FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25924, 3 October 1949, Page 9

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF WEEK-END MATCHES (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, October 1. Association football matches played in Britain resulted as follows; International match (at Belfast): Ireland 2. Scotland 8. League I: Birmingham City 0, Bolton Wanderers 0; Blackpool 0, Fulham 0; Chelsea 0. Burnley 1; Derby County 1, Arsenal 2; Everton 0, Charlton Athletic 1; Huddersfield 1, Aston Villa 0; Manchester United 1, Sunderland 3; Middlesbrough 0, Manchester City 0; Newcastle United 4. Stoke City 1; Portsmouth 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; West Bromwich 0, Albion Liverpool 1. League II: Barnley 5, Swansea Town 2; Blackburn Rovers 1, Plymouth Argyle 0; Brentford 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Bury 3. Leicester City 0; Cardiff City 2, Chesterfield 0: Coventry City 1, Southampton 2; Hull City 2. Grimsby Town 2; Luton Town 1, Leeds United 0; Sheffield United 1. Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Tottenham Hotspur 5., Bradford 0; West Ham United 0, Preston North End 3. League 111, southern region: Aidershot 0, Northampton Town 0; Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2, Crystal Palace 0; Bristol Rovers 0, Watford 2; Ipswich Town 1. Nottingham Forest 2; Mill wall Athletic 3, Bristol City 1; Notts County 7, Leyton Orient 1: Port Vale 1. Exeter City 0; Southend United 3, Reading 2; Swindon Town 1. Newport County 1; Torquay United 1. Norwich City 1; Walsall 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. League 111, northern region: Barrow 1, Rotherham United 1: Bradford City 2. Rochdale 1; Chester 5, Halifax Town 1; Crewe Alexandra 3, Carlisle United 1; Doncaster Rovers 0, Hartlepools United 0; Lincoln City 2, Gateshead 0; Oldham Athletic 2. Wrexham 3; Southport 0, New Brighton 2: Stockport County 2. Darlington 1; Tranmere Rovers 2. Mansfield Town 1; York City 2, Accrington Stanley Scottish League:—Division I: Glasgow Celtic 2. Raith Rovers 2; Dundee 3, Motherwell 1: East Fife 4. Queen of the South 1: Falkirk 7. Clyde 4; Hibernian 2, Aberdeen 0; Partick Thistle 4, Stirling Albion 1: St. Mirren 3, Hearts of Midlothian <3. Division II: Airdrieonians 2, Queen’s Park 0; Alloa Athletic 2. Ayr United 0; Dumbarton 1, Cowdenbeath 2; Dunfermline Athletic 4, Albion Rovers 1; Forfar Athletic I, Morton 3: Hamilton Academicals 2, Arbroath 1; Kilmarnock 2. Dundee United 3; St. Johnstone 2. Stenhousemuir 2. Rugby League matches resulted:— Batley 5. Castleford 29; Bradford Northern 11. Barrow 6; Featherstone Rovers 18. Tlull Kingston Rovers 14: Halifax 24. Dewsbury 0; Hunslet 1-3, L.eeds 21: K -ighley 5. Huddersfield .31: Liverpool Stanley 11. Oldham 12; Rochdale Hornets 7, Leigh 21; Salford 16, Bellevue Rangers 2; St. Helen’s .39. P.ramley 2; Warrington 20. Swinton 12; Wigan 43. Whitehaven 2; Workington Town 19. Widnes 2.