KANGAROOS ON TOP.
J TWO VICTORIES ABROAD. i i ——— j FOOTBALL IN OU> COTTNTRY. ! RESULTS IX EVERT CODE. I; LONDON. December 30. i J Tli? Australian Rugby League" footballers : defeated Wales at Wembley on Friday by ,51 points to 0, after leading 23 —4 at halfI time. | In Ihe exhibition match played at the Pershing Stadiim, Paris, on Sunday, the Kangaroos defeated an English team by 63 points'to 13. Results of matches played in the United Kingdom on Saturday :—- ENGLISH SOCCER LEAGUE. First Division.-—Birmingham 0. v. Arsenal 0; Chelsea 2. v. Stoke City 0; Derby County 2, v. Middlesbrough 0; Leeds United 4, r. Blackburn Hovers 0 ; Leicester City 1. v. Aston Villa 1 : Liverpool 1. v. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 : Portsmouth 2, v. Newcastle United 0; Sheffield AVednesday 1. v. Manchester City 1 : Sunderland 1. v. Huddersfield Town 1; Tottenham Hot- ' spur 4. v. Sheffield United 1; West BromI wieh Albion 3, v. Everton 3.
Second Division.—Bolton Wanderers o, v. West Ham United 1 ; Bradford City 2. v. Southampton 2; Brentford 2, v. Nottingham Forest 1; Burnley 2. v. Grimsby Town 0; Manchester United 0, v. Plymouth Argyle 3: Millwall 4, v. Lincoln City 1 ; Notts County 0. v. Hull City 0; Oldham Athletic 1. v. Bradford 3 ; Port Vale 2, v. Fulham 2 ; Preston North End 3, v. Blackpool 0 ; Swansea Town 1, v. Bury 1. Third Division.—Southern section : Aidershot 3. v. Torquay United 0; Bournemouth and Boscombe 1. v. Charlton Athletic 2; Brighton and Hove Albion 0, v. Queen's Park Rangers 1; Bristol Rovers 5, v. Bristol City 1; Cardiff City 4, v. Watford 1 : Clapton Orient 3, v. Norwich City 2; Crystal Palace 1, v. Southend United 1 ; Exeter City 4. v. Reading 1 ; Gillingham 3. v. Coventry City 7; Luton Town 3, v. Northampton Town 1 ; Swindon Town 1, v. Newport County 1. Third Division.—Northern section : -Acrington Stanley 0. v. Stockport County 3: Crewe Alexandra 1, v. Barrow 3; Darlington 1. v. Rochdale 1 ; Gateshead 2, v. Chester 1 ; Halifax Town 3. v. Carlisle Chester 1 ; Hatlepools United 3, v. Mansfield Town 1 ; New Brighton 2, v. Doncaster Rovers 2 ; Rotherham United 0. v. Chester 3 ; Southport 2, v. Tranmere Rovers 2 ; Walsall 1, v. York City 0; Wrexham 4, v. Barnsley 2. SCOTTISH SOCCER LEAGUE. First Division.—Aberdeen 4, v. Airdrieonians 0; Clyde 3, v. Dundee 0; Falkirk 2, v. Celtic 0; Hamilton Academicals 1, v. St. Mirren 2 ; Heart of Midlothian 1, v. Avr United 1 ; Kilmarnock 2, v. I'artlck Thistle 0; Queen's Park 1, v. Cowdenbeath 0; Queen of the South 5. v. Third Lanark 1 ; Rangers G, v. Hibernians 0 ; St. Johnstone I, v. Motherwell 2. Second Division.—Albion Rovers 3, v. Morton 1 ; Arbroath 0, v. Brechin City 2; Dundee United 4, v. Dumbarton 4 ; Dunfermline Athletic 10. v. East Stirling 3; King's Park 6. v. Forfar Athletic 1 ; Leith Athletic 0. v. Alloa 1 ; Montrose o, v. Stenhousemuir 0 ; Raith Rovers 3, v. St. Bernard's 1. RUGBY LEAGUE. I _ Barrow 0, v. Salford G; Bramley 2, v. Castleford 26: Broughton Rangers 11. v. Hunslet 13; Dewsbury 7. v. Leigh 5; Featherstone Hovers 10, v. Bradford Northern 11 : Huddersfield 8, v. Widnes 5 ; Hull Kingston Rovers 17, v. Wakefield Trinity 6; Leeds 20, v. St. Helens o; Rochdale Hornets IG, v. London Highfield 0; St. Helens Recreation 17, v. Keighley 4; Swinton 13. v. Batley 0; Warrington 2, v. Halifax 7 ■ Wigan IG, v. Oldham 2; York 21, v. Hull G. RUGBY UNION. Bath G, v. Devonport Services 0; Blackheath 3, v. Coventry 11; Cardiff 3, v. Bristol 3; Guy's Hospital 21, v. London Scottish 0: Harlequins 10. v. The Army 8; Leicester 11. v. Hosslyn Park 5; Llanellv I_. v. Gloucester 5; Northampton 16, v. united Services 3; Plymouth Albion 3, v. Torquay Athletic 0; Richmond 24 v Fettesian-Lorettonians 9; Neath 17, v. Pontypool 3; Swansea 0, v. Crosskeys 3; Hawick 5. r. Newpot 7. County championship : Somerset 2C, Devon 8.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 1, 2 January 1934, Page 12
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