FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25936, 17 October 1949, Page 8

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

4 RESULTS OF WEEK END MATCHES (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. England won a low-standard international Association football match against Wales at Cardiff by 4 goals to 1. The game was a disappointment, and both teams were well below international standard. Other Association football matches resulted as follows: League I.—Aston Villa 0, Manchester United 4; Blackpool 0, Liverpool 0; Charlton Athletic 1, Chelsea 0; Everton 0, Bolton Wanderers 0; Fulham 1, Burnley 0; Huddersfield Town 1, Birmingham City 0; Manchester City 1, Stoke City 1; Middlesbrough 1, Arsenal 1; Newcastle United 2, Sunderland 2; Portsmouth 3, Derby County 1; Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, West Bromwich Albion 1. League ll.—Blackburn Rovers 0, Leeds United 1; Bradford 2. West Ham United 1; Brentford 0, Swansea Town 0; Bury 5, Luton Town 2; Chesterfield 0, Sheffield United 1; Hull City 4, Preston Northend 2; Leicester City 2, Barnsley 2; Plymouth Argyle 4, Grimsby Town 2; Sheffield Wednesday 1, Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Tottenham Hotspur 3, Coventry City 1. League lll.—Southern region: Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1, Millwall Athletic 0; Bristol Rovers 1, Walsall 1; Crystal Palace 2, Swindon Town 2; Exeter City 1, Northampton Town 3; Ipswich Town 3. Norwich City 0; Leyton Orient 1. Nottingham Forest 1; Notts County 4, Bristol City 1; Port Vale 1. Newport County 0; Reading 1. Aidershot 3; Southend United 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2; Watford 1, Torquay United 0. League lll.—Northern region: Accrington Stanley 4. Stockport County 2; Barrow 1, New Brighton 1; Carlisle' United 4. Gateshead 2; Crewe Alexandra 6, Halifax Town 3; Lincoln City 2, Darlington 0; Mansfield Town 1, Doncaster Rovers 2; Oldham Athletic 0, Chester 2; Rotherham United 5, Hartlepools 1; Tranmere Rovers 1. Rochdale 0; Wrexham 1. Southport 0; York City 1, Bradford City 1. Scottish League.—Division I: Glasgow Celtic 4. Aberdeen 2; Dundee 2. Clyde 3East Fife 0. Stirling Albion 2; Falkirk o’ Glasgow Rangers 2; Hibernian 2, Queen of the South 0; Partick Thistle 0. Motherwell 2; St. Mirren 2. Raith Rovers 0: Third Lanark 3, Hearts of Midlothian 0. Scottish League.—Division II: Airdrieonlans 0. Morton 1; Alloa Athletic 0. Albion Rovers 0; Dumbarton 2. Avr United ()• Dnnfermline Athletic 1. Dundee United 3Forfar Athletic 1, Stenhousemuir 1; Hamilton Academicals 2, Cowdenbeath 0; Kilmarnock 3 Queen’s Park 3; St. Johnstone 2, Arhroath 1. Rugby League matches resulted as follows: Bat ley 5. Widnes 8; Bramlev 9 Leigh 23; Castleford 7. Wakefield Trinitv 8; Halifax 2. Hull 12; Hull Kingston Rover* 12. Featherstone Rovers 2; Hunslet 6 Bradford Northern 11; Keighlev 5 Leeds 22; Liverpool Stanley 9, Workington Town LX: Rochdale Hornets 3. Barrow 10; Salford 36. York 9: St. Helens 28. Bellevue Rangers 5; Warrington 30. Huddersfield 9; l5; Whitehaven 2, Swin-