FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27909, 5 March 1956, Page 15

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF WEEK END GAMES (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, March 3. Newcastle United, the Football Association Cup holders, were ousted from the competition in today’s quarter-finals after a run of 14 cup ties without loss. They fell 2-0 at home to their northeastern neighbours, Sunderland. The second division club. West Ham United, for whom the tall inside left John Dick scored all three goals, almost pulled off the shock of the round when they led the fancied Tottenham Hotspur team 3-2 well into the second half. With only 15 minutes to go, centre-forward Len Dukuemin headed home to equalise and give Spurs another chance. The other semi-finalists are .Manchester .City, last year’s beaten finalists, who beat Everton 2-1, and Birmingham, who scored a 3-1 away win over Arsenal. Well over 250,000 spectators watched the four matches. Clyde, holders of the Scottish Cup, got through to the semi-finals by scoring three second-half goals without reply after their opponents, Queen of the South, had led 2-1 at half-time. Results of today’s ’Soccer, Rugby League, and Rugby Union matches at the week-end were;— Rugby League Cup.—Second round: Barrow 47, Liverpool City 5; Keighley 3, Wigan 12; Leeds 12, Oldham 7; Leigh 5, Wakefield Trinity 11; Rochdale Hornets 2. Bradford Northern 5; St. Helens 48, Castleford 5; Swinton 6, Huddersfield 8. Rugby League.—Batley 12. Hunslet 19; Blackpool Borough 11, Warrington 18; Hull Kingston Rovers 10, Bramley 16: Widnes 30, Doncaster 10; York 4, Hull 12. Scottish Football Association Cup.— Seventh round: Celtic 2, Airdrieonians 1; Hearts 4, Rangers 0; Queen of the South 2, Clyde 4; Raith Rovers 2, Partick Thistle 1.

Scottish League.—Division A: Aberdeen 7, East Fife 3; Falkirk 3. Dundee 1; Kilmarnock 2, Motherwell 1; St. Mirren 4. Dunfermline Athletic 2. Division B.—Alloa Athletic 2. St. Johnstone 0; Brechin City 1, Ayr United 0; Dumbarton 1, Arbroath 1; Dundee United 1, Stenhousemuir 0: Forfar Athletic 5, East Stirling 1; Hamilton Academicals 0, Queen’s Park 1; Morton 5, Montrose 1; Stranraer 2, Cowdenbeath 4; Third Lanark 7, Albion Rovers 0. Football Association Cup.—Sixth round: Arsenal 1, Birmingham City 3; Manchester City 2, Everton 1; Newcastle United 0, Sunderland 2; Tottenham Hotspur 3, West Ham United 3. League.—Division I: Aston Villa 1, Charlton Athletic 1; Blackpool 5. West Bromwich Albion 1; Bolton Wanderers 2, Sheffield United 1: Chelsea 2, Manchester United 4; Portsmouth 3, Burnley 1. Division ll.—Blackburn Rovers 2, Notts County 0; Bristol Rovers 0, Bristol City 3; Hull City 1. Swansea Town 4; Leicester City 2, Fulham 1; Lincoln City 1, Leeds United 1; Liverpool 4, Bury 2; Nottingham Forest 1, Rotherham United 0; Plymouth Argyle 3. Barnsley 0; Sheffield Wednesday 4, Port Vale 0; Stoke City 2, Middlesbrough 5. Division 111, Southern.—Bournemouth 2, Torquay United 0; Brentford 4, Brighton and Hove 2: Colchester United 5, Swindon Town 0; Coventry City 1, Crystal Palace 3; Exeter City 3, Northampton Town 1; Gillingham 0, Walsall 1; Leyton Orient 7, Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Millwall 0, Ipswich Town 5; Norwich City 2, Newport County 3; Reading 0, Shrewsbury Town 1; Southend United 3, Aidershot 2; Watford 1, Southampton 0. Division 111, Northern.—Accrington Stanley 2, Bradford City 0; Barrow 2, Scunthorpe United 2; Bradford 2, Derby County 4: Carlisle United 2, Workington 4; Chester 3, Oldham Athletic 2; Chesterfield 2, Hartlepools United 3; Darlington 1, Halifax Town 2: Gateshead 2, Wrexham 1; Grimsby Town 2. York City 1; Rochdale 1. Crewe Alexandra 0; Southport 1, Mansfield Town 1; Trarimere Rovers 2, Stockport County 1. Rugby Union.—lnter-Services tournament: Royal Navy 3, The Army 6 (played at Twickenham). Club matches: Black-

heath 20, Rouen (France) 9; London Hospital 3, Abertillery 10; London Scottish 3, Richmond 0; London Welsh 5, Guy's Hospital 0; Metropolitan Police 33, St. Thomas’s Hospital 3; St. Bartholomew's Hospital 3, Old Millhillians 5; St. Mary's Hospital 3, London Irish 16; Saracens 17, Old Blues 11; Bath 3, Bristol 9; Bedford 0, Royal Air Force 38; Birkenhead Park 6, Wasps 8; Bridgend 12. Pontypool 3; Cambridge University 30, Rosslyn Park 6; Cheltenham 11, Llanelly 8; Devonport Services 11, Taimouth 3; Ebbw Vale 0, Glamorgan Wanderers 3; Exeter 0, Plymouth Albion 3; Lydney 11. Oxford 0; Leicester 14, Harlequins 15: Manchester 8. Notts 10; Measteg 9, Abera von 8; Moseley 18, Headingly 11; Northampton 19, Gloucester 6; Neath 0, Cross Keys 0; Newport 9, Cardiff 10; Pontypridd 19, Mountain Ash 0; Rugby 6, Newbridge 3; Swansea 9, Penarth 0; Taunton 19, Stroud 8; Barnstaple 11, Torquay Athletic 6; Waterloo 6. Coventry 5; Weston-super Mare 3, Brighton and Albion 3; Heriots F.P. 6, Edinburgh Wanderers 18; Stewart’s College F.P. 0, Hawick 14; Watsonians 5, Royal High School F.P. 11; Esher 3, Brighton 0; Camborne 11, Newton Abbot 6.