FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27489, 25 October 1954, Page 7

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEK-END (NJZ. Press Association—-Copyright) (Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23. Football matches in Britain today resulted : League I.—Aston Villa 2, Arsenal 1; Blackpool 1, Chelsea 0; Bolton Wanderers 2, Manchester City 2; Charlton Athletic 4, Cardiff City 1; Huddersfield Town 2, Everton 1; Manchester United 2, Newcastle United 2; Portsmouth 2, Leicester City 1; Sheffield Wednesday 1, Burnley 1; Sunderland 2, Sheffield United 2; Tottenham Hotspur 3, Preston North 1; Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, West Bromwich Albion 0. League ll.—Blackburn Rovers 4, Rotherham United 1; Bristol Rovers 5, Leeds United 1; Derby County 1, Middlesbrough 2; Fulham 3, Luton Town 1; Liverpool 1, Bury 1; Notts County 2, Lincoln City 1; Plymouth Argyle 1, Nottingham Forest 2; Port Vale 3, Ipswich -3; Swansea Town 1, Hull City 0; Westham United 3, Stoke City 0. League lll.—Southern: Aidershot 2, Torquay United 1; Bournemouth and Boscomb Athletic 1, Gillingham 2; Colchester United 0, Coventry 1; Crystal Palace 3, Walsall 1; Exeter City 0, Southampton 1; iort County 2, Millwall Athletic 1; Northampton Town 3, Shrewsbury Town 1; Norwich City 1, Brentford 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Leyton Orient 0; Southend United 4, Brighton and Hove Albion 0; Swindon Town 2, Bristol City 2; Watford 1, Reading 3. League lll.—Northern: Bradford 3, Accrington Stanley 2; Carlisle United 4, Barrow 0; Chester 0, Workington 2; Chesterfield 0, York City 3; Crewe Alexandra 2, . Southport 3; Darlington 1, Halifax Town 0; Gateshead 2, Oldham Athletic 2; Grimsby Town 3, Mansfield Town 2; Hartlepools United 0, Bradford City 0; Rochdale 2, Wrexham 1;’ Stockport County 1, Barnsley 0; Tranmere Rovers 1, Scunthorpe United 2. x Scottish League Scottish League Cup—Final: Heart of Midlothian 4, Motherwell 2. Division I.—Aberdeen 4, East Fife 1; Clyde 6, Hibernian 3; Falkirk 0, St. Mirren 1; Queen of the South 2, Partick Thistle 3; Raith Rovers 5, Stirling Albion 1; Glasgow Rangers 3, Dundee 0. Division ll.—Albion Rovers 1, Third Lanark 1; Dunfermline Athletic 3, Stenhousemuir 4; Hamilton Academicals 3, Airdrieonians 3; Morten 2, St. Johnstone 1. Scottish Cup.—Fourth round: Alloa 4, Fraserburgh 2; Arbroath 2, Brechin City 0; Clachnacuddin 1, Inverness Thistle 2; Buckie Thistle 1, Queen’s Park 1; Cowdenbeath 2, Ayr United 2; Dundee United 1, Forfar Athletic 3; Montrose 1, Inverness Caledonia 3; Peebles Rovers 0, Forres i Mechanics 2. Rugby League [ Lancashire Cup final: Barrow 12, Old- ■ ham 2, played at Swinton. Yorkshire Cup : final: Halifax 22, Hull 14, played at Leeds. Rugby League.—Featherstone Rovers 27, Doncaster 10; Hull Kingston Rovers 12, Huddersfield 31; Keighley 23, Wakefield i Trinity 10; St. Helens 30, Whitehaven 3; i Warrington 15, Bradford Northern 10; > Wigan 39, Blackpool Borough 2; Workington Town 7, Salford 0; York 13, Hunslet 12.