The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Jan 31, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Jan 31, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk

Season:: 1902-03
Referee:: JH Strawson
Attendance:: 10,000
League Week:: 25 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 7 7
Opp Before/After:: 16 16

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Reading (FA Cup)
League:: Stoke City
Blackburn Rovers:: Sep 19, 1903

GAME COUNT:
League:: 343 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 343 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 435 (of 5824)
Total:: 1085 (of 7629)
Played:: 123 years, 6 months, 24 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Fred Forman
Grenville Morris

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

Goal Scorers
Albert Monks
Arnie Whittaker (Pen)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	22	Harry Linacre
2	D	28	Charles Craig
3	D	26	James Iremonger
4	F	29	George Henderson
5	M	27	Frank Forman
6	M	27	Bob Norris
7	F	29	Fred Forman
8	F	27	John Calvey
9	M	24	Thomas Roberts
10	F	25	Grenville Morris
11	F	25	Alf Spouncer

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Willie McIver
2	D	Bob Crompton
3	D	Jack Eastham
4	D	Sammy McClure
5	D	Neil Logan
6	M	Thomas Jones
7	M	Arnie Whittaker
8	M	Albert Monks
9	M	Jack Dewhurst
10	F	William Bow
11	F	Fred Blackburn

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Jan 31, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers	2-1	Middlesbrough
Derby County	2-0	Bury
Everton	1-0	Sheffield United
Notts County	2-2	Newcastle United
Stoke	1-1	Grimsby Town
Sunderland	1-0	Aston Villa
The Wednesday	3-1	Liverpool
West Bromwich Albion	2-2	Wolverhampton 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	West Bromwich Albion	23	15	2	6	42	26	9	0	2	27	14	6	2	4	15	12	16	32	LWWWWL
	2	The Wednesday	24	14	1	9	43	27	8	1	2	22	4	6	0	7	21	23	16	29	WWWLWL
	3	Sunderland	22	10	7	5	34	23	6	4	1	19	7	4	3	4	15	16	11	27	WDWWDW
	4	Sheffield United	23	12	3	8	36	28	7	0	5	23	17	5	3	3	13	11	8	27	WDLWDL
	5	Stoke	23	11	4	8	34	26	7	1	4	18	8	4	3	4	16	18	8	26	LLWLWW
	6	Derby County	23	12	2	9	37	30	9	1	1	26	8	3	1	8	11	22	7	26	WLWLLL
	7	Nottingham Forest	24	10	6	8	31	30	6	3	3	20	15	4	3	5	11	15	1	26	DDWLWW
	8	Notts County	23	10	6	7	28	30	6	4	2	15	11	4	2	5	13	19	-2	26	DLLWLL
	9	Bury	22	11	2	9	35	27	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	7	9	16	8	24	WWWLLL
	10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	10	4	10	33	36	9	2	2	27	14	1	2	8	6	22	-3	24	WLLWLW
	11	Aston Villa	22	10	3	9	38	30	6	3	3	27	14	4	0	6	11	16	8	23	DLLWWW
	12	Liverpool	21	10	2	9	47	34	7	1	2	35	14	3	1	7	12	20	13	22	WWLLLL
	13	Everton	23	9	4	10	37	34	7	1	2	21	10	2	3	8	16	24	3	22	LDWLWW
	14	Middlesbrough	22	8	3	11	22	33	5	2	3	14	12	3	1	8	8	21	-11	19	LWLWLW
	15	Newcastle United	20	8	2	10	23	33	6	0	3	18	6	2	2	7	5	27	-10	18	LWDLLW
	16	Blackburn Rovers	24	8	2	14	30	48	6	1	6	17	19	2	1	8	13	29	-18	18	LWWLWL
	17	Grimsby Town	23	4	6	13	30	47	3	5	5	20	19	1	1	8	10	28	-17	14	DWLWLL
	18	Bolton Wanderers	24	2	3	19	23	61	1	2	8	8	17	1	1	11	15	44	-38	7	LLLLWW

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	West Bromwich Albion	24	15	3	6	44	28	9	1	2	29	16	6	2	4	15	12	16	33	WWWWLD		2-2
	2	The Wednesday	25	15	1	9	46	28	9	1	2	25	5	6	0	7	21	23	18	31	WWLWLW		3-1
	3	Sunderland	23	11	7	5	35	23	7	4	1	20	7	4	3	4	15	16	12	29	DWWDWW		1-0
2	4	Derby County	24	13	2	9	39	30	10	1	1	28	8	3	1	8	11	22	9	28	LWLLLW		2-0
	5	Stoke	24	11	5	8	35	27	7	2	4	19	9	4	3	4	16	18	8	27	LWLWWD		1-1
2	6	Sheffield United	24	12	3	9	36	29	7	0	5	23	17	5	3	4	13	12	7	27	DLWDLL		0-1
	7	Nottingham Forest	25	10	7	8	33	32	6	3	3	20	15	4	4	5	13	17	1	27	DWLWWD		2-2
	8	Notts County	24	10	7	7	30	32	6	5	2	17	13	4	2	5	13	19	-2	27	LLWLLD		2-2
1	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	10	5	10	35	38	9	2	2	27	14	1	3	8	8	24	-3	25	LLWLWD		2-2
1	10	Bury	23	11	2	10	35	29	10	0	2	26	11	1	2	8	9	18	6	24	WWLLLL		0-2
2	11	Everton	24	10	4	10	38	34	8	1	2	22	10	2	3	8	16	24	4	24	DWLWWW		1-0
1	12	Aston Villa	23	10	3	10	38	31	6	3	3	27	14	4	0	7	11	17	7	23	LLWWWL		0-1
1	13	Liverpool	22	10	2	10	48	37	7	1	2	35	14	3	1	8	13	23	11	22	WLLLLL		1-3
1	14	Newcastle United	21	8	3	10	25	35	6	0	3	18	6	2	3	7	7	29	-10	19	WDLLWD		2-2
1	15	Middlesbrough	23	8	3	12	23	35	5	2	3	14	12	3	1	9	9	23	-12	19	WLWLWL		1-2
	16	Blackburn Rovers	25	8	3	14	32	50	6	2	6	19	21	2	1	8	13	29	-18	19	WWLWLD		2-2
	17	Grimsby Town	24	4	7	13	31	48	3	5	5	20	19	1	2	8	11	29	-17	15	WLWLLD		1-1
	18	Bolton Wanderers	25	3	3	19	25	62	2	2	8	10	18	1	1	11	15	44	-37	9	LLLWWW		2-1