CHAMPION BEATEN
Everton Has Setback
(N.Z. Press Assn. —Copyright)
LONDON, April 1
The English soccer champion. Everton, received a big setback to its hopes of retaining the title when beaten 2-4 yesterday by West Bromwich Albion.
Everton is second in the first division with 49 points, one fewer than its Merseyside neighbour, Liverpool, but Everton has played two matches more than the leader. ENGLISH LEAGUE
Division I.—Burnley 1, Bolton 1; Sheffield United 4. Wolverhampton 3; Stoke 3, West Ham 0; Birmingham 3, Aston Villa 3; Leicester 2, Ipswich 1; Nottingham Forest 0, Chelsea 1; West Bromwich 4, Everton 2.
Division ll.—Bury 3. Scunthorpe 2; Northampton 2, Portsmouth 1; Swansea 2, Plymouth 1; Huddersfield 1. Middlesbrough 0.
Division lll.—Barnsley 3, Peterborough 2; Bristol Rovers 2, Bournemouth 3; Colchester 1, Watford 1: Coventry 1, Port Vale 1; Shrewsbury 1, Brentford
Division IV.—Bradford City 4, Lincoln 0; Rochdale 2, Doncaster 2.
IRISH LKACUR
Bangor 1, Derry 3; Crusader* 4. Cltftonvllle 0; Distillery 0, Linfield 1.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 14
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