albion	14	7	5	2	23	9	3	2	1	14	6	4	3	1	9	3	2.556	19	DWWWWD
	2	Tottenham Hotspur	14	7	5	2	25	11	6	1	0	21	5	1	4	2	4	6	2.273	19	WLWWWD
1	3	Southampton	14	7	3	4	29	15	6	1	0	24	4	1	2	4	5	11	1.933	17	DLLWDW
1	4	Barnsley	14	5	6	3	24	17	3	4	1	15	5	2	2	2	9	12	1.412	16	LWWWLD
2	5	Bury	13	7	2	4	24	18	5	1	1	15	7	2	1	3	9	11	1.333	16	WLLLLW
	6	Bradford Park Avenue	14	6	4	4	25	19	4	2	1	15	7	2	2	3	10	12	1.316	16	DLWDDW
	7	Sheffield Wednesday	14	6	4	4	28	23	4	2	1	15	6	2	2	3	13	17	1.217	16	WWDLWW
3	8	Fulham	14	6	3	5	22	18	4	2	1	15	5	2	1	4	7	13	1.222	15	DLWLWW
5	9	Queens Park Rangers	14	6	3	5	17	23	5	2	0	13	5	1	1	5	4	18	.739	15	LWLWLW
1	10	Cardiff City	13	5	4	4	16	16	4	1	1	13	6	1	3	3	3	10	1.000	14	WDWWLL
3	11	West Ham United	14	4	6	4	15	15	4	3	0	14	7	0	3	4	1	8	1.000	14	WWDDWL
1	12	Leeds United	14	4	6	4	22	23	3	3	1	11	6	1	3	3	11	17	.957	14	WLLDDD
3	13	Brentford	14	4	6	4	12	14	2	3	2	8	8	2	3	2	4	6	.857	14	DWDLWL
2	14	Leicester City	14	4	5	5	24	30	2	4	1	17	13	2	1	4	7	17	.800	13	DLWDDL
	15	Chesterfield	14	3	7	4	15	19	1	2	3	3	6	2	5	1	12	13	.789	13	DWWWLD
	16	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	3	6	19	25	4	2	1	15	9	1	1	5	4	16	.760	13	WWLDLD
1	17	Grimsby Town	14	4	4	6	24	25	2	2	4	17	17	2	2	2	7	8	.960	12	WDLDLW
1	18	Luton Town	14	3	6	5	16	22	2	5	0	9	4	1	1	5	7	18	.727	12	LDLDLD
	19	Coventry City	14	4	2	8	21	30	4	0	3	13	8	0	2	5	8	22	.700	10	LLLLWL
	20	Nottingham Forest	14	4	2	8	11	19	2	2	4	4	5	2	0	4	7	14	.579	10	DLWLWL
1	21	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	3	8	13	21	3	1	3	10	8	0	2	5	3	13	.619	9	LLLWLD
1	22	Lincoln City	14	2	5	7	15	28	2	2	2	5	7	0	3	5	10	21	.536	9	LWDDLL