FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN
RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEK END (NJZ. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, Aug. 21. Football matches in Britain today resulted:— League I.—Arsenal 1, Newcastle United 3; Aston Villa 2, Tottenham Hotspur 4; Bolton* Wanderers 3, Charlton Athletic 2; Burnley I,' Cardiff City 0; Huddersfield Town 1, Blackpool 3; Leicester City 1, Chelsea 1; Manchester United 1, Ports.mouth 3; Preston North End 5, Manchester City 0; Sheffield United 2, Everton 5; Sunderland 4, West Bromwich Albion 2; Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Sheffield Wednesday 2. League n.—Bristol Rovers 1, Port Vale 0; Fulham 5, Blackburn Rovers 1; Hull City 0, Leeds United 2; Lincoln City 3, Bury 2; Liverpool 3, Doncaster Rovers 2; Luton Town 3, Nottingham Forest 0; Notts County 2, Derby County 3; Plymouth Argyle 2, Middlesbrough 2; Rotherham United 3, Ipswich Town 2; Stoke City 2, Birmingham City 1; Swansea Town 5, West Ham United 2. League in.—Southern: Colchester United 0, Swindon Town 0;- Coventry City 1, Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0; Exeter City 2,- Crystal Palace 0; Gillingham 1, Bristol City 1; Leyton Orient 2, Torquay United 1; Millwall Athletic 2, Brighton and Hove Albion 0; Newport County 0, Northampton Town 1; Norwich City 4, Aidershot 3; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Watford 1; Reading 2, Walsall 2; Southampton 6, Brentford 4: Southend United 4, Shrewsbury Town 1. League in.—Northern: Barnsley 2, Oldham Athlfetic 2; Bradford City 1, Bradford 1; Darlington 1, Workington 2; Gateshead 1. Chesterfield 3; Hartlepools United 2, Crewe Alexandra 1; Mansfield Town 0, Barrow 5; Rochdale 0, Grimsby Town 3; Scunthorpe United 2, Halifax Town 2; Stockport County 5, Carlisle United 2; Tranmere Rovers 1, Chester 1; Wrexham 2, York City 6; Accrington Stanley 1, Southport 1. z Scottish League Cup Division I.—Glasgow Celtic 1, Heart of Midlothian 2: Dundee 3, Falkirk 1; EastFife 0, Aberdeen 3j Hibernian 3, Queen of the South I; Kilmarnock 2, St. Mirren 2; Motherwell 1, Raith Rovers 1; Glasgow Rangers 1, Clyde 3; Stirling Albion 0, Partick 2. Division n.—-Airdrieonians 2, Third Lanark 0: Arbroath 3, Albion Rovers 1; Brechin City 2< Dundee United 1; Dunfermline Athletic 4, Ayr United 0; Morton 3, Alloa Athletic 0; Queen’s Park 4, Cowdenbeath I; St. Johnstone 4, Forfar A th-
letic- 2; Stenhdusemuir 4, Hamilton Academicals 3. Rugby League Barrow 15, Leeds 10; Belle Vue Rangers 10, Hull Kingston Rovers 20; Blackpool 21, St. Helens 34; Castleford 19, Salford 0; Dewsbury 6, Liverpool City 16; Doncaster 12, Huddersfield 26; Halifax 5, Warrington 0; Hull v. Bramley (postponed); Oldham 16, Batley 3; Swinton 9, Wakefield Trinity 10; Widries 12, Bradford Northern 15; Wigan 16, Hunslet 6; Workington. Town 17, Featherstone Rovers 3; York v. Rochdale Hornets (postponed).
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27435, 23 August 1954, Page 14
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