The City Ground

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2 - 0 FOREST - Sat Mar 17, 1923 (League Tier 1)

Date:: Sat Mar 17, 1923 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Blackburn Rovers
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Ewood Park
Game Type:: League Tier 1
Score:: 0-2 LOST
: Half-time: 0-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Enfa.co.uk
: Football Post (Nottingham) - Saturday 17 March 1923

Season:: 1922-23
Referee:: CE Lines
Attendance:: 20,000
League Week:: 34 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 20 20
Opp Before/After:: 15 15

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Blackburn Rovers (League Tier 1)
Blackburn Rovers:: Mar 24, 1923

GAME COUNT:
League:: 961 (of 5083)
League Tier 1:: 645 (of 2335)
Competitive:: 1096 (of 5824)
Total:: 1940 (of 7629)
Played:: 103 years, 5 months, 2 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Bob Masters
Prior form: LWLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers

BLACKBURN ROVERS
Manager: Jack Carr
Prior form: WLLLDW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Archie Longmuir (12')
Jack Crisp (15')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	40	Sam Hardy
2	F	24	Percy Barratt
3	D	31	Harry Jones
4	D	29	Fred Parker
5	M	23	Gerry Morgan
6	F	26	Noah Burton
7	F	25	George Dennis
8	F	24	Patrick Nelis
9	F	31	Bobby Parker	Last game
10	F	26	Charlie Flood
11	F	31	Henry Martin

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Ronnie Sewell
2	D	Dave Rollo
3	D	Tom Wylie
4	D	Harry Healless
5	D	Frank Reilly
6	M	Jimmy McKinnell
7	M	Jack Crisp
8	M	Archie Longmuir
9	M	Stan Dixon
10	F	Jock McKay
11	F	Johnny McIntyre

All Games In Division 1 On This Day (Sat Mar 17, 1923)

Home	Score	Away
Arsenal	2-0	Oldham Athletic
Birmingham City	1-0	Aston Villa
Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Newcastle United
Cardiff City	2-0	Middlesbrough
Everton	5-1	Sheffield United
Huddersfield Town	2-0	Burnley
Manchester City	1-0	Liverpool
Stoke	0-0	Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland	2-2	Preston North End
West Bromwich Albion	0-0	Chelsea

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	Liverpool	31	22	3	6	61	23	14	1	1	44	11	8	2	5	17	12	38	47	WWDWWL	Safe
	2	Sunderland	30	17	9	4	57	38	11	4	0	36	17	6	5	4	21	21	19	43	DWWDWL	Safe
	3	Newcastle United	33	14	10	9	39	32	9	6	2	25	10	5	4	7	14	22	7	38	LWWWDL
	4	Aston Villa	32	14	8	10	53	42	11	2	3	33	10	3	6	7	20	32	11	36	WDWDWW
	5	Manchester City	32	14	8	10	42	38	11	4	1	32	15	3	4	9	10	23	4	36	LDLWLW
	6	Burnley	32	15	5	12	52	40	11	3	2	36	14	4	2	10	16	26	12	35	LWLWWW
	7	Sheffield United	31	13	9	9	54	42	9	6	1	34	15	4	3	8	20	27	12	35	DDLWWL
	8	Huddersfield Town	30	13	8	9	42	29	9	1	5	24	14	4	7	4	18	15	13	34	DLWLLL
	9	West Bromwich Albion	32	13	8	11	47	38	9	6	1	32	8	4	2	10	15	30	9	34	LDLWDW
	10	Tottenham Hotspur	31	14	4	13	41	40	9	1	6	28	19	5	3	7	13	21	1	32	WLWLWL
	11	Bolton Wanderers	32	12	8	12	43	45	10	5	0	32	10	2	3	12	11	35	-2	32	DDWWLL
	12	Middlesbrough	31	11	9	11	47	49	9	4	2	33	19	2	5	9	14	30	-2	31	LLLLWL
	13	Everton	32	13	5	14	47	51	10	3	3	31	17	3	2	11	16	34	-4	31	WLWWLD
	14	Arsenal	34	12	6	16	50	58	10	2	4	30	14	2	4	12	20	44	-8	30	LWDWLW
	15	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	9	14	38	57	9	6	2	27	19	1	3	12	11	38	-19	29	WLLLDW
	16	Cardiff City	31	11	5	15	55	49	10	1	4	40	15	1	4	11	15	34	6	27	WWLLDW
	17	Preston North End	31	10	7	14	46	52	9	2	5	31	22	1	5	9	15	30	-6	27	WWLWLL
	18	Chelsea	32	8	11	13	36	43	4	9	3	21	15	4	2	10	15	28	-7	27	LWDLDL
	19	Birmingham City	33	9	9	15	35	50	7	4	6	21	17	2	5	9	14	33	-15	27	LLLWWW
	20	Nottingham Forest	33	9	7	17	33	58	9	2	6	20	21	0	5	11	13	37	-25	25	LWLWLD
	21	Stoke	33	8	7	18	44	61	6	6	4	27	18	2	1	14	17	43	-17	23	LWLDLL
	22	Oldham Athletic	33	8	7	18	31	58	7	3	6	17	19	1	4	12	14	39	-27	23	WWDLWD

