FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27856, 3 January 1956, Page 7

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF MATCHES ON SATURDAY

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, December 31. Football matches in Britain on Saturday resulted: —

Scottish League.—Division A: Clyde 0, Rangers 4; Dundee 2, Montherwell 1; Dunfermline Athletic 0, Kilmarnock 3; Falkirk 3, Aberdeen 6; Hibernian 6, Stirling Albion 1; Partick Thistle 2, East Fife 2; Queen of the South 1, Celtic 3; Raith Rovers 1. Hearts 1; St. Mirren 7, Airdrieonians 2.

Division B: Albion Rovers 2, Stranraer 3; Alloa Athletic 4, Forfar Athletic 3; Arbroath 0, Stenhousemuir 1; Ayr United 4, Cowdenbeath 1; Berwick Rangers 1, Morton 2; Brechin City 2, Queens Park 0; Dumbarton 2, Dundee United 0; St. Johnstone 2, East Stirling 1; Third Lanark 9, Montrose 0.

English League—Division I: Arsenal 3, Bolton Wanderers 1; Aston Villa 3, Huddersfield Town 0; Burnley 3, Newcastle United 1; Charlton Athletic 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2; Luton Town 2, Everton 2; Manchester United 2, Manchester City 1; Portsmouth 4, Chelsea 4; Preston North End 1, Birmingham City 1; Sheffield United 2, West Bromwich Albion 2; Sunderland 0, Blackpool 0; Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Cardiff City 2.

Division II: Bristol Rovers 4, Sheffield Wednesday 2; Bury 3, Barnsley 0; Fulham 4, Middlesbrough 1; Leeds United 2, Bristol City 1; Leicester City 4, Lincoln City 0: Liverpool 1. Blackburn Rovers 2; Notts County 0, West Ham United 1; Plymouth Argyle 1, Hull City 1; Rotherham United 3, Doncaster Rovers 3; Stoke City 1, Nottingham Forest 1; Swansea Town 0, Port Vale 0.

Division lll—Southern: Aidershot 0, Brighton and Hove 3; Bournemouth 4. Watford 0; Colchester United 2, Coventry City 0; Crystal Palace 2, Millwall 2; Gillingham 2, Reading 0: Leyton Orient 3. Southend United 0; Newport County 2, Walsall 0; Northampton Town 3, Southampton 1; Norwich City 1, Brentford 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Shrewsbury Town 1; Swindon Town 0, Ipswich Town 1; Torquay United 3, Exeter City 1.

Division lll—Northern: Bradford City 3, York City 1; Chesterfield 5, Bradford 1; Darlington 4, Barrow 2; Gateshead 1, Chester 1; Halifax Town 2, Derby County 2; Mansfield Town 5, Hartlepools United 1; Oldham Athletic 2, Rochdale 2; Scunthorpe United 3, Workington 1; Southport 3, Carlisle United 0; Stockport County 1, Accrington Stanley 2; Tranmere Rovers 0. Grimsby Town 1; Wrexham 4, Crewe Alexandra 2.

Rugby League matches resulted:— Barrow 40, Wigan 5; Blackpool Borough 20, Widnes 12; Dewsbury 10, St. Helens 19;

Doncaster 6, Bramley 2; Featherstone Rovers 23, Hunslet 9; Huddersfield 34, Hull Kingston Rovers 8; Hull 28, Bradford Northern 4; Leeds 8, Halifax 16: Liverpool City 7, Swinton 12; Rochdale Hornets 13, Warrington 18; Wakefield Trinity 19. Keighley 11; Workington Town 19, Leigh 20; York 36, Castleford 13.