The City Ground

FOREST 3 - 1 BURY - Sat Apr 09, 1898 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Apr 09, 1898 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground (Town Ground)
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 3-1 WON

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years

Season:: 1897-98
Referee:: Fred Kirkham
Attendance:: 6,000
League Week:: 27 of 30
Pos Before/After:: 8 8
Opp Before/After:: 12 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Derby County (League Tier 1)
Bury:: Dec 03, 1898

GAME COUNT:
League:: 178 (of 5085)
League Tier 1:: 178 (of 2337)
Competitive:: 253 (of 5827)
Total:: 878 (of 7632)
Played:: 128 years, 4 months, 26 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Frank Forman
Frank Forman
Tom McInnes

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

Goal Scorers
?

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	27	Dan Allsop
2	D	22	James Iremonger
3	D		Adam Scott
4	M	28	Peter McCracken
5	M	22	Frank Forman
6	M	22	Willie Wragg
7	F	19	Tom Bradshaw
8	F	21	Len Benbow
9	M	19	John Benbow	Only appearance
10	F		Fred Spencer
11	F	24	Tom McInnes

Lineup

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

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Apr 09, 1898)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Notts County
Nottingham Forest	3-1	Bury
Preston North End	5-0	Derby County
Stoke	2-0	Everton
The Wednesday	3-0	West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2-0	Bolton Wanderers

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	29	16	8	5	54	31	8	4	2	25	14	8	4	3	29	17	23	40	LDLLWW	Champions
	2	Sunderland	28	15	5	8	39	28	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	7	16	20	11	35	DWWWLL
	3	Everton	28	12	9	7	46	37	10	3	1	31	12	2	6	6	15	25	9	33	WDDLWW
	4	West Bromwich Albion	28	11	10	7	44	40	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	5	19	24	4	32	LDWDLL
	5	The Wednesday	27	14	3	10	48	33	11	0	3	36	15	3	3	7	12	18	15	31	LWWWWL
	6	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	27	11	7	9	48	40	8	4	1	29	14	3	3	8	19	26	8	29	WWLLWD
	8	Nottingham Forest	26	10	9	7	44	37	6	5	3	27	18	4	4	4	17	19	7	29	WDWLDD
	9	Bolton Wanderers	28	11	4	13	27	37	9	2	3	17	11	2	2	10	10	26	-10	26	LWDWWL
	10	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
	11	Derby County	27	9	6	12	49	55	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	10	17	37	-6	24	WLLWLL
	12	Bury	28	7	8	13	37	48	7	3	4	24	19	0	5	9	13	29	-11	22	DLWDDW
	13	Notts County	29	7	8	14	35	46	4	6	5	23	23	3	2	9	12	23	-11	22	DLDWWL
	14	Blackburn Rovers	27	6	10	11	37	51	4	7	3	20	21	2	3	8	17	30	-14	22	LDLDLD
	15	Preston North End	29	7	8	14	30	43	6	5	3	21	15	1	3	11	9	28	-13	22	LDLDDW
	16	Stoke	29	7	8	14	33	55	7	3	4	19	14	0	5	10	14	41	-22	22	LLDWDD

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	29	16	8	5	54	31	8	4	2	25	14	8	4	3	29	17	23	40	LDLLWW	Champions
	2	Sunderland	28	15	5	8	39	28	11	2	1	23	8	4	3	7	16	20	11	35	DWWWLL
2	3	The Wednesday	28	15	3	10	51	33	12	0	3	39	15	3	3	7	12	18	18	33	WWWWLW		3-0
1	4	Everton	29	12	9	8	46	39	10	3	1	31	12	2	6	7	15	27	7	33	DDLWWL		0-2
1	5	West Bromwich Albion	29	11	10	8	44	43	8	5	2	25	16	3	5	6	19	27	1	32	DWDLLL		0-3
	6	Aston Villa	27	13	5	9	58	45	11	1	1	44	19	2	4	8	14	26	13	31	LWWWLD
	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	12	7	9	50	40	9	4	1	31	14	3	3	8	19	26	10	31	WLLWDW		2-0
	8	Nottingham Forest	27	11	9	7	47	38	7	5	3	30	19	4	4	4	17	19	9	31	DWLDDW		3-1
	9	Bolton Wanderers	29	11	4	14	27	39	9	2	3	17	11	2	2	11	10	28	-12	26	WDWWLL		0-2
	10	Liverpool	27	9	6	12	39	42	5	4	4	19	16	4	2	8	20	26	-3	24	LWDWDL
	11	Derby County	28	9	6	13	49	60	8	3	2	32	18	1	3	11	17	42	-11	24	LLWLLL		0-5
3	12	Preston North End	30	8	8	14	35	43	7	5	3	26	15	1	3	11	9	28	-8	24	DLDDWW		5-0
	13	Notts County	30	8	8	14	36	46	4	6	5	23	23	4	2	9	13	23	-10	24	LDWWLW		1-0
2	14	Stoke	30	8	8	14	35	55	8	3	4	21	14	0	5	10	14	41	-20	24	LDWDDW		2-0
3	15	Bury	29	7	8	14	38	51	7	3	4	24	19	0	5	10	14	32	-13	22	LWDDWL		1-3
2	16	Blackburn Rovers	28	6	10	12	37	52	4	7	4	20	22	2	3	8	17	30	-15	22	DLDLDL		0-1