Results Of Football In Britain

Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28159, 24 December 1956, Page 9

Results Of Football In Britain

(N.Z Press Association—Conyngnt)

(Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, December 22. Fog throughout Britain today seriously upset the Soccer programme for the first time this season. Several games were postponed. The English Midlands and North suffered most. In London and the South all games went on as scheduled. Six of the 11 first division games in the English League were called off, and one game was postponed in each of the English second and third Northern divisions, and one in the Scottish first division, because of smog. Association football results today were: English League

Division I.—Arsenal 4, Birmingham City 0; Aston Villa v. Manchester City, postponed; Bolton Wanderers v. Everton, postponed; Burnley 6. Cardiff City 2; Leeds United v. Tottenham Hotspur, postponed; Luton Town 4. Charlton Athletic 2; Manchester United v. West Bromwich Albion, postponed; Newcastle United 6. Sunderland 2; Preston North End v. Chelsea, postponed; Sheffield Wednesday v. Portsmouth. postponed: Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Blackpool 1. Division ll.—Bristol Rovers 6. Doncaster Rovers 1; Fulham 0. Nottingham Forest 1; Leicester City 3, Stoke City 2; Leyton Orient 3, Huddersfield Town 1; Lincoln City 1. Blackburn Rovers 2; Liverpool 2, Bury 0; Middlesbrough 1, Barnsley 2; Notts County 0 Grimsby Town 1; Port Vale v. Sheffield United, postponed; Rotherham United 6, Bristol Cits' 1; Swansea Town 3. West Ham United 1. Division 111 (Southern).—Brendford 2, Aidershot 2; Brighton and Hove 1, Walsall 3; Colchester United 5, Northampton Town 1; Coventry City 0. Crystal Palace 0 (abandoned after 55 minutes); Gillingham 1, Shrewsbury Town 1; Mill wall 2, Ipswich Town 2; Newport County 1. Swindon Town 2, Watford 0; Torquay Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Norwich City 1, Southend United 2; Reading 3, Plymouth Argyle 2; Southampton 2. Exeter City 2; United 1, Bournemouth 0.

Division 111 (Northern). —Accrington Stanley 2, Oldham Athletic 2; Bradford City 3. Chesterfield 2; Carlisle United 6. Mansfield Town 1; Crewe A'exandra 1. Darlington 3; Derby County 6, Bradford 1; Halifax Town four. Workington 2; Hartlepools United 2, Chester 2; Rochdale v. Hull City, postponed; Scunthorpe United I, Barrow 1; Stockport County 2, Southport 0; Tranniere Rovers 3, York City 3; Wrexham 4, Gateshead 1. Scottish League Division A.—Aberdeen 2, Motherwell 3; Airdrieonians 3, Celtic 7; Dunfermline Athletic 1, Hibernian 3; East Fife 2, Dundee 0; Falkirk 0, Raith Rovers 4; Heart’s 3, Queen of the South 1; Kilmarnock 3, Rangers 2; Par tick Thistle 2, St. Mirren 0; Queen’s Park v. Ayr United, postponed to Tuesday. Division B.—Arbroath 2, Third Lanark 0; Berwick Rangers 1, Stenhousemuir 4; Brechin City 6. Stranraer 0; Clyde 3, Forfar Athletic 1; Dumbarton 8, Albion Rovers 1; Dundee United 3. East Stirling 1; Tamilton Academicals 1, Stirling Albion 2; Morton 1, Montrose 0; St Johnstone 4, Cowdenbeath 1. Rugby League Batley 6, Liverpool City 10, abandoned after 60 minutes; Doncaster 5, Featherstone Rovers 41; Huddersfield 7, Keighley 10; Hull 12, Hunslet 3; Leeds 5, Bradford Northern 0, abandoned after 25 minutes; St. Helen's 37, Whitehaven 6; Wakefield Trinity 25, Hull-Kingston Rovers 5. abandoned after 60 minutes; Warrington 12, Oldham 2; Workington Town 19, Blackpool Borough 3; York 4, Bramley 7. Rugby Union County championship play-off: Devon 11, Cornwall 0 Club Matches.—Guy’s Hospital 0, Old Alleynians 3; London Hospital 16, Aidershot Services 3; London Irish 11, Old Merchant Taylors 17; Old Cranleighans 17, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital 6; Old Paulines 3, Old Blues 3; Richmond 0, Harlequins 14; Rosslyn Park 6. Old Millhillians 8; Wasps 8, Blackheath 3; Abera von 0,

Swansea 6: Bridgewater and Albion 3, Torquav Athletic 3: Coventry 13. Bedford 3; Cross Keys 3. Newbridge •; Glamorgan Wanderers 6. Pontypridd 0; Lydney o. Old Edwardians 5. Neath 8. Llanelly 18; Newport 31. Plymouth Albion 0: Northampton 35, NotU 3: Nuneaton 0, Oxford 6; Penarth 0. Maesteg 6. Redruth 9, Penryn 5; Rugby 11. lAlceater 11; St. Ices 8, Camborne 8; Scottish Districts 8. Combined South African Universities 8; Weston-super-mare 9. Abertillerv 9; Glasgow Academicals 14. Gala 18: Stewart's College Former Pupils 19. Trinitv Academicals 9; West of Scotland 8. London Scottish 9; Esher 12, Birmingham 0: Old Rutlishians 8. Metropolitan Police 8; Penzance and Newlyn 14. Falmouth 3: Stroud 3. Gloucester 0.