The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 EVERTON - Sat Mar 12, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 12, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Everton
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 0-1

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Everton Results (Link)

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: A Green
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 22 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 6 6

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Southampton (FA Cup)
League:: Aston Villa
Everton:: Apr 02, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 173 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 173 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 246 (of 5827)
Total:: 871 (of 7632)
Played:: 128 years, 5 months, 21 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Arthur Capes (78')
Arthur Capes (81')

EVERTON
Manager: Dick Molyneux
Prior form: WLDLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Laurie Bell (30')
Laurie Bell (75')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	25	Archibald Ritchie
3	D		Adam Scott
4	D	22	James Iremonger
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	22	Chas Richards
9	F	21	Len Benbow
10	F	23	Arthur Capes (78') (81')
11	F	20	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Willie Muir
2	D	Billy Balmer
3	D	George Barker
4	D	Billy Stewart (c)
5	D	Dickie Boyle
6	M	Jackie Robertson
7	M	Jack Taylor
8	M	John Divers
9	M	Laurie Bell
10	F	Edgar Chadwick
11	F	Jack Bell

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 12, 1898)

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

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	26	14	8	4	52	29	7	4	2	24	14	7	4	2	28	15	23	36	WWWLDL
	2	Sunderland	25	14	5	6	37	25	10	2	1	21	7	4	3	5	16	18	12	33	WWWDWW
	3	The Wednesday	25	13	3	9	45	31	11	0	3	36	15	2	3	6	9	16	14	29	LWLWWW
	4	Aston Villa	24	12	4	8	54	40	11	0	1	43	18	1	4	7	11	22	14	28	DLLLWW
	5	West Bromwich Albion	22	10	8	4	39	30	7	5	0	23	11	3	3	4	16	19	9	28	DDDWWD
	6	Everton	23	10	7	6	38	33	8	2	1	25	11	2	5	5	13	22	5	27	WLDLDW
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	6	8	43	35	7	4	1	26	12	3	2	7	17	23	8	26	DLLWWL
	8	Nottingham Forest	21	9	6	6	36	29	5	3	3	21	14	4	3	3	15	15	7	24	LWWDWW
	9	Derby County	24	8	6	10	46	47	7	3	2	29	17	1	3	8	17	30	-1	22	DWLWLL
	10	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	8	9	32	44	4	5	3	18	19	2	3	6	14	25	-12	20	DWDLLD
	11	Bolton Wanderers	23	8	3	12	21	34	6	2	2	12	9	2	1	10	9	25	-13	19	DDLLLL
	12	Liverpool	22	7	4	11	30	36	4	2	4	14	13	3	2	7	16	23	-6	18	LWDLLL
	13	Preston North End	25	6	6	13	24	37	5	4	3	17	13	1	2	10	7	24	-13	18	LWLLLD
	14	Stoke	26	6	6	14	29	52	6	3	4	17	13	0	3	10	12	39	-23	18	LWDLLD
	15	Notts County	24	5	7	12	26	37	3	5	5	18	19	2	2	7	8	18	-11	17	LWLWWD
	16	Bury	21	5	5	11	26	39	5	2	2	16	13	0	3	9	10	26	-13	15	DLLWLL

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	26	14	8	4	52	29	7	4	2	24	14	7	4	2	28	15	23	36	WWWLDL
	2	Sunderland	26	15	5	6	39	26	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	5	16	18	13	35	WWDWWW		2-1
	3	The Wednesday	26	14	3	9	47	31	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	6	11	16	16	31	WLWWWW		2-0
	4	Aston Villa	25	13	4	8	56	41	11	0	1	43	18	2	4	7	13	23	15	30	LLLWWW		2-1
	5	West Bromwich Albion	23	10	8	5	39	32	7	5	1	23	13	3	3	4	16	19	7	28	DDWWDL		0-2
	6	Everton	24	10	8	6	40	35	8	2	1	25	11	2	6	5	15	24	5	28	LDLDWD		2-2
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	10	6	9	44	37	7	4	1	26	12	3	2	8	18	25	7	26	LLWWLL		1-2
	8	Nottingham Forest	22	9	7	6	38	31	5	4	3	23	16	4	3	3	15	15	7	25	WWDWWD		2-2
	9	Derby County	25	9	6	10	49	48	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	8	17	30	1	24	WLWLLW		3-1
1	10	Bolton Wanderers	24	9	3	12	23	35	7	2	2	14	10	2	1	10	9	25	-12	21	DLLLLW		2-1
1	11	Liverpool	23	8	4	11	32	36	5	2	4	16	13	3	2	7	16	23	-4	20	WDLLLW		2-0
2	12	Blackburn Rovers	24	6	8	10	33	46	4	5	3	18	19	2	3	7	15	27	-13	20	WDLLDL		1-2
	13	Preston North End	26	6	6	14	25	40	5	4	3	17	13	1	2	11	8	27	-15	18	WLLLDL		1-3
	14	Stoke	26	6	6	14	29	52	6	3	4	17	13	0	3	10	12	39	-23	18	LWDLLD
	15	Notts County	25	5	7	13	26	39	3	5	5	18	19	2	2	8	8	20	-13	17	WLWWDL		0-2
	16	Bury	22	5	5	12	27	41	5	2	3	17	15	0	3	9	10	26	-14	15	LLWLLL		1-2