The City Ground

FOREST 2 - 2 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY - Sat Dec 07, 1946 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Dec 07, 1946 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Sheffield Wednesday
Home/Away:: Home
Ground:: City Ground
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 2-2 DRAWN
: Half-time: 1-2

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Star Green 'un - Saturday 07 December 1946

Season:: 1946-47
Referee:: J Lawless
Attendance:: 18,374
League Week:: 17 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 17 16
Opp Before/After:: 21 20

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: Fulham (League Tier 2)
Sheffield Wednesday:: Apr 12, 1947

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1662 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 925 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 1842 (of 5829)
Total:: 2980 (of 7634)
Played:: 79 years, 9 months, 8 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: WDLWLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Sailor Brown (76')
George Pritty (42') - George Pritty only goal

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
Manager: Eric Taylor
Prior form: LWLDLW (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Ward (18')
Dailey (34')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	34	Reg Savage
2	D	32	Harry Brigham
3	M	30	Bob McCall
4	M	31	George Pritty (42')
5	M	28	Ted Blagg
6	M	25	Frank Knight
7	F	30	Freddie Scott
8	F	22	Jack Edwards
9	F	32	Colin Lyman
10	F	31	Sailor Brown (76')
11	F	27	Tom Johnston

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	34	Reg Savage	11		7	1
2	D	32	Harry Brigham	4		7	1
3	M	30	Bob McCall	63	1	7	1
4	M	31	George Pritty (42')	29		7	1
5	M	28	Ted Blagg	13		7	1
6	M	25	Frank Knight	3		7	1
7	F	30	Freddie Scott	13	1	7	1
8	F	22	Jack Edwards	8	4	28	4
9	F	32	Colin Lyman	6	2	7	1
10	F	31	Sailor Brown (76')	16	5	7	1
11	F	27	Tom Johnston	14	5	14	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Smith
2	D	Swift
3	D	Kenny
4	D	McKenzie
5	D	Parkard
6	M	Lowes
7	M	Rogers
8	M	Hunt
9	M	Dailey
10	F	Ward
11	F	Slynn

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Dec 07, 1946)

Home	Score	Away
Barnsley	3-1	Bradford Park Avenue
Birmingham City	3-0	Bury
Burnley	3-0	Millwall
Coventry City	1-0	Fulham
Newcastle United	3-2	Plymouth Argyle
Newport County	0-3	Manchester City
Nottingham Forest	2-2	Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton	4-2	West Ham United
Swansea Town	3-4	Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur	3-4	Chesterfield
West Bromwich Albion	1-2	Luton Town

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

SECOND 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	Newcastle United	17	8	6	3	45	18	4	2	1	26	7	4	4	2	19	11	27	22	WWWWDL
2	Birmingham City	18	10	2	6	30	17	6	1	1	20	5	4	1	5	10	12	13	22	WLWWWW
3	Tottenham Hotspur	17	8	6	3	31	21	5	3	1	14	8	3	3	2	17	13	10	22	WDWLWD
4	Burnley	17	7	8	2	23	17	4	4	1	12	9	3	4	1	11	8	6	22	WDDDDD
5	Manchester City	16	8	5	3	32	16	5	3	0	20	6	3	2	3	12	10	16	21	LWLWWD
6	Chesterfield	16	7	7	2	18	10	3	4	1	10	6	4	3	1	8	4	8	21	DDDWWD
7	West Bromwich Albion	17	8	3	6	38	33	4	1	2	19	12	4	2	4	19	21	5	19	DLLDWL
8	Leicester City	17	8	3	6	28	25	5	2	3	19	12	3	1	3	9	13	3	19	LWWWDD
9	Plymouth Argyle	16	7	5	4	31	28	6	3	0	20	10	1	2	4	11	18	3	19	LWWDLW
10	Barnsley	18	7	4	7	36	40	5	1	3	19	13	2	3	4	17	27	-4	18	WLLLLL
11	Fulham	17	7	4	6	32	36	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	4	13	23	-4	18	LDWLLL
12	Southampton	17	6	5	6	30	27	5	3	0	21	8	1	2	6	9	19	3	17	WLDLWD
13	Bradford Park Avenue	16	6	5	5	25	23	4	2	3	11	9	2	3	2	14	14	2	17	DWDLLW
14	Luton Town	17	7	2	8	32	29	6	1	1	22	11	1	1	7	10	18	3	16	WWDWLW
15	Coventry City	17	4	7	6	23	26	3	5	0	10	6	1	2	6	13	20	-3	15	DWDLWL
16	Swansea Town	17	5	4	8	26	37	4	1	4	16	20	1	3	4	10	17	-11	14	WLLDWL
17	Nottingham Forest	16	5	3	8	25	29	4	1	3	15	9	1	2	5	10	20	-4	13	WDLWLD
18	Millwall	17	5	3	9	24	36	4	2	4	18	19	1	1	5	6	17	-12	13	LLWWLW
19	Bury	17	2	8	7	27	31	2	4	2	21	15	0	4	5	6	16	-4	12	LDLDDW
20	West Ham United	16	5	2	9	22	32	3	2	3	11	15	2	0	6	11	17	-10	12	LLWLLD
21	Sheffield Wednesday	17	4	3	10	27	39	3	2	4	16	15	1	1	6	11	24	-12	11	LWLDLW
22	Newport County	17	3	1	13	25	60	2	0	6	17	26	1	1	7	8	34	-35	7	LLLLWL

