SOCCER IN BRITAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 103, 4 May 1931, Page 15

SOCCER IN BRITAIN.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS.

LONDON, May 2,

The results of the Association football matches played to-day in the English League, First Division, were as follow: Arsenal 5, v. Bolton Wanderers 0; Birmingham 2, v. Leicester City 1; Blackpool 2, v. Manchester City 2; Chelsea 1, v. Newcastle United 1; Grimsby Town 2, v. Huddersfleld Town 1; Leeds United 1, v. Derby County 1; Liverpool 2. v. West Ham United 0; Manchester United 4, v. Middlesbrough 4; Portsmouth 3, v. Blackburn Hovers 0; Sheffield Wednesday 3, v. Aston Villa 0: Sunderland 2, v. Sheffield United 1. The results in the Second Division were: Bradford 2, v. Stokes City 2; Burnley 1, v. Tottenham Hotspur 0; Cardiff City 1, v. Bury 3; Millwall 1, v. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; Nottingham Forest 3, r. Southampton 1; Plymouth Argyle 5, v. Bristol City 3; Port Vale 1, v. Bradford City 0; Preston North End 2, v. Everton l; Swansea Town 1, v. Barnsley 0; West Bromwich Albion 3, v. Charlton Athletic 2. The results in the Third Division, Southern Section, were : Bristol Rovers 1, v. Gillingham 0; Coventry City 2, v. Fulhanr 1; Crystal Palace 5, v. Torquay United 0; Newport City i, v. Clapton Orient 1; Northampton Town. 1. v. Brentford 2; Norwich City 0, v. Watford 1; Queen's Park Rangers 3, v. Boscombe 0; Southern! United 0, v. Brighton and Hove Albion 2; Thames 0, v. Notts County 0; Walsall 2, v. Swindon Town 2. The results in the Third Division, Northern Section, were: Carlisle United 3, v. Tranmere Rovers 0; Darlington 0, v. Don* caster Rovers 0; Gateshead 3, v. Halifax Town 1; Hull City 4, v. Nelson 0; Kotherham United 1, v. Crewe Alexandra 1; Southport 2, v. Hartlepool United 0; Wigan Borough 0, v. Lincoln City 1; York City 0, v. Wrexham 1.