FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26516, 3 September 1951, Page 5

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF LATEST MATCHES (NX Press Associationr-CopyrUlM) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, September 1. Association football matches played in Britain resulted as follows: First Division.—Arsenal 3, Sunderland 0; Blackpool 3 t Wolverhampton Wanderers 2; Bolton Wanderers 1, Manchester United 0; Derby County 4, Stoke City 2; Fulham 3, Charlton Athletic 3; Liverpool 2, Huddersfield Town 1; Manchester City 2. Aston Villa 2; Middlesbrough 5, Burnley 0; Newcastle United 7, Tottenham Hotspur 2; Portsmouth 1, Chelsea 0; West Bromwich Albion 1. Preston North End Second Division.—Barnsley 3, Sheffield United 4; Birmingham City 0, Nottingham Forest 2; Blackburn Rovers 0, Coventry City 1; Cardiff City 2, Brentford 0; Hull City 1. West Ham United 1; Leeds United 1, Everton 2; Leicester City 8, Luton Town 3; Notts County 2. Bury 1; Queen s Park Rangers 1, Swansea Town 1; Rotherham United 2, Doncaster Rovers 0; Sheffield Wednesday 3, Southampton 1. Third Division.—Southern region: Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 1; Bristol Rovers 5. Aidershot 1; Gillingham 2, Southend United 0; Ipswich Town 4, Reading 2; Leyton Orient 3, Exeter City 0; Mlllwall Athletic 3, Crystal Palace 1; Northampton Town 1. Bristol City 2; Port Vale 1, Watford 1; Shrewsbury Town 1, Plymouth Argyle 3; Swindon Town 2, Colchester United 1; Torquay United 1, Newport County 2; Walsall 4, Norwich City 0. Third Division, Northern Region.— Accrington Stanley 0. Stockport County 3: Bradford 5, Wrexham 0; Chester 1, Bradford City 0; Crewe Alexandra 1. CarUsle United 1; Halifax Town 5, Grimsby Town 0; Lincoln City 4, Hartlepools United 3; Mansfield Town 2, Barrow 1; Rochdale 2, Workington 0; Scunthorpe United 2, Oldham Athletic 2; Southport 0, Gateshead 2; Tranmere Rovers 3, Darlington 0: York City 1. Chesterfield 0. Scottish League Cup.—First Division: Aberdeen 2, East Fife 3; Hearts of Midlothian 3, St. Mirren 1; Morton 2, Glasgow Celtic 0; Motherwell 3, Partick Thistle 2; Raith Rovers 1. Dundee 3; Glasgow Rangers 5, Queen of the South 2; Stirling Albion 1, Hibernians 1; Third Lanark 5. Airdrieonians 0. • Second Division: Albion Rover* 5. Arbroath 4; Alloa Athletic 1, Hamilton Academicals 2; Clyde 0, St. Johnstone 1: Dundee United 0, Falkirk 1; Dunfermline Athletic 2, Queen’s Park 1; Forfar Athletic 3, Ayr United 0; Kilmarnock 2. Dumbarton 1; Stenhousemulr 3, Cowdenbeath 1. Rugby League Following are the result* of Rugby League matches:— Lancashire Cup, first round (first leg).— Barrow 52, Liverpool City 5; Rochdale Hornets 7. Oldham 8; Salford 7, Leigh 14; St. Helens 4. Belle Vue Ranger* 8: Swinton 16, Wigan 28; Widnes 14, Whitehavew 6; Warrington 6, Workington Town Cup, first round (first leg)Batley 7, York 8: Castleford 14, Keighley 11; Dewsbury 15. Halifax 10; Doncaster 4 Hunslet 9; Featherstone Rovers 4, Bradford Northern 2; HuU Kingston Rover* 19, Huddersfield 13; Leeds 18, Bramley 8. Wakefield Trinity 15. HuU 5.