FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 206, 31 August 1936, Page 12

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN.

MATCHES ON SATURDAY. SOCCER AND LEAGUE RESULTS. LONDON, August 29. Following are tlie results of Association football matches played in Great Britain to-day: — ENGLISH LEAGUE. First Division.—Arsenal 3, v. Everton 2; Birmingham 2, v. Portsmouth 1 ; Brentford 2, v. Bolton 2; Grimsby 0, v. Charlton 1; Leeds 2, v. Chelsea 3; Liverpool 2, v. Stoke 1; Manchester United 1, v. Wolverhampton 1; Middlesbrough 2, v. Manchester City 0; Preston 1, v. Iluddersfield 1; Sheffield Wednesday 2. v. Sunderland 0; West Bromieli 1 ' See oikl 'IJ i vis ion.—Bradford 2, v. Bradford City 1; Burnley 3, v. Notts Forest 0; Bury 1, v. Blackburn 1; Doncaster 1, v. Coventry ">■ Fulhaiii 2, v. Plymouth '2; Leicester 1. v.'Blackpool 2 ; Newcastle 0, v. Barnsley 1; Norwich 1, v. Sheffield United 1; Southampton 3; v: Chesterfieid"2; Swansea 1, v. Aston Villa 2; West Ham-2, v. Tottenham 1. Third Division.' —Southern section: Aldershot l, v. Bournemouth 3-;. Bristol City 3, v Queen's Park Rangers 2;'Clapton Orient 1: v.. Crystal Palace l.; Glllingham 1, v. Brighton 0; - Luton 1, v. Southend 0; Millwall 1, v. Bristol Rovers 2; Newport 1, v. Watford 3; Notts County .3, v. Exeter 1; Swindon 2, v. Northampton 0; Torquay 2, v. Reading 2; 1, v. Cardiff 0. - Third Division. — Northern section: ACcr'irigton T, v, Lincoln' 2 ; Chester 4. v. Wrexham 1; Crewe-2, v. Rochdale 2; Halifax l'.' v. York 2; Mansfield 2, v. Barrow 1: Oldham 3, v. New Brighton 1: Port Vale 1, v. Hull 3; Rotherham 3, v. Gateshead 0; Southport 1, v. Hartlepools 1 ; Stockport 3, v.. Partington 3 ; Tranmere 5, v. Carlisle 1. , _ SCOTTISH LEAGUE. First Division. —Aberdeen 4, v. Falkirk 0 ; Albion 1, v. Celtic 3; Clyde 1, v. Dundee 2; Hamilton 1, v. Arbroath 1 4 ; Hearts of Midlothian 2, v. St. Mirren 1; -Kilmarnock 1, v. Partick 0; Queen Of the South 1, v. Lanark 0; Queenls Park 0, v. Dunfermline 2; Rangers 4, v. Hibernians 0; St. Johnstone 1, v. Motherwell 4 Second Division.—Cowdenbeath 2 v St. Bernard's 0;. Dundee United 2, v. Raitli 4 ; East Fife 3, v. King's Park 0; East Stirling o v , A vr o; Edinburgh 1. v. Brechin 4; Forfar-'2, w. Morton 2; Leith 1, v. Airdrie 1; Montrose 1, v. Alloa 1; Stenhousemuir i,' v. Dumbarton 1. RUGBY LEAGUE. CONTESTS. Barrow 23, v. Halifax 2; Bramley 16, v. Streathajn Mitcham 25; Broughton 10, v. Warrington 7; Dewsbury4, v. Bradford <; Featherstone 43, y. Newcastle 20; Huddersiield 19, v. Hull. 5; Hull Kingston Rovers 10. v. Leeds 22; Hunslet 5, v. Castieford 22; Keighley 11, v. Wakefield 25; Kochdalc 11, v Leigh ,5; -St. Helen's Recreation 10, v. Salford 7; Swinton 14, v. Batley 11; Widnes 28, v. St. Helen's O; Wigan 17, v. Oldham- 11; York 16, V- Liverpool 8.