FOOTBALL.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20413, 7 December 1931, Page 5

FOOTBALL.

♦ ASSOCIATION. MATCHES IN BRITAIN. tuimei) rarsa association --bi hlbotsio tblboeaph—copwioiw .) (Received December 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 5. Association football results yrere as follows rlßflT division. Aston Villa 2, Derby County 0. Bolton Wanderers X, Blackpool «. Chelsea 3, Manchester City 2. Grimsby Town 1, Sunderland 3Hudder&fleld Town 1, Blackburn Jlo vers 1. Leicester City 2, West Bromwich Albion 3. Liverpool 4, Birmingham 3. Middlesbro 4, She/field United 3. - Newcastle United 0, Portsmouth 0. Sheffield Wednesday J, Woolwich Arsenal?. West Ham United 4, Everton 2. t SECOND DIVISION. Bradford 2, Port "Vale 2. Uv-nley 6, Barnsley 3 Ofiftrlton Athletic. S, Oldham Athletic 2. Chesterfield 1. Swansea Town 2. Manchester United 2, Millwall 0. Nottingham Forest 3, Leeds United »- Preston North End 0, Notts County 0. Southampton! 0, Plymouth Albion 6. 8tok« City 1. Bristol l. Tottenham Hotspurs 1, Bradford City 5. Wolverhampton' Wanderers 6, Bury 0. THIRD DIVISION. . ' Southern Section. Bournemouth 0, Fulhara 3. % Brighton 4, Coventry C. I. Bristol Rovers 3, Reading 0. Clapton Orient 1, Cardiff 1 City 1. Crystal Palace 2, Thames 1. Mansfield Town 4, Exeter City 1. Norwich City 1, Glllingham 1. _ . Queen's Park Rangers 2, Southend United 1. Swindon Town 3, Luton Town 2. Torquay United 4. Northampton 16wo 1. Watford 1, Brentford 4. THIRD DIVISION. Northern Section. Accrington 4, Brighton 3. Carlisle United 0, Hull City 1. Crewe Athletic 8, Lincoln City 1. Doncaster 1, Hattelpools United 3. Rochdale 0, Chester -3. t Rotherham United 8, Walsall 0. Stockport County 1, Gateshead 1. Tranmere Rovers 5, Halifax Town '2. Wrexham 0, Barrow 1. York City 3. Darlington 0. SCOTTISH LEAOUJS. FIRST DIVISION. Airdriaoniang 3, Hearts 1. Ayr United I, Dundee 0. Celtic 6, Third Lanark 0. Cowdenbeath 2, Partick Thistle 0. , Dundee United 1, Clyde 1. Hamilton Academical! v. Queen's Park, yostponedi Leith Athletic 1, Aberdeen 2. Greenoch Morton 3. Kilmarnock 1. Motherwell 4, St. Mirren X. Rangers 4, Falkirk 0. SECOND DIVISION. . Arbroath 3, Hibernians 3. Armadale X, Raith Rovers 2. , East Fife 4, Boness 0. King's Park l„ Albion Rovers 2. Montrose 0, Edinburgh 1. , Queen of the South 7, Brechin City l - St. Bernards 3, Alloa 0. Stenhousemuir 4, Forfar Athletic *- IRELAND BEATS WALES. UNITED PRESS "SOCIATION-BS (VMM ASSOCIATION (Received 1 December 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 5. At Belfast i" rain and on a soggy ground, Ireland beat Wales 4-0. The half-time score was 1-0-RUGBY. SOUTH AFRICANS BEAT WALES. (O*XT»» *BIBS ASSOCIATION —BJ EI.ICTBIC TELEGRAPH -COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Eecember 5. At-. Rugby football at' Swansea, before 40,000 spectators, the South Africans . beat Wales by 8 points to 3. - Th«f game was played in » downpour, which lasted throughout the match, turning the ground into a mud heap. The Spririgbokß were behind (0-3) at halftime. Then they exerted a tremendous pressure on the home side. Other Rugby football matches resulted: — Army 3, London Scottish 19. Blackheath 10, Gloucester 3. Bristol 0, .Newport 0. Devonport, Service 6, Plymouth Albion Xo. Leicester U, Harlequins 0. London Welsh 8, Lohdon Irish 8. Richmond 3, Guy's Hospital 0. Portsmouth Services 21, Air Force Edinburgh University 7, Edinburgh Institute d.

NORTHERN UNION. ENGLISH MATCHES. - (Received December 6th, 5,5 p.m.) JjQNDON, December 5. Northern Rugby Union football" matches te Barrow 8, VVigan High field 5. Bradford 5, St. Helens 31. Dewsbury 18, Bramley 8. Feathers tone Rovers 9, York 13. Halifax 81, "Widnes 2. \ HulJ Kingston Rovers 8, Huddersfleld 10. Keighley 5, Wakefield Town 2. Leeds 6, Hunsley 4. Oldham 19, Leigh 9. Salford 13, Batley 6. St'. Helens R. 16, Castleford 4. Swinton 21, Rochdale H. 8. Warrington 18, Hull 9. Wigan 19, Broughton Rangers