Table after:

	SECOND 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	Newcastle United	18	9	6	3	48	20	5	2	1	29	9	4	4	2	19	11	28	24	WWWDLW		3-2
	2	Birmingham City	19	11	2	6	33	17	7	1	1	23	5	4	1	5	10	12	16	24	LWWWWW		3-0
1	3	Burnley	18	8	8	2	26	17	5	4	1	15	9	3	4	1	11	8	9	24	DDDDDW		3-0
1	4	Manchester City	17	9	5	3	35	16	5	3	0	20	6	4	2	3	15	10	19	23	WLWWDW		3-0
1	5	Chesterfield	17	8	7	2	22	13	3	4	1	10	6	5	3	1	12	7	9	23	DDWWDW		4-3
3	6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	8	6	4	34	25	5	3	2	17	12	3	3	2	17	13	9	22	DWLWDL		3-4
1	7	Leicester City	18	9	3	6	32	28	5	2	3	19	12	4	1	3	13	16	4	21	WWWDDW		4-3
2	8	Barnsley	19	8	4	7	39	41	6	1	3	22	14	2	3	4	17	27	-2	20	LLLLLW		3-1
3	9	Southampton	18	7	5	6	34	29	6	3	0	25	10	1	2	6	9	19	5	19	LDLWDW		4-2
3	10	West Bromwich Albion	18	8	3	7	39	35	4	1	3	20	14	4	2	4	19	21	4	19	LLDWLL		1-2
2	11	Plymouth Argyle	17	7	5	5	33	31	6	3	0	20	10	1	2	5	13	21	2	19	WWDLWL		2-3
2	12	Luton Town	18	8	2	8	34	30	6	1	1	22	11	2	1	7	12	19	4	18	WDWLWW		2-1
2	13	Fulham	18	7	4	7	32	37	5	1	2	19	13	2	3	5	13	24	-5	18	DWLLLL		0-1
1	14	Bradford Park Avenue	17	6	5	6	26	26	4	2	3	11	9	2	3	3	15	17	0	17	WDLLWL		1-3
	15	Coventry City	18	5	7	6	24	26	4	5	0	11	6	1	2	6	13	20	-2	17	WDLWLW		1-0
1	16	Nottingham Forest	17	5	4	8	27	31	4	2	3	17	11	1	2	5	10	20	-4	14	DLWLDD		2-2
1	17	Swansea Town	18	5	4	9	29	41	4	1	5	19	24	1	3	4	10	17	-12	14	LLDWLL		3-4
	18	Millwall	18	5	3	10	24	39	4	2	4	18	19	1	1	6	6	20	-15	13	LWWLWL		0-3
	19	Bury	18	2	8	8	27	34	2	4	2	21	15	0	4	6	6	19	-7	12	DLDDWL		0-3
1	20	Sheffield Wednesday	18	4	4	10	29	41	3	2	4	16	15	1	2	6	13	26	-12	12	WLDLWD		2-2
1	21	West Ham United	17	5	2	10	24	36	3	2	3	11	15	2	0	7	13	21	-12	12	LWLLDL		2-4
	22	Newport County	18	3	1	14	25	63	2	0	7	17	29	1	1	7	8	34	-38	7	LLLWLL		0-3