FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 101, 30 April 1923, Page 5

FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND.

THE FINAL STAGES. < 1 1 SECOND DIVISION LEADERS. i ! (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 28. The football competitions were continued to-day. First League.-Woolwich Arsenal beat Sheffield rnited, 2—o; Sunderland beat Aston Villa, 2—o; Birmingham beat Burnley, 1—0; Blackburn drew with Chelsea, no score; Cardiff City beat Oldham, 2—o; Everton beat Preston North Knd, I—0: Huddersfield heat Tottenham. 1—0: Stoke and Liverpool drew, no score; Manchester City and Newcastle drew, no score; West I'.romwich Albion beat Middlesbrough, I—o. The Second League.—Barnsley and Manchester drew, 2 goals each; Blackpool beat Rotherham, I—<~{C Clapton beat Bradford City, 2—l; Crystal Palace beat Wolverhampton, s—o; Leeds •bemt Derby County, 1—0: South Shields beat Kulh'am, 1—0; Hull drew with Coventry, one goal each; Leicester beat Bury. ;&&--, The Wednesday heat Portvac l * 2—o; Southampton beat Stockport, I—o. Third League. — Southern Division: Brentford drew with Millwall, one goal each; Bristol Rovers drew with Swansea, no score; Charlton bemt Bristol City, 1—0: Dillingham beat Exeter City, 1—0; Merthyr beat Brighton, 2—o: Northampton beat Queen's Park, 4—2; Luton bent Norwich, ■2—i; Plymouth beat Newport, 1—0: Reading beat Aberdare. 1—0: Southend I'nitcd beat Swindon Town. 2—o: Portsmouth beat Watford, 3—2. Northern Division.— Ashington beat Tranmere, 3—l : Barrow beat Durham, •2 1: Darlington beat Crewe Alexandria, .-,_(): Hartlepool beat Grimsby, 2—o: Lincoln City drew with Accrington, no score: Nelson heat Walsall, 3—o; Rochdale beat Wigan, 3—2; Southport drew with Bradford, no score: Stalybndge beat Halifax. 4—3: Wrexham beat Chesterfield. .I—l. ' ■Stoke will go down to the second division. Leicester City, hy beating Bun-to-day, made themselves equal fust with Notts County for the top of the second division. ln the Rugby I'nion matches Newport beat Leicester by 7—6; Neath beat Swansea, 6—3: Pontypool beat Cardiff, S.": Crosskeys beat Bridgcwatcr, 23—0.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) In the Northern I'nion Cup final, played at Wakefield. Leeds beat Hull by \2B points to 3.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.)