FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28057, 27 August 1956, Page 16

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

EIGHT TEAMS HAVE FIRST LOSSES

RESULTS OF MATCHES AT WEEK-END (N.Z Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, August 25. Eight of 14 teams which had won their first two matches in the British Association football league, last or drew this afternoon. Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday were beaten for the first time in Division I, where Luton is now the only team with six points from three' matches. Three goals by Jim Barrett, top scorer for the club last season, helped Nottingham Forest to keep its unbeaten record in Division II Leicester lost for the first time, at Stoke, but Sheffield United and Swansea are sti’l unbeaten. Brentford had its third win in the southern section of Division 111. Colchester and Watford lost and Coventry and Torquay could only draw. Results were:— League I.—Birmingham City 4, Arsenal 2; Blackpool 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2; Cardiff City 3, Burnley 3: Charlton Athletic 1, Luton Town 2; Chelsea 1, Preston North End 0; Everton 2, Bolton Wanderers 2; Manchester City 1. Aston Villa 1; Portsmouth 3, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Sunderland 1, Newcastle United 2; Tottenham Hotspur 5. Leeds United 1: West Bromwich Albion 2. Manchester United 3. League ll.—Barnsley 1, Middlesbrough 3;

Blackburn Rovers 3, Lincoln City 4; Bristol City 2, Rotherham United 1; Bury 0, Liverpool 2; Doncaster Rovers 2, Bristol Rovers 4; Grimsby Town 2, Notts County 1; Huddersfield Town 3, Leyton Orient 0; Nottingham Forest 3, Fulham 1; Sheffield United 4, Port V£le 2; Stoke City

3, Leicester City 1; West Ham United 1, Swansea Town 2. League 111 (Southern). —Aidershot 0, Brentford 2; Bournemouth 0, Torquay United 0; Crystal Palace 1, Coventry City 1; Exeter City 0, Southampton 4; Ipswich Town 0, Milwall 2; Northampton Town 1, Colchester United 0; Plymouth Argyle 0. Reading 6; Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Newport County 1; Shrewsbury Town 1, Gillingham 0; Southend United 0, Norwich City 0; Walsall 3, Brighton and Hove 2; Watford 3, Swindon Town 4. League 111 (Northern)—Barrow 1, Scunthorpe United 2; Bradford 3, Derby County 2; Chester 0, Hartlepools United 1; Chesterfield 1, Bradford City 1; Darlington 3, Crewe Alexandra 0; Gateshead 4, Wrexham 2; Hull City 2, Rochdale 0; Mansfield Town 5. Carlisle United 1; Oldham Athletic 2, Accrington Stanley 4; Southport 0, Stockport County 1; Workington 3, Halifax Town 1; York City 1, Tranmere Rovers 0. Scottish League Scottish League Cup.—Airdrieonians 3, Raith Rovers 1; Ayr United 1, Dundee United 1; Berwick Rangers 1, Morton 1; Brechin City 3, Dumbarton 4; Celtic 3, Aberdeen 2; Dundee 2, Motherwell 1; Dunfermline Athletic 5, Kilmarnock 1, East Fife 1. Rangers 4; East Sterling 0. Arbroath 3. Hamilton Academicals 3. Alloa Athletic 2; Hibernian 1, Hearts 2; Montrose 3, Albion Rovers 5; Partick Thistle 2, Falkirk 0; Queen’s Park 0, St. Johnstone 2; St. Mirren 1, Queen of the South 1; Stenhousemuir 2, Third Lanark 1; Stirling Albion 0, Clyde 3; Stranraer 1. Cowdenbeath 3. Rugby League Bradford Northern 7, St. Helens 34; Castleford 10, York 18; Featherstone Rovers 11, Hull 14; Hull Kingston Rovers 5. Dewsbury 0; Hunslet 9, Huddersfield 13; Leigh 7, Swinton 10; Liverpool City 13, Warrington 34; Rochdale Hornets 0, Oldham 43; Salford 9, Blackpool Borough 12; Whitehaven 21, Keighley 2; Widnes 6, Workington Town 13; Wigan 22, Leeds 8; Brimley 8. Wakefield Trinity 7.