Spurs Now Soccer Leaders Again

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30338, 14 January 1964, Page 14

Spurs Now Soccer Leaders Again

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LONDON, January 12. Tottenham Hotspur went back to the top of the English league first division table by beating Blackburn Rovers, 4-1, in the clash of the two leading clubs at Tottenham on Saturday. England’s inside - forward, Jimmy Greaves, got a brilliant hat-trick lor the London club after :31ackbum had taken the lead in the twentysecond minute. Spurs, beaten by their London neighbours. Chelsea, on Wednesday in the F.A. Cup, answered their critics by putting on a top-class display. They have a one-point lead over Liverpool and Blackburn, who both have 34 points. Liverpool moved into second place on goal average. Liverpool, one goal down against Chelsea at half-time, scored twice in the second half to inflict on Chelsea its first defeat in 12 matches. Arsenal, which took a point at Bolton, is in fourth place with 32 points, and Sheffield Wednesday. 4-1 away winner against the bottom club. Ipswich Town, is fifth with 31. In the second division, Leeds United maintained a one-point lead over Sunderland, while Coventry City leads the third division by eight points, with Crystal Palace in second place. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division I.—Aston Villa 3, Blackpool 1; Bolton 1, Arsenal 1; Burnley 2. Everton 3; Fulham 1, West Bromwich 1; Ipswich 1, Sheffield Wednesday 4; Leicester 2, Stoke 1; Liverpool 2, Chelsea 1; Manchester United 1, Birmingham 2; Shef-

field United 2, West Ham 1; Tottenham 4, Blackburn I; Wolverhampton 2, Nottingham Forest 3. Division ll.—Charlton 1. Newcastle 2; Derby 0, Northampton 0; Grimsby 3, Middlesbrough 1: Leeds 1, Manchester City 0; Leyton 4. Swansea 0: Plymouth 0, Huddersfield 0; Portsmouth 5, Cardiff 0; Preston 2, Southampton 1; Rotherham 0. Swindon 0: Scunthorpe 2, Norwich 2; Sunderland 4, Bury 1. Division IH.—Bournemouth 2, Colchester 2; Bristol Rovers 2, Peterborough 2; Crewe 3, Shrewsbury 2; Crystal Palace 1, Brentford 0; Hull 0, Millwall 0; Luton 2. Barnsley 3; Notts County 1, Bristol City 1; Port Vale 1, Oldham 0; Queen's Park Rangers 4, Southend 5: Reading 2, Coventry 2; Walsall 3, Mansfield 1: Wrexham 3, Watford 1. Division IV.—Bradford 3. Doncaster 1: Chesterfield 1, Southport 0: Darlington 1, Bradford City 2: Exeter 0, Gillingham 0: Halifax 1. Carlisle 2: Hartlepool* 1, Lincoln 2: Newport 0. Chester 1; Oxford 0. Barrow 0; Rochdale 1. Torquay 2: Stockport 1. Brighton 1. SCOTTISH CUP First Round.—Aberdeen 5. Hibernian 2: Ayr 3. Inverness 2: Berwick 5. St. Cuthbert’s 2: Celtic 3, Eyemouth 0; Dumbarton 4, Haith 0: Dundee United 0. St. Mirren 0: Forres 3. Dundee 6; Kilmarnock 2. Gala Fairydean 1; Montrose 1. Alloa 1: Morton 0. Cowdenbeath 0: Stenhousemulr 1. Rangers 5: Stirling Albion 1. Brechin 1; Stranraer 2, Third Lanark 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I.—Hearts 4, East Stirling 0: Motherwell 0, Queen of the South 0. Division ll.—East Fife 2. Hamilton 1. AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL Ireland 2. Wales 2 (at Belfast). IRISH LEAGUE

Ballymena 8. Cliftonville »: Bangor 4. Glenavon 1; Coleraine 4. Distillery 1; Crusaders 2, Linfield 2; Glentoran 2, Ards 0; Portadown 2, Derry 1.