BRITISH FOOTBALL RESULTS
(Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, January 12. A crowd of 1,000,000 watched Association football cup ties in spite of the rain, which was torrential in many parts of Britain. Second Division teams knocked out five First Division clubs—Aston Villa, Blackpool, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Sunderland. Burnley overwhelmed Aston Villa 5-1, depriving Aston Villa of the chance of adding a seventh cup final victory to its record list, which it* holds jointly with Blackburn. A crowd of 70,000 saw Arsenal and Chelsea draw, 1-1, at Stamford Bridge. Results:— Association Cup, Third Round.—Blackburn 1, Hull 1; Bolton 5, Stockport 1; Bournemouth 0, Derby 2; Bradford 0, Manchester United 3; Brentford 1, Cardiff 0; Burnley 5, Aston Villa 1; Charlton 3, Rochdale 1; Chelsea 1, Arsenal 1; Chester 2, Plymouth 0; Chesterfield 2, Sunderland 1; Coventry 5, Newport County 2; Doncaster 2, Portsmouth 3; Everton 4, Southend 2; Fulham 1, Birmingham 2; Huddersfield 3, Barnsley 4; Lincoln 0, Notts Forest 1; Luton 6, North County 0; Manchester City 3, Gateshead 0; Millwall 0, Portvale 3; Newcastle 6, Crystal Palace 2; Northampton 1, Preston 2; Queen’s Park 1, Middleborough 1; Reading 2, Grimsby 2; Sheffield United 3, Carlisle 0; Sheffield Wednesday 4, Blackpool 1; Southampton 5, Bury 1; Swansea 4, Gillingham 1; Tottenham 2, Stoke 2; Walsall 2, Liverpool 5; West Bromwich 2. Leeds 1; West Ham 1, Leicester 2; Wolverhampton 3, Rotherham 0 League lll.—Southern: Aidershot 0, Bristol Rovers 2; Brighton 2, Torquay 0; Bristol City 1, Ipswich 2; Leyton 3, Exeter 1; Swindon 5, Watford 0. Northern Region.—Darlington 2, Brad-
ford City 0; Hartlepools 1, Oldham 1; Southport 2, New Brighton n- Tranmere 1, Barrow 1; York 0, Accrington 1. Scottish Lea fo uc. -x Uot . Aberdeen 2, Saintmirren 0, abandoned; Clyde 0, Third Lanark 3; Hamilton 0, Hibernian 0; Hearts 2, Motherwell 1; Morton v. Kilmarnock, postponed; Queen’s Park 1, Celtic 3; Queen of the South 2. Falkirk 2; Rangers 4, Partick 0. Second Division.—Albion 2, Ayr 1; Arbroath 0, Dumbarton 0, abandoned; Dundee United 6, Alloa 2; DuAfermline 4, Raith 1; East Fife 5, Cowdenbeath 0; Stenhousemuir 0, Dundee 0; St. Johnstone 2, Airdrieonians 4. Rugby Union.—lnternational trial at Dublin: Probables 0, Possibles 8. London Welsh 10, Bath 15; Old Alleynians 3, Rugby 3; Richmond 3, United Services 3; St, Mary’s Hospital 20, Redruth 11; Bedford 6, Coventry 17; Gloucester 10, Leicester 5; Neath 6, Newbridge 5; Northampton 0, Bristol 0; Plymouth 0, Newport 3; Swansea 13,; Royal Air Force 11; Waterloo 10, Sale 6. Rugby League.—Barrow 8, Leigh 0; Bramley 5, Huddersfield 25; Bellevue 27, Halifax 13: Castleford 5, Batley* 3; Dewsbury 11, Hull Kingston 0; Hull 3, Bradford Northern 5; Hunslet 13, Featherstone 0; Rochdale 0, Keighley 8; St. Helens 7, Leeds 8; Swinton 5. Warrington 13; Widnes 3, Oldham 0; Wigan 26, Liverpool Stanley 2; Workington 9, Salford 3.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25081, 13 January 1947, Page 9
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