The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1 - 1 FOREST - Sat Jan 15, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 15, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 1-1 DRAWN

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Cooper
Attendance:: 5,000
League Week:: 19 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 9 8
Opp Before/After:: 12 10

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Sheffield Wednesday (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Sep 03, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 170 (of 5086)
League Tier 1:: 170 (of 2338)
Competitive:: 240 (of 5828)
Total:: 865 (of 7633)
Played:: 128 years, 7 months, 28 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Harry Hallam
Prior form: LDLLWW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Chas Richards

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Joseph Warmlsey
Prior form: LWWDDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
John Wilkie

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	26	Dan Allsop
2	D	21	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	28	Peter McCracken
5	M	30	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	22	Arthur Capes
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	James Carter
2	D	Tom Brandon
3	D	John Glover
4	D	William Ball
5	D	Tom Booth
6	M	Ted Killean
7	M	Thomas Jackson
8	M	Ben Hulse
9	M	John Proudfoot
10	F	John Wilkie
11	F	John Campbell

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 15, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	1-2	Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Nottingham Forest
Notts County	3-2	Everton
Stoke	2-0	Bolton Wanderers
Sunderland	2-1	Bury
The Wednesday	3-1	Derby County
West Bromwich Albion	3-1	Preston North End

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	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
	1	Sheffield United	19	10	7	2	39	23	5	3	1	18	12	5	4	1	21	11	16	27	DLDLWW
	2	Aston Villa	20	10	4	6	44	34	9	0	0	34	15	1	4	6	10	19	10	24	WWDLDL
	3	Everton	18	9	5	4	30	25	7	1	1	20	8	2	4	3	10	17	5	23	WWDWDW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	19	8	7	4	31	26	6	4	0	18	8	2	3	4	13	18	5	23	LWWDDD
	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	6	6	35	27	6	4	1	22	10	2	2	5	13	17	8	22	WWDDDL
	6	Sunderland	19	9	4	6	26	21	6	2	1	13	5	3	2	5	13	16	5	22	DLWWWW
	7	The Wednesday	20	9	3	8	36	27	8	0	3	29	13	1	3	5	7	14	9	21	WLWDLL
	8	Derby County	20	7	6	7	40	37	6	3	1	25	14	1	3	6	15	23	3	20	LDLWDW
	9	Nottingham Forest	18	7	5	6	31	27	3	3	3	17	13	4	2	3	14	14	4	19	LDLLWW
	10	Bolton Wanderers	20	8	3	9	21	26	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	7	9	17	-5	19	LLLDDL
	11	Liverpool	20	7	4	9	30	31	4	2	3	14	9	3	2	6	16	22	-1	18	LWLWDL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	19	6	6	7	28	37	4	4	1	14	12	2	2	6	14	25	-9	18	LWWDDW
	13	Preston North End	21	6	5	10	23	29	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	7	6	16	-6	17	LLWWLW
	14	Stoke	21	5	4	12	23	44	5	3	4	15	13	0	1	8	8	31	-21	14	WDLWDL
	15	Bury	17	4	5	8	21	31	4	2	2	15	13	0	3	6	6	18	-10	13	WLLDDL
	16	Notts County	19	2	6	11	20	33	1	4	4	13	15	1	2	7	7	18	-13	10	DLDWLL

Table after:

	FIRST DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Sheffield United	20	11	7	2	41	24	5	3	1	18	12	6	4	1	23	12	17	29	LDLWWW		2-1
2	2	West Bromwich Albion	20	9	7	4	34	27	7	4	0	21	9	2	3	4	13	18	7	25	WWDDDW		3-1
3	3	Sunderland	20	10	4	6	28	22	7	2	1	15	6	3	2	5	13	16	6	24	LWWWWW		2-1
2	4	Aston Villa	21	10	4	7	45	36	9	0	1	35	17	1	4	6	10	19	9	24	WDLDLL		1-2
2	5	The Wednesday	21	10	3	8	39	28	9	0	3	32	14	1	3	5	7	14	11	23	LWDLLW		3-1
3	6	Everton	19	9	5	5	32	28	7	1	1	20	8	2	4	4	12	20	4	23	WDWDWL		2-3
2	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	8	6	6	35	27	6	4	1	22	10	2	2	5	13	17	8	22	WWDDDL
1	8	Nottingham Forest	19	7	6	6	32	28	3	3	3	17	13	4	3	3	15	15	4	20	DLLWWD		1-1
1	9	Derby County	21	7	6	8	41	40	6	3	1	25	14	1	3	7	16	26	1	20	DLWDWL		1-3
2	10	Blackburn Rovers	20	6	7	7	29	38	4	5	1	15	13	2	2	6	14	25	-9	19	WWDDWD		1-1
1	11	Bolton Wanderers	21	8	3	10	21	28	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	8	9	19	-7	19	LLDDLL		0-2
1	12	Liverpool	20	7	4	9	30	31	4	2	3	14	9	3	2	6	16	22	-1	18	LWLWDL
	13	Preston North End	22	6	5	11	24	32	5	3	3	17	13	1	2	8	7	19	-8	17	LWWLWL		1-3
	14	Stoke	22	6	4	12	25	44	6	3	4	17	13	0	1	8	8	31	-19	16	DLWDLW		2-0
	15	Bury	18	4	5	9	22	33	4	2	2	15	13	0	3	7	7	20	-11	13	LLDDLL		1-2
	16	Notts County	20	3	6	11	23	35	2	4	4	16	17	1	2	7	7	18	-12	12	LDWLLW		3-2