FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27132, 31 August 1953, Page 5

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEKEND (Rec. 8.30 p m.) LONDON, August 29. Football matches in Britain at the week-end resulted:—

League I.—Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 1. Bolton Wanderers 2, Liverpool 0; Burnley 4, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Chelsea 3,’ Charlton Athletic 1; Huddersfield Town 5, Portsmouth 1; Manchester United 1, Newcastle United 1; Preston North End 0, West Bromwich Albion 2; Sheffield United 3, Blackpool 4; Sunderland 4, Manchester City 5; Tottenham Hotspur 4, Middlesbrough 1: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Cardiff City 1. League ll.—Brentford 2, Fulham 1; Bristol Rovers 3, Derby County 0; Everton 3, Oldham Athletic 1; Hull City 3, Bury 0; Leicester City 5, Leeds United 0; >Lincoln City 8, Blackburn Rovers 0: Notts County 1, Doncaster Rovers 5; Plymouth Argyle 2, Luton Town 2; Rotherham United 1, Birmingham City 0; Stoke City 1, West Ham United 1; Swansea Town 2. Nottingham Forest 1.

League lll.—Southern: Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Northampton Town 2; Colchester United 4, Crystal Palace 1; Exeter City 0, Shrewsbury Town 1; Leyton Orient 5, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0; Millwall Athletic 1, Ipswich Town 2; Newport County 4, Walsall 2; Norwich City 2, Swindon Town 2; Queen’s Park Rangers 0. Aidershot 2; Reading 4, Coventry City 3; Southamp. ton 4, Bristol City 2; Southend United 1, Gillingham 1; Watford 3, Torquay United 1.

League lll.—Northern: Barnsley ’ 2, Bradford 1; Barrow 2, Tranmere Rovers 1; Bardford City 2, Chesterfield 0; Darlington 0, Port Vale 3; Gateshead 2, Chester 1; Hartlepools United 0, Crewe Alexandra 0; Mansfield Town 3, Halifax Town 1; Rochdale 1, Accrington Stanley 0; Scunthorpe United 3, York City 0; Stockport County 3, Grimsby Town 2; Workington 0, Southport 1; Wrexham 4, Carlisle United 2.

Scottish League Division I.—Aberdeen 3, East Fife 4; Glasgow Celtic 2, Airdrieonians 0; Falkirk 4, Queen of the South 0; Hamilton! Academicals 0, Glasgow Rangers 5; Hibernian 3. St. Mirren 2; Raith Rovers 3, Heart-of Midlothian 1; Partick Thistle 4, Dundee 0; Stirling Albion 3, Clyde 3. Division ll.—Albion Rovers 2, Stenhousemuir 2; Alloa Athletic 0. St. Johnstone 3; Arbroath 4, Dumbarton 0; Ayr United 3; Queen's Park 1; Dundee United 0, Kilmarnock 3; Dunfermline Athletic 3, Forfar Athletic 0; Morton 2. Motherwell 3; Third Lanark 7, Cowdenbeath 0. Rugby League Bradford Northern 4, Wigan 11; Bramley 15, Salford 13: Castleford 12, Liverpool City 0; Dewsbury 4, Featherstone Rovers 15; Doncaster 4, Batley 24; Halifax 3, Barrow 2; Hull 48, Keighley 9; Hunslet 8, Widnes 13; Oldham 14, Leeds 9; Swinton 38, Belle Vue Ranuers 8; Wakefield Trinitv 13, Leigh 24; Warrington 16. Rochdale Hornets 4; Whitehaven 23, Hull Kingston Rovers 10; York 9, Workington Town 16.