Soccer 3-2 Victory Keeps Spurs On Top

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 15

Soccer 3-2 Victory Keeps Spurs On Top

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LONDON. Feb. 24. Tottenham Hotspur, always looking better than its London rival, scored a 3-2 victory on Arsenal's ground on Saturday to retain the lead in the English League First Division.: Spurs hold goal advantage over Leicester City, which beat Ipswich Town. 3-0. Both teams have 37 points—Tottenham from 29 matches and Leicester from 27.

Snow and ice again cut the day’s English and Scottish programme. but with 27 matches played out of the 64 scheduled games the interference was not as bad as in recent weeks. This time the pools did not have to call on their panel to assess results of postponed matches. The England selectors, watching the Spurs-Arsenal match for indications whether Arsenal's J. Baker or Tottenham’s P. Smith should lead the England attack against France in the European Nations Cup on Wednesday, could not have learned much. The pitch was covered with hard-packed snow, giving a firm surface against probable heavy going in Paris on Wednesday.

At another London ground, Millwall's. fighting broke out after Wrexham. 4-2 winners, had scored its last goal. A policeman was struck and kicked, and a spectator was carried off by five policemen. Tlte referee and the Wrexham team were pelted with snowballs as they left the pitch.

Chelsea, far out' in the lead In the Second Division slipped at Cardiff, where a second half goal gave the home team a 1-0 win. Chelsea has 37 points and is followed on the 32 mark by Sunderland and Bury. Only three matches were played in Scotland. Hamilton Academicals top of the Second Division, lost to Arbroath, but is still seven points ahead of St. Johnstone, which has 10 games in hand. Results were: ENGLISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arsenal 2, Tottenham 3: Everton 0. Wolverhampton 0; Fulham 3, Not-

tingham Forest 1; Leicester 3 Ipswich 0; Leyton 1, “anchwter .Oty 1; Manchester United 1. Blackpool 1.

.Division Two.—Cardiff 1, Chelsea 0; Derby 2. Sunderland 2; Norwich 4. Rotherham 2; Plymouth 2, Scunthorpe 3; Portsmouth 3. Luton 1; Preston 1. Southampton 0. Division Three.—Bournemouth 3. Northampton 0; Bristol City 2. Carlisle 2; Coventry 2, Barnsley 0; Millwall 2, Wrexham 4; Notts County 3, Queens Park Rangers 2; Reading 4. Brighton 5; Shrewsbury 4. Halifax 2; Watford 3. Swindon 3. Division Four—Brentford 1. Darlington 3; Chester 0. Aidershot 2; Exeter 2. Oldham 1; Workington 1. Lincoln 1. . Friendly Matches.—Sheffield United 2. Stoke 0; Swansea 3, Aston Villa 4. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division One.—Arbroath 3, Hamilton 1: Berwick 4 Stenhouaemuir 0; East Fiffe 0, Ayr IRISH FA. CUP First Round.—Ards 3. Portadown Reserves 2; Ballymean 4, Portadown 1; Bangor 1. Cltftonville 1; Coleraine 4, Shorts and Harlands 0; Glenavon 0. Distillery 0; Glentoran 4. Ballyclare Comrades 1: Linfield 3. Derrv 1; Newry Town 0. Crusaders 2.