The City Ground

BURY 2 - 2 FOREST - Sat Sep 12, 1903 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Sep 12, 1903 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Bury
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Gigg Lane
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 2-2

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

Season:: 1903-04
Referee:: F Bye
Attendance:: 8,000
League Week:: 3 of 34
Pos Before/After:: 6 8
Opp Before/After:: 11 12

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackpool (Friendly)
League:: Blackburn Rovers
Bury:: Jan 09, 1904

GAME COUNT:
League:: 355 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 355 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 451 (of 5824)
Total:: 1107 (of 7629)
Played:: 122 years, 11 months, 7 days ago

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

Goal Scorers
Sid Sugden (20')
Charles Craig (22') - Charles Craig first goal

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

Goal Scorers
Charles Sagar (15')
George Henderson (45') (OG)

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre
2	D	29	Charles Craig (22')
3	D	27	James Iremonger
4	D	25	Bob Innes	Debut
5	F		Sam Timmins
6	F	29	George Henderson
7	F	24	Alf Turner	Last game
8	F	28	John Calvey
9	M	22	Sid Sugden (20')
10	F	26	Grenville Morris
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	23	Harry Linacre	118		5	1
2	D	29	Charles Craig (22')	37		5	1
3	D	27	James Iremonger	233	2	5	1
4	D	25	Bob Innes	Debut
5	F		Sam Timmins	54	3	5	1
6	F	29	George Henderson	56	2	5	1
7	F	24	Alf Turner	8		5	1
8	F	28	John Calvey	140	54	5	1
9	M	22	Sid Sugden (20')	10	5	5	1
10	F	26	Grenville Morris	160	73	5	1
11	F	26	Alf Spouncer	172	28	5	1

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Hugh Monteith
2	D	Jimmy Hodson
3	D	Bob McEwan
4	D	John Johnston
5	D	Frank Thorpe
6	M	George Ross
7	M	Billy Richards
8	M	Billy Wood
9	M	Charles Sagar
10	F	Joe Leeming
11	F	Jack Plant

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Sep 12, 1903)

Home	Score	Away
Aston Villa	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Bury	2-2	Nottingham Forest
Liverpool	1-3	The Wednesday
Manchester City	2-1	Derby County
Middlesbrough	2-3	Sunderland
Newcastle United	3-1	Small Heath
Notts County	1-0	Stoke
Sheffield United	2-1	Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-0	Blackburn Rovers

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	Sunderland	2	2	0	0	10	2	2	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	4	WW
2	The Wednesday	2	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	WW
3	Derby County	2	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW
4	Everton	2	2	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	WW
5	Newcastle United	2	1	1	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	DW
6	Nottingham Forest	2	1	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	3	WD
7	Sheffield United	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	W
8	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	W
9	Stoke	2	1	0	1	5	3	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	WL
10	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	-2	1	LD
11	Bury	2	0	1	1	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	-3	1	LD
12	Small Heath	3	0	1	2	5	10	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	1	1	4	-5	1	LLD
13	Aston Villa	2	0	1	1	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	-5	1	DL
14	Liverpool	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L
16	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	LL
17	Notts County	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0	LL
18	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L

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	1	The Wednesday	3	3	0	0	8	2	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	4	1	6	6	WWW		3-1
1	2	Sunderland	3	3	0	0	13	4	2	0	0	10	2	1	0	0	3	2	9	6	WWW		3-2
2	3	Newcastle United	3	2	1	0	6	3	1	1	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	3	5	DWW		3-1
3	4	Sheffield United	2	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	3	4	WW		2-1
3	5	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	4	WW		2-1
3	6	Derby County	3	2	0	1	7	4	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	WWL		1-2
3	7	Everton	3	2	0	1	7	4	2	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	WWL		1-2
2	8	Nottingham Forest	3	1	2	0	7	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	5	5	1	4	WDD		2-2
4	9	Aston Villa	3	1	1	1	5	8	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	2	7	-3	3	DLW		3-1
1	10	Stoke	3	1	0	2	5	4	1	0	1	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	WLL		0-1
4	11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	LW		1-0
1	12	Bury	3	0	2	1	5	8	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	2	LDD		2-2
4	13	Notts County	3	1	0	2	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	7	-4	2	LLW		1-0
4	14	Blackburn Rovers	3	0	1	2	3	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	4	-3	1	LDL		0-1
3	15	Small Heath	4	0	1	3	6	13	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	2	2	7	-7	1	LLDL		1-3
2	16	Middlesbrough	2	0	0	2	3	7	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	4	-4	0	LL		2-3
3	17	Liverpool	2	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	-3	0	LL		1-3
2	18	West Bromwich Albion	3	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	-4	0	LLL		1-3