FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN
CHRISTMAS DAY MATCHES (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 25. Results of football matches played in Britain today were; — Division I.—Birmingham City 4. Sheffield Wednesday 0; Blackpool 1. Leeds United 1; Burnley 2, Preston North End 2; Charlton Athletic 2. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1; Chelsea 1, Arsenal 1; Manchester City 1 Bolton Wanderers 3; Sunderland 1. Aston Villa 0; Tottenham Hotspur 6. Everton 0; West Bromwich Albion 1. Newcastle United 0. Division ll.—Blackburn Rovers 2, Fulham 0: Bury 1, Bristol Rovers 2; Grimsby Town 2, Leicester City 2; Liverpool 1, Leyton Orient 0; Middlesbrough 3, Doncaster Rovers 2; Rotherham United 0. Barnsley 0; Sheffield United 2. Lincoln City 0; West Ham United 2, Nottingham Forest Division 111. Southern. —Brentford 0, Torquay United 0; Colchester .United 1, Norwich City 1; Crystal Palace 2, Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Gillingham 0, Brighton and Hove 0; Newport County 0, Coventry 0 (abandoned after 67 minutes, heavy snow); Northampton Town 2, Southend United 2; Walsall 1, Shrewsbury Town 1; Watford 2. Ipswich Town 1. Division 111. Northern.—Bradford City 4, Tranmere Rovers 1; Carlisle United 1, Barrow 1; Chesterfield 1, Mansfield Town 0; Crewe Alexandra 0, Southport 0; Darlington 1, Hull City 1; Derby County 4. Scunthorpe United 0; Gateshead 2. Halifax Town 1; Oldham Athletic 0, Chester 0; Stockport County 2. Accrington Stanlev 1; Workington 0, Bradford 1; Wrexham 4, Rochdale 1; York City 3, Hartlepools United 3. Scottish League Division I.—Partick Thistle 1, Raith Rovers 1; Queen’s Park 2, Ayr United 0. Division ll.—Berwick Rangers 0. Dundee United 6. Rugby League Barrow 13, Workington Town 8; Bramley v. Featherstone Rovers (postponed, frost); Castleford 14. Wakefield Trinity 14; Dewsbury v. Hunslet (postponed, frost); Doncaster 12, York 15; Huddersfield 13, Halifax 17; Hull 30. Hull Kingston Rovers 2; Keighley v. Bradford Northern (postponed, frost): Leeds 37, Batley 6: Leigh 7, St. Helens 7; Oldham v. Swinton (postponed, frost); Rochdale Hornets v. Liverpool City (postponed, frost); Widnes v. Warrington (postponed, ground unfit); Wigan 13. Salford 10.
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Press, Volume XCIV, Issue 28161, 27 December 1956, Page 12
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