FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27471, 4 October 1954, Page 15

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF WEEK END MATCHES (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, October 2. International soccer: Ireland 0, England .2; played at Belfast. Results of other matches:— League I.—Aston Villa 0, Huddersfield Town 0; Burnley 2, Sheffield United 1; Cardiff City 4, Newcastle United 2; Chelsea 3, -West Bromwich Albion 3; Leicester City 3, Arsenal 3; . Manchester City 1, Everton 0; Preston North End 1, Portsmouth 1; Sheffield Wednesday' 2, Blackfool 1: Sunderland 1, Bolton Wanderers ; Tottenham Hotspur 1, Charlton Athletic 4; Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Manchester United 2. League ll.—Bristol Rovers 7, Swansea Town 0: Albury 0, Middlesbrough 1; Doncaster Rovers 2, Westham United 1; Hull City 1, Rotherham United 2; Leeds United 1, Birmingham City 0; Lincoln City 1, Stoke City 4; Liverpool 3, Notts County 1; Luton Town 2, Derby County 0; Nottingham Forest 2, Ipswich Town 0; Plymouth Argyle 3. Fulham 2; Port Vale 8, Blackbum Rovers 3. League lll.—Southern Aidershot 3, Watford 0; Brentford 0, Wakall 2; Brighton and Hove Albion 0, Bristol City 1; Colchester United 1, Newport. County 0; Coventry City 3, Shrewsbury Town 0; Leyton Orient 2, Crystal Palace 1; Millwall Athletic 3, Gillingham 2; Norwich City 1, Queenspark Rangers 1; Southampton 3, Reading 1; Southend United 2. Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2; Swindon Town 0, Northampton Town 1; Torquay United 1. Exeter City 0; Northern Barnsley 1, Mansfield Town 0; Bradford City 0, Workington 1; Chesterfield 1, Grimsby Town 0; Crewe Alexandra 1, Chester 3; Darlington 3, Bradford 0; Gateshead 0, Rochdale 1; Halifax Town 0, South port 1; Hartlepools United 4, Tranmere Rovers 0; Oldham Athletic 3, Barrow 2; Scunthorpe United 4, Accrington Stanley 0; Wrexham 1, Carlisle United 1; York City 4, Stockport County 0. Scottish League Division I.—Glasgow Celtic 6, Kilmarnock 3; Dundee 3, Heart of Midlothian 2; East Fife 2, Glasgow Rangers 7; Hibeinian 0, Falkirk 1; Motherwell 1, Aberdeen 3; Partick Thistle 1, Raith Rovers 1; Stirling Albion 0, Queen of the South 3; Saint Mirren 4, Clyde 4. Division ll.—Airdrieonians 2, Dundee United 1; Arbroath 2, Dunfermline Athletic 2; Ayr United 3, Forfar Athletic 3; Brechin City 2, Hamilton Academicals 1, Cowdenbeath 0, Morton 2; Stenhousemuir 1, Albion Rovers 1; Saint Johnstone 1, Queen’s Park 4; Third Lanark 2, Alloa Athletic 0. Rugby League Barrow 26, York 5; Batley 26, Doncastei 10; Blackpool Borough 16, Oldham 46; Bradford Northern 7, Halifax 13; Castleford 13. Hull 18; Huddersfield 30, Hunslet 16; Hull Kingston Rovers 46, Bramley 10, Leeds 2, Keighley 14; Leigh 32, Belle Vue Rangers 10: Liverpool City 14, Saint Helens 30; Rochdale Hornets 17, Warrington 17; Salford 25, Dewsbury 12; Wakefield Trinity 28, Whitehaven 7: Widnes 20, Featherstone Rovers 11; Workington Town 28, Wigan 20.