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)

Attendance:: 27,694
Pos Before/After:: 21/21
Opp Before/After:: 9/9
Referee:
Season:: 1948-49
Forest/Opp Tier:: 2/2

NEXT GAMES:
League Tier 2:: Coventry City

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1763 (of 4843)
League Tier 2:: 1026 (of 2426)
Competitive:: 1950 (of 5538)
Total:: 3081 (of 7285)

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

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

Goals:
John Love

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

Goals:

Lineup:

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

Lineup:

Num	Pos	Player

All league games on this day (Sat Mar 19, 1949)

Home	F	A	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

Table before:

									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	Southampton	32	19	7	6	61	29	15	2	0	45	8	4	5	6	16	21	2.103	45	WWWWDW
	2	Fulham	31	17	6	8	57	31	12	3	1	42	11	5	3	7	15	20	1.839	40	WLWLWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	17	5	8	48	31	11	2	2	33	13	6	3	6	15	18	1.548	39	LWLWLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	12	7	52	31	11	3	2	40	13	2	9	5	12	18	1.677	38	DWDDLD
	5	Cardiff City	31	13	9	9	43	39	10	2	3	33	16	3	7	6	10	23	1.103	35	DWLWWW
	6	Luton Town	31	12	11	8	42	40	9	6	1	23	11	3	5	7	19	29	1.050	35	LDWWDW
	7	Chesterfield	32	11	12	9	43	40	7	5	4	21	15	4	7	5	22	25	1.075	34	DDLDWL
	8	West Ham United	31	12	8	11	40	44	9	4	2	25	15	3	4	9	15	29	.909	32	WLWDWL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	7	12	51	46	10	3	2	31	13	2	4	10	20	33	1.109	31	DWLLDL
	10	Bury	30	13	5	12	48	54	8	4	2	27	14	5	1	10	21	40	.889	31	LLDWLW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	31	11	8	12	53	55	6	5	3	27	17	5	3	9	26	38	.964	30	WWDLLD
	12	Barnsley	32	9	11	12	48	48	6	7	3	28	13	3	4	9	20	35	1.000	29	WLDLDD
	13	Leeds United	32	9	11	12	47	50	8	5	4	30	20	1	6	8	17	30	.940	29	WDLWWL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	7	14	44	49	9	4	3	35	18	2	3	11	9	31	.898	29	LWLDLL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	31	11	7	13	38	46	10	2	4	27	15	1	5	9	11	31	.826	29	LWWWLL
	16	Queens Park Rangers	32	11	7	14	32	49	8	3	5	22	20	3	4	9	10	29	.653	29	LLDWWD
	17	Grimsby Town	31	10	8	13	53	58	5	5	5	30	25	5	3	8	23	33	.914	28	DWLWWW
	18	Coventry City	32	11	6	15	45	50	9	2	5	28	17	2	4	10	17	33	.900	28	LLWDDD
	19	Brentford	30	9	9	12	33	37	5	6	4	22	17	4	3	8	11	20	.892	27	LDLWLL
	20	Leicester City	29	7	12	10	48	55	5	8	2	35	26	2	4	8	13	29	.873	26	DWWDDD
	21	Nottingham Forest	32	8	6	18	31	45	5	5	6	12	11	3	1	12	19	34	.689	22	LLDLLD
	22	Lincoln City	33	6	10	17	46	76	5	6	6	28	31	1	4	11	18	45	.605	22	DLLWLD

Table after:

									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	Southampton	33	20	7	6	64	30	15	2	0	45	8	5	5	6	19	22	2.133	47	WWWDWW
	2	Fulham	32	18	6	8	60	31	12	3	1	42	11	6	3	7	18	20	1.935	42	LWLWWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	31	18	5	8	50	32	12	2	2	35	14	6	3	6	15	18	1.563	41	WLWLWW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	12	7	54	32	12	3	2	42	14	2	9	5	12	18	1.688	40	WDDLDW
	5	Cardiff City	32	14	9	9	46	39	10	2	3	33	16	4	7	6	13	23	1.179	37	WLWWWW
1	6	Chesterfield	33	11	13	9	43	40	7	6	4	21	15	4	7	5	22	25	1.075	35	DLDWLD
1	7	Luton Town	32	12	11	9	43	42	9	6	1	23	11	3	5	8	20	31	1.024	35	DWWDWL
	8	West Ham United	32	13	8	11	42	44	10	4	2	27	15	3	4	9	15	29	.955	34	LWDWLW
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	32	13	7	12	53	47	11	3	2	33	14	2	4	10	20	33	1.128	33	WLLDLW
3	10	Leeds United	33	10	11	12	51	51	9	5	4	34	21	1	6	8	17	30	1.000	31	DLWWLW
1	11	Bury	31	13	5	13	48	57	8	4	3	27	17	5	1	10	21	40	.842	31	LDWLWL
6	12	Coventry City	33	12	6	15	49	51	10	2	5	32	18	2	4	10	17	33	.961	30	LWDDDW
2	13	Bradford Park Avenue	32	11	8	13	53	56	6	5	3	27	17	5	3	10	26	39	.946	30	WDLLDL
1	14	Plymouth Argyle	32	11	8	13	38	46	10	2	4	27	15	1	6	9	11	31	.826	30	WWWLLD
3	15	Barnsley	33	9	11	13	49	52	6	7	3	28	13	3	4	10	21	39	.942	29	LDLDDL
3	16	Brentford	31	10	9	12	34	37	6	6	4	23	17	4	3	8	11	20	.919	29	DLWLLW
3	17	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	7	15	45	51	9	4	3	35	18	2	3	12	10	33	.882	29	WLDLLL
2	18	Queens Park Rangers	33	11	7	15	32	51	8	3	5	22	20	3	4	10	10	31	.627	29	LDWWDL
2	19	Grimsby Town	32	10	8	14	54	62	5	5	5	30	25	5	3	9	24	37	.871	28	WLWWWL
	20	Leicester City	30	7	12	11	49	58	5	8	3	36	29	2	4	8	13	29	.845	26	WWDDDL
	21	Nottingham Forest	33	8	6	19	32	47	5	5	6	12	11	3	1	13	20	36	.681	22	LDLLDL
	22	Lincoln City	34	6	10	18	46	79	5	6	7	28	34	1	4	11	18	45	.582	22	LLWLDL