The City Ground

BURY 2 - 2 FOREST - Mon Apr 04, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Mon Apr 04, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: J Adams
Attendance:: 2,000
League Week:: 25 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 16 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Wolverhampton Wanderers (League Tier 1)
Bury:: Apr 09, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 176 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 176 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 251 (of 5824)
Total:: 876 (of 7629)
Played:: 128 years, 4 months, 14 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Spencer
Arthur Capes

BURY
Manager:
Prior form: LLDLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
?
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Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK		Thomas Martin
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	22	Frank Forman
5	M	31	John McPherson
6	M	28	Peter McCracken
7	F	24	Tom McInnes
8	F	19	Tom Bradshaw
9	F		Fred Spencer
10	F	23	Arthur Capes
11	F		Arthur Radford	Debut

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Archie Montgomery
2	D	Jack Darroch
3	D	Tommy Davidson
4	D	Archie Nicol
5	D	Jack Pray
6	M	George Ross
7	M	William Brimblecombe
8	M	Billy Barbour
9	M	Harry Millar
10	F	Jimmy Settle
11	F	Jack Plant

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Mon Apr 04, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Bury	2-2	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	0-3	Notts County

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	28	15	8	5	53	31	8	4	2	25	14	7	4	3	28	17	22	38	WLDLLW
	2	Sunderland	27	15	5	7	39	27	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	6	16	19	12	35	WDWWWL
	3	West Bromwich Albion	27	11	10	6	44	37	8	5	1	25	13	3	5	5	19	24	7	32	DLDWDL
	4	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	15	31	LWWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
	6	Everton	27	11	9	7	43	37	9	3	1	28	12	2	6	6	15	25	6	31	DWDDLW
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	47	39	8	4	1	29	14	3	2	8	18	25	8	28	LWWLLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	24	10	7	7	41	34	6	4	3	26	17	4	3	4	15	17	7	27	DWWDWL
	9	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	4	12	27	36	9	2	2	17	10	2	2	10	10	26	-9	26	LLWDWW
	10	Derby County	26	9	6	11	49	52	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	9	17	34	-3	24	LWLLWL
	11	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
	12	Blackburn Rovers	26	6	9	11	36	50	4	6	3	19	20	2	3	8	17	30	-14	21	LLDLDL
	13	Stoke	28	7	7	14	32	54	7	3	4	19	14	0	4	10	13	40	-22	21	DLLDWD
	14	Notts County	27	6	8	13	31	43	4	6	5	23	23	2	2	8	8	20	-12	20	WWDLDW
	15	Preston North End	28	6	8	14	27	42	5	5	3	18	14	1	3	11	9	28	-15	20	LLDLDD
	16	Bury	26	6	7	13	34	46	6	2	4	21	17	0	5	9	13	29	-12	19	LLDLWD

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	28	15	8	5	53	31	8	4	2	25	14	7	4	3	28	17	22	38	WLDLLW
	2	Sunderland	27	15	5	7	39	27	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	6	16	19	12	35	WDWWWL
	3	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	10	7	44	40	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	5	19	24	4	32	LDWDLL		0-3
	4	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	15	31	LWWWWL
	5	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
	6	Everton	27	11	9	7	43	37	9	3	1	28	12	2	6	6	15	25	6	31	DWDDLW
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	47	39	8	4	1	29	14	3	2	8	18	25	8	28	LWWLLW
	8	Nottingham Forest	25	10	8	7	43	36	6	4	3	26	17	4	4	4	17	19	7	28	WWDWLD		2-2
	9	Bolton Wanderers	27	11	4	12	27	36	9	2	2	17	10	2	2	10	10	26	-9	26	LLWDWW
	10	Derby County	26	9	6	11	49	52	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	9	17	34	-3	24	LWLLWL
	11	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
2	12	Notts County	28	7	8	13	34	43	4	6	5	23	23	3	2	8	11	20	-9	22	WDLDWW		3-0
1	13	Blackburn Rovers	26	6	9	11	36	50	4	6	3	19	20	2	3	8	17	30	-14	21	LLDLDL
1	14	Stoke	28	7	7	14	32	54	7	3	4	19	14	0	4	10	13	40	-22	21	DLLDWD
1	15	Bury	27	6	8	13	36	48	6	3	4	23	19	0	5	9	13	29	-12	20	LDLWDD		2-2
1	16	Preston North End	28	6	8	14	27	42	5	5	3	18	14	1	3	11	9	28	-15	20	LLDLDD