FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27636, 18 April 1955, Page 12

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

FINAL OF AMATEUR CUP

BISHOP AUCKLAND BEATS HENDON, 2-0 (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 16. Bishop Auckland won the Football Association Amateur Cup today, when it beat Hendon by 2 goals to 0 in the final at Wembley Stadium. It was Bishop Auckland’s eighth cup—an all-time record. It was making its sixteenth appearance in a final. Hendon, whose ground is only a few miles from Wembley, was playing in its first final. In bright sunshine a capacity crowd of 100,000 saw Bishop Auckland gain a deserved victory through a goal in each half by the England amateur international inside right, Derek Lewin, who is in hiS first season with the club. British football matches resulted as follows : League I.—Aston Villa 3, Sheffield United 1; Blackpool 0, Cardiff City 0; Bolton Wanderers 2, Everton 0; Charlton Athletic 1, Manchester City 1; Huddersfield Town 2, Newcastle United 0; Manchester United 3, West Bromwich Albion 0; Portsmouth 0, Chelsea 0; Sheffield Wednesday 1. Leicester City 0; Sunderland 2, Preston North End 1; Tottenham Hotspur 0, Burnley 3; Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Arsenal 1. League ll.—Blackbum Rovers 0, Luton Town 0; Bristol Rovers 2, Nottingham Forest 1; Derby County 1, Stoke City 2; Doncaster Rovers 3, Middlesbrough 1; Fulham 0, Hull City 1; Liverpool 2, Leeds United 2; Notts County 2, Bury 1; Plymouth Argyle 2, Ipswich Town 0; Port Vale 2, Birmingham City 0; Swansea Town 3, Lincoln City 1; West Ham United 1, Rotherham United 2.

.League Hl.—Northern: Bradford 1. York City 3; Carlisle United 1, Bradford City 0; Chester 0, Oldham Athletic 0; Chesterfield 2, Scunthorpe United 0; Crewe Alexandra 1, Bansley 2; Darlington 2, Wrexham 2; Gateshead 1, Accrington Stanley 1; Grimsby Town 0, Halifax Town 1; Hartlepools United 1, Mansfield Town 2; Rochdale 0, Southport 0; StoCkport County 0, Working ton 0; Tranmere Rovers 0, Barrow 4.

League lll.—Southern: Aidershot 3, Millwall 0; Bournemputh 0, Torquay United 2; Colchester United 0, Reading 2; Crystal Palace 1, Coventry City 0; Exeter City 1, Shrewsbury Town 0; Newport County 1, Walsall 0; Northampton 1, Brentford 2; Norwich City 1, Gillingham 2; Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Bristol City 1; Southend United 1. Leyton Orient 2; Swindon Town 1, Southampton 0; Watford 0, Brighton and Hove 0. Scottish League Division I.—Celtic 2, Aberdeen 1; East Fife 2, Falkirk 0; Hibernian 1, Queen of the South 1; Motherwell 1, Hearts 1;

Partick Thistle 0, Kilmarnock 3; St. Mirren 0, Raith Rovers 2. Division ll.—Airdrieonians 1, Third Lanark 1; Alloa Athletic 3, Ayr United 0; Dundee United 6, Arbroath 1; Forfar Athletic 3, Cowc enbeath 1; Queen’s Park 5. Brechin C./:/ 2; Stenhousemuir 3, Morton 1. Rugby League Batley 3, Halifax 13; Belle Vue Rangers 6, Liverpool City 9; Blackpool Borough 8, Wigan 17; Bradford Northern 30, Hunslet 25; Hull 10, Bramley 20; Castleford 28, Keighley 16; Leeds 48, Wakefield Trinity 14; Oldham 15, Leigh 15; Swinton 33, Doncaster 5; Whitehaven 13, Barrow 17; Widnes 10, Salford 5; Workington Town 33, Rochdale Hornets 8; York 3, Featherstone Rovers 12.