FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 289, 7 December 1931, Page 12

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.

' RESULTS IN ALL CODES. LONDON", December 5. The following Association football matches were played in Great Britain to-day : ENGLISH LEAGUE. First Division.—Aston Villa 2. v. Derby County 0: Bolton Wanderers 1. v. Blackpool 2; Chelsea 3, v. Manchester City 2: Grimsby Town 1, v. Sunderland 3: "uddersfield Town 1, v. Blackburn Rovers 1: Leicester City 2. v. West Bromwich Albion 3: Liverpool 4. v. Birmingham 3: Middlesbrough 4, v. Sheffield United 3; Newcastle United 0, v. Portsmouth 0: Sheffield Wednesday 1. v. Arsenal 3; West Ham United 4, v. Everton 2. Second Division.—Bradford 2, v. Port Vale 2: Burnlev 5, v. Barnsley 3: Charlton Athletic 2, v. Oldham Athletic 2: Chesterfield 1, v. Swansea Town 2: Manchester United 2, v. Millwall 0; Nottingham Forest 3, r. Leeds United 3: Preston North End 0, v. Notts County 0: Southampton 0, v. Plymouth Argyle 6; Stoke City 1, r. Bristol Citv 1: Tottenham Hotspurs l. v. Bradford City 5: Wolverhampton Wanderers 6, v. Bury 0. Third Division. Southern section : Bournemouth 0. v. Fulham 3; Brighton 4. v. Coventry City 1; Bristol Rovers 2, v. Reading 0; Clapton Orient 1, v. Cardiff f'itv 1: Crystal Palace 2, v. Thames 1; Mansfield Town 4. v. Exeter City 1: Norwich Citv 1, v. Gillingham 1; Queen's Park

Rangers 2, v. Southend United 1; Swindon Town 3. v. Luton Town 2: Torquay United 4. v. Northampton Town 1: Watford 1, v. Brentford 4. Northern section: Accrington Stanlev 4 v. New Brighton 1: Carlisle United* 0, v. Hull City 1: Crewe Alexandra 5. v. Lincoln City 1; Doncaster Rovers 1, v Hartlepool United 3: Rochdale 0. v. Chester 3: Rotherham United 3, v Walsall 0- Stockport County 1, v. Gateshead 1; Tranmere Rovers 5, v Halifax Town 2: Wrexham 0. v. Barrow 1; York City d, v. Darlington 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Fir«t Division.—Airdrieonians 3,_ v. Heart of Midlothian l: Ayr United 1. v. Dundee r> • Celtic 5. v. Third Lanark 0 : Cowdenbeath •>' v Partick Thistle 0; Dundee Lnited 1. v Clvde 1 : Leith Athletic 1. v. Aberdeen •>"• Morton 3. v. Kilmarnock 1; Motherwell 4, v. St. Mirren 1: Rangers 4, v. Falkirk 0. Second Division. —Arbroath 3, v. Hibernians 3; Armadale 1, v. Raith Rovers -: East Fife 4. v. Bo'ness 0: King's Park 1, v Albion Rovers 2: Montrose 0. v. Edinburgh 1: Quoen of the South 7. v. Brechin City 2: St. Bernard's 3, v. Alloa 0; fetenhou'semuir 4, v. Forfar 2. NORTHERN UNION GAMES. Barrow 8, v. Wigan Highfield 5: Bradford Northern 5. v. St. Helen's 31: Dewsbnrv IS, v. Bramlev 3; Featherstone Rovers 0 v York 13; Halifax 21. v. Widnes J: Hull Kingston Rovers S. v. Huddersfield Jo: Keigblev 5. v. Wakefield Town 2; Leeds 3 v ifunslet 4: Oldham 10. v. Leigh 0; Salford 13. v. Batley 0; St. Helen's Recreation 16. v. Castleford 4: Swinton 21, v. Rochdale Hornets 8: Warrington 13, v. Hull 9; Wigan 10, v. Broughton Rangers 6.

THE RUGBT UMOX. :;"-;. Army 13, v. London Scottish 19. w .- heath 10, v. Gloucester 3: Bri ß t«iT ct Newport 0: Devonport Service Vmouth Albion 13; Leicester 11 V u , y " quins 0: London Welsh 8, v. 8; Richmond 3, v. Guy's S, Portsmouth Services 21, v. Air' rw' : Edinburgh University 7, v. MnS 3 . ; Institute 0. '