FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27274, 15 February 1954, Page 6

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEK END

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, February 13. Football matches in Britain today resulted :

League 1.-y-Arsenal 1, Cardiff City i; Blackpool 3, Sunderland 0; Bolton Wanderers 0, Preston North-end 2; Chelsea 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2; Liverpool 2, Charlton Athletic 3; Manchester United 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0; Middlesbrough 0, Huddersfield Town 3; Newcastle United 3, Burnley 1; Portsmouth 4, Manchester City 1; Sheffield United v. Aston Villa (postponed); West Bromwich Albion 4, Sheffield Wednesday 2. League ll.—Birmingham City 2, WestHam United 0; Blackourn Rovers 4, Oldham Athletic 0; Brentford 2, Hull City 2; Bristol Rovers 1, Notts County 1; Derby County 2, Everton 5; Doncaster Rovers 0, Bury 1; Leeds United 5, Lincoln City 2; Luton Town 0, Stoke City 1; Notts Forest 4. Fulham 1; Plymouth Argyle 0, Leicester City 3; Swansea Town 0, Rotherham United 2.

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

League lll.—Northern: Accrington Stanley 0, Bradford City 1; Barnsley v. Gateshead (postponed); Bradford v. Workington (postponed); Carlisle United 1, Chesterfield 3; Chester 1. Southport 0; Crewe Alexandra 1. York City 1; Darlington v. Hartpods United (postponed); Grimsby Town 1, Barrow 0; Halifax Town v. Tranmere ' Rovers (postponed); Port Vs’p 0, Scunthorpe United. 0; Rochdale G. Wrexham 2; Stockport County 3, Mansfield Town 2. Scottish Cup.—Second round: Albion Rovers 1. Dundee 1; Berwick Range s 5. Ayr United 1; Brechin City 4. Han*‘Um Academicals 3; Coldstream 1, Rai th Rovers 10; Duns 0, Aberdeen R; Falkirk v. Glasgow Celtic (postponed); F"°serburgh 0. Heart of Midlothian 3: Hibernian 7. Clyde 0: Morton 4. Cowdenbeath 0; Motherwell 5, Dunfermline Athletic 2: Peebles Rovers 1, Buckie Thistle 1: Queen nf the South 3. Forfar Athletic 0; Glasgow Rangers 2. Kilmarnock 2; Stirling Albion ,r . Arbroath (postponed): Tarff Rovers 0, Partick Thistle 9; Third Lanark 7, Deveron Vale 2. Scottish League Division I.—St. Mirren 1, East Fife 1. Division ll.—Dumbarton v. St. Johnstone (postponed). Rugby League Rugby League Cup.—First round (first leg): Rochdale Hornets 9, Bradford. Northern 9; Hunslet v. Salford (postponed); Castleford 8, Doncaster 5; St. Helens 26, Featherstone 7. • Second leg: Barrow 6, Keighley 10; Batley 6, Leeds 23; Dewsbury v. Halifax (postponed); Huddersfield v. Belle Vue Rangers (postponed); Hull Kingston Rovers v. York (postponed); Oldham 18, Liverpool City 11; Swinton 2, Leigh 17; Warrington Rovers v. York (postponed); Oldham 18, Liverpool City 11; Swinton 2, Leigh 17; Warrington 17, Bramley 0; Whitehaven 0, Wakefield Trinity 3; Widnes 2, Hull 5; Wigan 41, Latchford Albion 2; Workington Town 50, Wheldale Colliery 2.