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

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

Season:: 1948-49
Referee:: E Plinstone
Attendance:: 27,694
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 5007)
League Tier 2:: 1027 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1951 (of 5724)
Total:: 3090 (of 7505)
Played:: 75 years, 30 days ago

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

Goals
John Love

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

Goals
?
?

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	F	22	Roland 'Tot' Leverton
10	F	29	George Wilkins
11	F	24	Gordon Kaile

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 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

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	Southampton	32	19	7	6	61	29	15	2	0	45	8	4	5	6	16	21	2.10345	45	WWWWDW	Safe
	2	Fulham	31	17	6	8	57	31	12	3	1	42	11	5	3	7	15	20	1.83871	40	WLWLWW
	3	West Bromwich Albion	30	17	5	8	48	31	11	2	2	33	13	6	3	6	15	18	1.54839	39	LWLWLW
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	32	13	12	7	52	31	11	3	2	40	13	2	9	5	12	18	1.67742	38	DWDDLD
	5	Cardiff City	31	13	9	9	43	39	10	2	3	33	16	3	7	6	10	23	1.10256	35	DWLWWW
	6	Luton Town	31	12	11	8	42	40	9	6	1	23	11	3	5	7	19	29	1.05000	35	LDWWDW
	7	Chesterfield	32	11	12	9	43	40	7	5	4	21	15	4	7	5	22	25	1.07500	34	DDLDWL
	8	West Ham United	31	12	8	11	40	44	9	4	2	25	15	3	4	9	15	29	.90909	32	WLWDWL
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	31	12	7	12	51	46	10	3	2	31	13	2	4	10	20	33	1.10870	31	DWLLDL
	10	Bury	30	13	5	12	48	54	8	4	2	27	14	5	1	10	21	40	.88889	31	LLDWLW
	11	Bradford Park Avenue	31	11	8	12	53	55	6	5	3	27	17	5	3	9	26	38	.96364	30	WWDLLD
	12	Barnsley	32	9	11	12	48	48	6	7	3	28	13	3	4	9	20	35	1.00000	29	WLDLDD
	13	Leeds United	32	9	11	12	47	50	8	5	4	30	20	1	6	8	17	30	.94000	29	WDLWWL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	32	11	7	14	44	49	9	4	3	35	18	2	3	11	9	31	.89796	29	LWLDLL
	15	Plymouth Argyle	31	11	7	13	38	46	10	2	4	27	15	1	5	9	11	31	.82609	29	LWWWLL
	16	Queens Park Rangers	32	11	7	14	32	49	8	3	5	22	20	3	4	9	10	29	.65306	29	LLDWWD
	17	Grimsby Town	31	10	8	13	53	58	5	5	5	30	25	5	3	8	23	33	.91379	28	DWLWWW
	18	Coventry City	32	11	6	15	45	50	9	2	5	28	17	2	4	10	17	33	.90000	28	LLWDDD
	19	Brentford	30	9	9	12	33	37	5	6	4	22	17	4	3	8	11	20	.89189	27	LDLWLL
	20	Leicester City	29	7	12	10	48	55	5	8	2	35	26	2	4	8	13	29	.87273	26	DWWDDD
	21	Nottingham Forest	32	8	6	18	31	45	5	5	6	12	11	3	1	12	19	34	.68889	22	LLDLLD
	22	Lincoln City	33	6	10	17	46	76	5	6	6	28	31	1	4	11	18	45	.60526	22	DLLWLD

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	Southampton	33	20	7	6	64	30	15	2	0	45	8	5	5	6	19	22	2.13333	47	WWWDWW	Safe	3-1
	2	Fulham	32	18	6	8	60	31	12	3	1	42	11	6	3	7	18	20	1.93548	42	LWLWWW	Safe	3-0
	3	West Bromwich Albion	31	18	5	8	50	32	12	2	2	35	14	6	3	6	15	18	1.56250	41	WLWLWW	Safe	2-1
	4	Tottenham Hotspur	33	14	12	7	54	32	12	3	2	42	14	2	9	5	12	18	1.68750	40	WDDLDW		2-1
	5	Cardiff City	32	14	9	9	46	39	10	2	3	33	16	4	7	6	13	23	1.17949	37	WLWWWW		3-0
1	6	Chesterfield	33	11	13	9	43	40	7	6	4	21	15	4	7	5	22	25	1.07500	35	DLDWLD		0-0
1	7	Luton Town	32	12	11	9	43	42	9	6	1	23	11	3	5	8	20	31	1.02381	35	DWWDWL		1-2
	8	West Ham United	32	13	8	11	42	44	10	4	2	27	15	3	4	9	15	29	.95455	34	LWDWLW		2-0
	9	Sheffield Wednesday	32	13	7	12	53	47	11	3	2	33	14	2	4	10	20	33	1.12766	33	WLLDLW		2-1
3	10	Leeds United	33	10	11	12	51	51	9	5	4	34	21	1	6	8	17	30	1.00000	31	DLWWLW		4-1
1	11	Bury	31	13	5	13	48	57	8	4	3	27	17	5	1	10	21	40	.84211	31	LDWLWL		0-3
6	12	Coventry City	33	12	6	15	49	51	10	2	5	32	18	2	4	10	17	33	.96078	30	LWDDDW		4-1
2	13	Bradford Park Avenue	32	11	8	13	53	56	6	5	3	27	17	5	3	10	26	39	.94643	30	WDLLDL		0-1
1	14	Plymouth Argyle	32	11	8	13	38	46	10	2	4	27	15	1	6	9	11	31	.82609	30	WWWLLD		0-0
3	15	Barnsley	33	9	11	13	49	52	6	7	3	28	13	3	4	10	21	39	.94231	29	LDLDDL		1-4
3	16	Brentford	31	10	9	12	34	37	6	6	4	23	17	4	3	8	11	20	.91892	29	DLWLLW		1-0
3	17	Blackburn Rovers	33	11	7	15	45	51	9	4	3	35	18	2	3	12	10	33	.88235	29	WLDLLL		1-2
2	18	Queens Park Rangers	33	11	7	15	32	51	8	3	5	22	20	3	4	10	10	31	.62745	29	LDWWDL		0-2
2	19	Grimsby Town	32	10	8	14	54	62	5	5	5	30	25	5	3	9	24	37	.87097	28	WLWWWL		1-4
	20	Leicester City	30	7	12	11	49	58	5	8	3	36	29	2	4	8	13	29	.84483	26	WWDDDL		1-3
	21	Nottingham Forest	33	8	6	19	32	47	5	5	6	12	11	3	1	13	20	36	.68085	22	LDLLDL		1-2
	22	Lincoln City	34	6	10	18	46	79	5	6	7	28	34	1	4	11	18	45	.58228	22	LLWLDL		0-3