FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.
« GAMES IN ALL CODES.
(Received 11.30 a.m.)
LONDON, April 7,
Results of Association football matches are:—First Division: Aston Villa beat Newcastle United 4—3, Huddersfield T. drew with Sheffield W. .I—l, Leeds United beat Sheffield United 4 —o, Leicester City beat Chelsea 2 —l. Second Division: Bradford City beat Swansea T. 3 —o, Wolverhampton W. drew with Bradford I—l. Third Division, southern section: Coventry City draw with Watford 2—2, Northampton T. drew with Luton T. o—o.0 —0. Third Division,' northern section: No play.
Scottish League, First Division, No play. Scottish League, Second Division: No play.
In the Rugby Union matches Bath beat Northampton (3—5, Cardiff beat Coventry 27 —3, Newport lost to Barbarians 9—lß.
Northern Union matches resulted:— Bramley drew with Featherstone 7 —7, Batley lost to York 5—1.5, Halifax beat St. Helens 15 —13, Hunslet beat Keighley 40—9, Wakefield Trinity-beat Rochdale Hornets 26—15, Warrington drew with Oldham 3—3.
The following are the results of yesterday's Rugby Uirion football matches: Bath 11, Old Merchant Taylors 3; Birkenhead Park G, Waterloo 24; Bristol 9, Blackheath 3; Cardiff 19, Harlequins 10; Gloucester 0, London Welsh 6; Manchester 3, North of Ireland 21; Neath 20, Brighton 3; Newport 3, Pontypool 5; Penarth -8, Blackheath 0; Plymouth Albion 13, Leicester 21; Liverpool 10, Rosslyn Park 13; Swansea 3, Barbarians 21.
BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
ENGLAND'S REPRESENTATIVE.
LONDON, April 7.
The Billiards Control Council has selected Steeples, of Sheffield, amateur champion, to represent England in the Empire championship at Sydney.
In their billiards match Xewman has made 6259 and Lindrum 5300.
HEENEY IN CANADA.
BEATEN BY RISKO
TORONTO, April 7
In a ten-round boxing bout, at Toronto, Johnny Risko (Cleveland, Ohio) defeated Tom Heeney (New Zealand) on points.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 82, 8 April 1931, Page 7
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