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	Liverpool	32	22	3	7	61	24	14	1	1	44	11	8	2	6	17	13	37	47	WDWWLL	Safe	0-1
	2	Sunderland	31	17	10	4	59	40	11	5	0	38	19	6	5	4	21	21	19	44	WWDWLD	Safe	2-2
	3	Newcastle United	34	14	10	10	39	33	9	6	2	25	10	5	4	8	14	23	6	38	WWWDLL		0-1
1	4	Manchester City	33	15	8	10	43	38	12	4	1	33	15	3	4	9	10	23	5	38	DLWLWW		1-0
3	5	Huddersfield Town	31	14	8	9	44	29	10	1	5	26	14	4	7	4	18	15	15	36	LWLLLW		2-0
2	6	Aston Villa	33	14	8	11	53	43	11	2	3	33	10	3	6	8	20	33	10	36	DWDWWL		0-1
1	7	Burnley	33	15	5	13	52	42	11	3	2	36	14	4	2	11	16	28	10	35	WLWWWL		0-2
1	8	West Bromwich Albion	33	13	9	11	47	38	9	7	1	32	8	4	2	10	15	30	9	35	DLWDWD		0-0
2	9	Sheffield United	32	13	9	10	55	47	9	6	1	34	15	4	3	9	21	32	8	35	DLWWLL		1-5
1	10	Bolton Wanderers	33	13	8	12	44	45	11	5	0	33	10	2	3	12	11	35	-1	34	DWWLLW		1-0
1	11	Tottenham Hotspur	32	14	5	13	41	40	9	1	6	28	19	5	4	7	13	21	1	33	LWLWLD		0-0
1	12	Everton	33	14	5	14	52	52	11	3	3	36	18	3	2	11	16	34	0	33	LWWLDW		5-1
1	13	Arsenal	35	13	6	16	52	58	11	2	4	32	14	2	4	12	20	44	-6	32	WDWLWW		2-0
2	14	Middlesbrough	32	11	9	12	47	51	9	4	2	33	19	2	5	10	14	32	-4	31	LLLWLL		0-2
	15	Blackburn Rovers	34	11	9	14	40	57	10	6	2	29	19	1	3	12	11	38	-17	31	LLLDWW		2-0
	16	Cardiff City	32	12	5	15	57	49	11	1	4	42	15	1	4	11	15	34	8	29	WLLDWW		2-0
2	17	Birmingham City	34	10	9	15	36	50	8	4	6	22	17	2	5	9	14	33	-14	29	LLWWWW		1-0
1	18	Preston North End	32	10	8	14	48	54	9	2	5	31	22	1	6	9	17	32	-6	28	WLWLLD		2-2
1	19	Chelsea	33	8	12	13	36	43	4	9	3	21	15	4	3	10	15	28	-7	28	WDLDLD		0-0
	20	Nottingham Forest	34	9	7	18	33	60	9	2	6	20	21	0	5	12	13	39	-27	25	WLWLDL		0-2
	21	Stoke	34	8	8	18	44	61	6	7	4	27	18	2	1	14	17	43	-17	24	WLDLLD		0-0
	22	Oldham Athletic	34	8	7	19	31	60	7	3	6	17	19	1	4	13	14	41	-29	23	WDLWDL		0-2