FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27851, 27 December 1955, Page 14

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEK END

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON. December 25 Football matches in Britain over the holiday week-end resulted:

Scottish League.—Division A: Aberdeen 7. Airdrieonians 2; Clyde 1, Falkirk 2; East Fife 1, Saint Mirren 1: Hibernian 2, Celtic 3; Kilmarnock 2, Hearths 4: Motherwell 5, Raith Rovers 1: Queen of the South 3. Partick Thistle 2, Rangers 6, Dunfermline Athletic 0: Stirling Albion 0. Dundee 0. Scottish League.—Division B: Albion Rovers 4, Montrose 0; Brechin City 3 Hamilton Academicals 1: Cowdenbeath 1, Queen’s Park 1; East Strling 3, Arbroath 2; Forfar Athletic 1. Dumbarton 5; Morton 1, Athletic 1; Stenhousemuir 4. Ayr United 1: Stranraer 0. St. Johnstone 2; Third Lanark 3, Berwick Rangers

English League.—Division I.—Birmingham City 0, Sheffield United Blackpool 2. Portsmouth 3; Cardiff City 1. Aston Villa 0: Charlton Athletic 3. Bolton Wanderers 1: Chelsea 2, Arsenal 0; Everton 1. Burnlev r H ddersfield Town 4. Sunderland 0; Manchester City 2, Wolverhamoton Wandt rer .l Newcastle United 5. Preston North End 0; Tottenham Hotspur 2. Luton Town 1: West. Bromwich Albion 1. Manchester United 4. -Division H.—Barnsley 3, Fulham' 0; Blackburn Rovers 2. Leicester Citv 3: Bristol City 1, Notts County 3; Bury 3, Lincoln City 3; Doncaster Rovers 2, ? r,^°J^i R °Y erS e Hull City L Liverpool 2, 5. Leeds United 3; Nottingham Forest 3. Plymouth Argyle 1; Port wSL. 4 ’,! Rot b er *‘ a ro United 1: Sheffield 4 ' Stok ?n City 0; West Ha m united 5, Swansea Town 1. League lll.—Southern: Brentford 2. Bournemouth 1; Brighton and Hove 4. Northampton Town 0; Coventry City 5, 3: Crystal Palace 1, AlderE xeter C,ty L Leyton Orient 1: l Ch ivrm Wn i?' . New P°rt County 2: ReadSSnrtrJ?*!? Wal ‘ YV- Shrewsbury Town 1. Swindon Town 1; Southampton 4. Queen’s Park Rangers 0; Southend United 4 Colchester United 0: Walsall 1, Torquay United 4: Watford 0. Gillingham 1. Y lPv e o g n e SJ rul^ Nor , the^ n: Accrin g ton StaniEt?»n l uL^ arrow 4 - Gateshead n’ 3. Rochdale 3; Carlisle United Rovers 3, Chester 1. SouthTnwn 3 i- C tT W k Al exa ndra 2. Mansfield rrtmaht’ n» Derby , 2 - Wrexham 0; n««i" S TT 2’ Chesterfield 0; Hartleham S An!?®? °'o St °o kport County 0; Oldllr™, Athletic 2, Scunthorpe United 1s WO ®x° n To Z wS r ? dtord Ci ‘ y 1; York Clty IPV VS ag H e -™ atc hes resulted:—BatF ® at ,herston Rovers 14; Bramlev IQ Cas * lef ord 19. Doncaster **•. IJ U ’l Kingston Rovers 6. Leeds 2.3 - 15: , Hoc'’<iale H dS rn “; o. worxington Town 26: St. Helens 1R tt d ß’i?knn S | l n rd n ; warrin «<on 24; Leigh llv m k W H° ro “«h 12: Wakefield TrinWMnei s Dewsbur X 8 : Whitehaven 15.

BELGIUM BEATS FRANCE (N.Z Press Association-Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) BRUSSELS, Dec 25 r A 4 owd 10-000 today saw Belgium 9 e pnJ^ Ce i ln « an , int *rnational mat hbv time 3 S tO 1 after leadln ? by 1-0 at half-