BRITISH FOOTBALL

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22610, 16 January 1939, Page 11

BRITISH FOOTBALL

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEK-END (Received January 15, 8.10 p.m.) LONDON, January 14. Results of British football matches at the week-end were as follows: — ASSOCIATION First Division Aston Villa 3, Blackpool 1. Bolton 2, Leeds 2. Charlton 1, Liverpool 3. Chelsea 4, Middlesbrough 2. Everton 2, Arsenal 0. Huddersfield 3, Portsmouth ,0. Manchester United 3, Grimsby 1, •Preston 2, Leicester 1. Stoke 6, Birmingham 3. Sunderland 1, Derby 0. Wolverhampton 5, Brentford 2, Second Division Bradford 1, Millwall 0, Burnley 2. Newcastle 0. Luton 3, Manchester City 0. Plymouth 1, Norwich 0 (when abandoned). Sheffield United 1, West Bromwich 1. Southampton 0, Coventry 2. Swansea 2, Blackburn 1. Tottenham 4, Notts Forest 1. Tranmere 1. Sheffield Wednesday 4, West Ham 0, Bury 0.

Third Division Northern Section Accrington 0, Barrow 2. . Barnsley 1, New Brighton 1. “ Darlington 1, Crewe 0. Gateshead 2, Doncaster 0. Hartlepools 0, Southport 2. Hull 11, Carlisle 1. Lincoln 4, Bradford City 0. Oldham 1, Halifax 0. Stockport 0. Chester 0. Wrexham 2, Rotherham 0. York 2, Rochdale 7.

Southern Section Aldershot 1, Torquay United 1. Bristol City 1, Swindon 1. Cardiff City 2. Ipswich Town 1, Crystal Palace 1. Port Vale 0. Exeter City 3, Reading 2. Mansfield Town 2, Bournemouth 0. Northampton 1, Newport County 0. Notts County 1, Clapton Orient 0. Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Brighton 2. Southend 3, Bristol Rovers 2. Walsall 2. Watford 0.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE! First Division Arbroath 3, Clyde 0. Falkirk 1, Aberdeen 3, Hibernian 1, Rangers I. Motherwell 2, Raith Rovers 4. St. Johnstone 0, Hamilton Academicals 2 Third Lanark 0, Queen of South 1. Second Division Airdrieonians 3, Dundee 6. Brechin City 4, East Stirlingshire 4. Cowdenbeath 3, Dumbarton 1. Dundee United 1, Dunfermline Athletic 0. King’s Park 2. East Fife 3. Montrose 2, Leith Athletic 0. Morton 0, Alloa 0.

RUGBY LEAGUE Barrow 20, Hunslet 2. Batley 0. Hull 5. Halifax 15, Swlnton 7. Hull Kingston Hovers 11, Dewsbury 0. Leeds 27, York 5. Leigh 5, Widnes 8. Liverpool Stanley 12. Bramley 4. Oldham 10, Keighley 6. Salford 37. St. Helens 0. St. Helens Rees 0, Broughton 17. Warrington 13, Castleford 27.

RUGBY UNION Bath 6, Northampton 0. Bedford 23, Coventry 6. Birkenhead 0, Guys Hospital 6. , Blackheath 3. Harlequins 12. Bristol 6, The Army 3. Gloucester 8, Leicester 3. Old Merchant Taylors 8, Cambridge University 19. Police 9, Royal Air Force 11. Richmond 16, United Services 9, Rosslyn Park 3, London Scottish 8. St. Barts Hospital 8, Wasps 9. St. Mary’s Hospital 12, London Welsh 3. Aberavon 6, Mountain Nash 6. Bridgend 12, Pontypool 3. Crosskeys 9, Penarth 0. Llanelly 0, Cardiff 0 (when abandoned). Neath 5, Majestic 0 (when abandoned). Newport 3, Swansea 0. Scotland 8, The Rest 17 (final of international trials).