FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27642, 26 April 1955, Page 8

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

FIRST DIVISION WON BY CHELSEA

/N.Z. Press Association—C’opyrtffhl/ (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, April 23. Chelsea, a London club, won the English first division Soccer championship for tlie first time in its history when it beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in London today. Other results were:—

Division I.—Arsenal 2, Manchester United 3; Burnley 0, Sunderland 1; Cardiff City 1. Portsmouth 1; Chelsea 3, Sheffield Wednesday 0: Everton 2, Charlton Athletic 2; Leicester City 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0; Manchester .City 1, Blackpool 6; Newcastle United 0, Bolton Wanderers 0; Preston North End 0, Aston Villa 3; Sheffield United 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2; West Bromwich Albion 2, Huddersfield Town 1.

Division ll.—Birmingham City 1, Notts County 1; Bury 4, West Ham United 1; Hull City 1. Doncaster Rovers 1; Ipswich Town 1, Swansea Town 1; Leeds United 2, Blackburn Rovers 0; Lincoln City 3, Derby County 0; Luton Town 4, Port Vale 2; Middlesbrough 1, Liverpool 2; Nottingham Forest 2, Fulham 0; Rotherham United 2, Plymouth Argyle 0;- Stoke 2, Bristol Rovers 0. • Division 111. Southern.—Brentf ord 3, Watford 2; Brighton and Hove 1, Bournemouth 1; Bristol City 0, Newport County 0; Coventry City 0. Northampton Town 0; Gillingham 1, Southend United 0; Leyton Orient 1, Aidershot 5; Millwall 1, Swindon Town 0; Reading 1, Norwich City 1; Shrewsbury Town 2, Colchester United 0; Southampton 2, Crystal Palace 2: Torquay United 3, Queen’s Park Rangers 2; Walsall 1. Exeter City 0. Division 111. Northern.—Accrington Stanley 3, Darlington 0; Barnsley 3. Carlisle United 1: Bradford City 0, Chester 0: Halifax Town 0, Bradford 0; Mansfield Town 0, Gateshead 1; Oldham Athletic 4, Grimsby Town 0; Scunthorpe United 3, Crewe Alexandra 1: Southport 0. Tranmere Rovers 0; Workington 0. Hartlenools United 1; Wrexham 0, Chesterfield 2; York Citv 2. Rochdale 0. Scottish Cup Final.—Celtic 1, Clyde 1 (renlav on Wednesday). Scottish League: Division A.—Aberdeen 3. Raith Rovers 2: Falkirk 2, East Fife, 2. Division B.—Airdrieonians 4, Queen’s Park 2; Arbroath 1. Albion Rovers 0; Ayr United 1. Dunfermline Athletic 1; Brechin City 2, Third Lanark 1: Cowdenbeath 3, Dundee United 1; Hamilton Academicals 1, Stenhousemuir 1; St. Johnstone 2. Forfar Athletic 0. Irish Soccer Cup—Final: Dundela 3, Glenavon 0. Amateur International.—England 3, Wales 1. \ Rugby League matches resulted:—Barrow 44. Widnes 13; Blackpool Borough 15, Swinton 10; Bramley 10, Batley 14; Featherstone Rovers 43. Hull 16; Huddersfield 42, Doncaster 14; Keighley 5, Halifax 23; Leigh 16. Workington Town 15; Salford 7, Rochdale Hornets 10: Wakefield Trinity 25. Hunslet 7; Whitehaven 22, Liverpool City 12.