BRITISH FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25271, 25 August 1947, Page 5

BRITISH FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, August 23 More than 1,000,000 spectators welcomed the opening of the football season in temperatures that at some grounds reached 80 degrees. Hard grounds caused many injuries. Results:—

League I.—Arsenal 3, Sunderland 1; Blackbum 2, Everton 3; Blackpool 3, Chelsea 0; Bolton 0, Stoke 1; Charlton 4, Sheffield United 0; Derby 0, Huddersfield 0; Grimsby 3, Aston Villa 0; Liverpool 3, Preston 1; Manchester City 4. Wolverhampttyj 3; Middlesbrough 2, Manchestet United 2; Portsmouth 0, Burnley 1.

League 2.—Birmingham 2, Barnsley 3; Bradford 4. Westham 1; Cardiff 0, Chesterfield 0; Coventry 4, Luton 1; Doncaster 1, Southampton 1: Fulham 5, Brentford 0; Leeds 3, Leicester 1; Newcastle 6. Plymouth 1; Notts Forest 2, Bury 1; Sheffield Wednesday 3, Millwall 2; West Bromwich 1, Tottenham 0.

League 3.—Southern: Bristol City 6, Southend 0; Ipswich 2, Notts County 0; Leyton Orient 1, Crystal Palace 1; Portvale 1, Bristol Rovers 1; Queen's Park Rangers 3. Norwich City 1; Reading 0, Newport 0: Swindon 0, Northampton 0; Torquay 2, Aidershot 0; Walsall 4, Exeter 0; Watford 2, Brighton 3; Bournemouth 1, Swansea 0.

League 3.—Northern: Accrington 4. Hartlepools 2; Carlisle 4, Darlington 2; Chester 2, Oldham 1; Crewe 3, Tranmere 2; Halifax 0, Wrexham 1; Lincoln 2, Hull 3; Mansfield 1, York 2; New Brighton 0, Bradford City 2: Rochdale 2, Barrow 2; Rotherham 0, Gateshead 0; Southport 0. Stockport 4. Scottish League Cup League I.—Airdrieonians 1, Hibernians 1; Celtic 3, Third Lanark 1; Hearts 1, Clyde 0; Morton 2, Partick 1; Motherwell 3. St. Mirren 1; Queen’s Park 0, Falkirk 4; Queen of the South 1, Aberdeen 2; Rangers 3, Dundee 0. League 2: Ayr 2, East Fife 5; Dundee United 0, Cowdenbeath 2; Dunfermline 1, Alloa 0; Leith 2, Albion 2: Raith Rovers 3. Hamilton 1; Stenhousemuir 2, Arbroath 0; Stirling 5, Kilmarnock 3; St % Johnstone 1, Dumbarton 0. Rugby League Barrow 13, Halifax 5; Batley 14, Hull Kingston Rovers 11; Bramley 29. Bellevue Rangers 8: Leatherstone 22, Keighley 15; Hull 27, Castleford 15; Hunslet 6. Salford 13; Oldham 14, Warrington 3; Swinton 5. Leigh 16; Wakefield Trinity 0, Bradford Northern 5; Widnes 9, St. Helens 8; Wigan 39, Liverpool Stanley 5; Workington 2. Dewsbury 3; York 11, Rochdale Horneis 16; Huddersfield 6. Leeds 6.