WANDERERS BEATEN.
STOKE VICTORIOUS BY TWO GOALS. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, March 29. Wolverhampton Wanderers, who are to meet Portsmouth in the final of the English Soccer Cup (knock-out), at Wembley on April 29, was defeated tonlay in a first division championship match. The victorious side was Stoke City, which won by five goals to three. Portsmouth also suffered a reverse in the League competition, going down to a Yorkshire club by as many as five goals— Middlesbrough winning B—2. Other English fiivt division results were: —Birmingham, v. Huddersfield. 1—I", Charlton, v. Grimsby, 3 —l; Manchester United, v. Everton, o—2. The points of the three leading teams in the English Football Association's first division league championship now are:— Everton 49. Wolverhampton Wanderers 44, Derby County, 43. SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP. Soccer.—Scottish First Division : Clyde 1. v. Rangers 1; Partick Thistle. 4, v. Hibernians 0. The Rangers term wins the First Division Scottish championship. In the replay of their Scottish Cup semi-final. Motherwell beat Aberdeen, 3—l, and now meets Clyde in the final. Rarjrers (40) who were third last year to Oltio (61) and Hearts (58). aggregated 55 points this season, while the runner-up (Celtic) is as far away as 41.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 24
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