FOOTBALE IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27186, 2 November 1953, Page 14

FOOTBALE IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEKEND

(N.Z. Press Association— Copyright) (Rec. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, October M. Football matches in Britain at the weekend resulted:— . League I.—Arsenal 4, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Aston Villa 2, Bolton Wanderers 2; Blackpool 4, West Bromwich Albion 1; Cardiff City 5, Charlton Athletic 0; Chelsea 5, Liverpool 2; Huddersfield Town 0. Manchester United 0; Manchester City 3, Burnley 2; Portsmouth 0, Middlesbrough 2; Sheffield United 3, Newcastle United 1; Sunderland 4, Tottenham Hotspur 3. League ll.—Blackbum Rovers 2, Leeds United' 2; Brentford 1, Nottingham Forest 1; Bristol Rovers 3, Luton Town 3; Bury 1, Fulham 3; Derby County 2, Birmingham City 4; Doncaster Rovers 2. West Ham United 0; Everton 1, Leicester City 2; Hull City 1, Rotherham United 0; Lincoln City 2, Plymouth Argyle 0; Notts County 3, Swansea Town 0; Oldham Athletic 1, Stoke City 0. League ll.—Southern: Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 4. Swindon Town 0; Coventry City 2, Aidershot 1; Rillingham 2, Bristol City 2; Ipswich Town 3, Walsall 0; Leyton Orient 3, Exeter City 1; Millwall Athletic 3, Shrewsbury Town 1; Northampton Town 6, Crystal Palace 0: Reading 4, Newport County 1; Southend United 5, Norwich City 2; Torquay United 3, Colchester United 1; Watford 2, Southampton 0. . LEAGUE IH.—Northern: Barnsley 0, Grimsby Town 0; Bradford 6, Accrington Stanley 4; Chester 1, Tranmere Rovers 2; Crewe Alexandra 3, Halifax Town 1; Darlington 1, Stockport County 0: Gateshead 3, Wrexham 1; Harlepools United 6, Rochdale 0; Port Vale 1, Carlisle United 10; Scunthorpe United 3, Barrow 2; Southport 2, Chesterfield 1; Workington 1, Mansfield Town 1; York City 3, Bradford City 2.

Scottish League Division I.—Airdrieonians 1, Stirling Albion 1; Clyde 2. Aberdeen 4; Dundee 1. Glasgow Celtic 1: East Fife 2. St. Mirren 0; Falkirk 2, Hamilton Academicals 2; Hibernian 1. Partick Thistle 2; Queen of the South 5. Raith Rovers 1; Glasgow Rangers 0, Heart of Midlothian 1.

Division ll.—Alloa Athletic 2, Albion Rovers 2; Cowdenbeath 6, Dumbarton 1; Forfar Athletic 3. Dundee United 2; Kilmarnock 4, Arbroath 0; Morton 3, Dunfermline Athletic 3; Motherwell 4, Stenhousemuir 0; Queen’s Park 2, Ayr United 4; St. Johnstone 6. Third Lanark 1.

Rugby League Yorkshire Cup Final.—Bradford Northern 7. Hull 2.

Barrow 22, Wigan 7; Bramley 5, Featherstone Rovers 2; Castleford 8, York 7; Dewsbury 6, Oldham 6; Halifax 29, Swinton 5; Keighley 49, Hull Kingston Rovers 10; Leigh 7, Huddersfield 17; Rochdale Hornets 9, Widnes 9; Salford 22. Belle Vue Rangers 0; St. Helens 20. Workington Town 5; Wakefield Trinity 50. Liverpool City 21; Warrington 15 Leeds 9; Whitehaven 10, Doncaster 10.