Chelsea’s Run Ended By Liverpool In F.A. Cup
(N.Z.P.A.- Reuter— Copyright)
LONDON, March 28. Liverpool, last season’s English League soccer champion, took a step nearer an ambitious double when it beat Chelsea, 2-0, on Saturday, to reach the final of the F.A. Cup competition. Liverpool also reached the semi-finals of the European Cup on Wednesday on the toss of a coin, after three matches against F. C. Cologne (Germany) had tailed to produce a result. Its English Cup final opponent will not be known until Wednesday at the earliest. Manchester United and Leeds played a goalless draw in the other semi-final and will replay at Nottingham on Wednesday.
A similar situation exists in the Scottish Cup competition. Dunfermline beat Hibernian. 2-9, to reach the final, but the other seml-flnallsts, Celtic and Motherwell, drew, 2-2, and will have to replay. ENGLISH CUP Semi-finals.—Liverpool 2, Chelsea 0; Manchester United 0, Leeds 0. SCOTTISH CUP Semi-finals.—Celtic 2, Motherwell 2; Dunfermline 2, Hibernian 0. IRISH CUP Semi-finals.—Coleraine 1, Glentoran 0; Linfield 3, Glenavon 3. AMATEUR CUP Semi-finals.—Finchley 1, Hendon 4; Whitby Town 2, Enfield 1. ENGLISH LEAGUE
Division One.—Burnley 0, Sunderland 0; Fulham 2, Sheffield Wednesday 0; Stoke 2, Aston Villa 1; Tottenham 7, Wolverhampton 4; West Ham 2, Arsenal
Division Two.—Cardiff 0, Leyton 2; Coventry 2, Bury 1; Huddersfield 2, Crystal Palace 0; Ipswich 4, Manchester City 1; Middlesbrough 1, Derby 1; Newcastle 3, Swansea 1; Northampton 1, Rotherham 0; Plymouth 2, Portsmouth 1; Southampton 1, Norwich 0.
Division Three.—Hull 2, Bournemouth 1; Reading 1, Carlisle 2; Watford 3, Oldham 2, Walsall 2, Bristol Rovers 0. Division Four.—Barrow 2, Aidershot 0; Bradford City 3, Halifax 1; Oxford 3, Bradford 0: Millwali 4, Notts County 1; Torquay 0, Crewe 1. Results of matches plaved on Friday were: Division One.—Sheffield United 0- Leicester 2; West Bromwich 0, Blackburn 0.
Division Two.—Bolton 1, Swindon I; Preston 2, Charlton 1. Division Three.—Barnsley 1, Colchester 2; Bristol City 4. Grimsby 0; Gillingham 2, Peter! borough 0; Queen’s Park Rangers 2, Mansfield 0; Scunthorpe 2, Brentford 0; Shrewsbury o ?! Sou,h «nd 2, Port Vale 1; Workington 0, Exeter 1.
Division Four.—Brighton 3, Southport 1: Chester 4, Newport 3; Lincoln 0, Wrexham 2; Rochdale 1, Chesterfield 2: Stockport 0, Darlington 0: York 4, Tranmere 0. SCOTTISH LEAGUE Divlsiop One.—Clyde 2, Hearts 5; Dundee United 3, Morton 2; Kilmarnock 2, Aberdeen 1; Partick 4, Dundee 4; St. Johnstone 1, Airdrieonians 1; St. Mirren 2, Third Lanark 1.
Division Two.—Albion 1, Queen of the South 2: Alloa 3, Forfar 2; Arbroath 0, Stenhousemuir 0; Cowdenbeath 1, Dumbarton 0: East Stirling 1. Stirling Albion 2; Montrose 4, Ayr 2; Raith 3, Berwick 0; Stranraer 2, Hamilton 0.
IRISH LEAGUE Ballymena 4, Ards 1; Bangor 0, Derry 2; Portadown 2, Crusaders 2.
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