FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 49, 27 August 1934, Page 13

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

OPENING OF SEASON

SOCCER AND NORTHERN UNION

Unltei Press Association—By Electric Teleerapb—Copyright. (Received August 27, S a.m.) ( . LONDON, August 23. In midsummer sunshine 600,000 people saw tho opening matches of the four English Association football leagues, tho attendances per match 'ranging from 20,000 to 40,000. Following are the results:— ASSOCIATION. English League, First Division.—Bir- ' mingJiani beat, Aston Villu, 2-1; Derby beat Chelsea, 3-0; Leeds lost to Middles-1 brough, 2-4; Leicester .drew with Woiverhampton, 1-1; Liverpool beat Blackburn, 2-0; Portsmouth drew with Arsenal, 3-3; Preston beat Grimsby, 1-0; Sheffield Wednesday beat Btoke, 4-1; Suriderland beat Huddersn'eld, 4-1; Tottenham drew with Everton, 1-1; West Bromwich drew, with Manchester City, 1-1. Second Division. —Uradtord beat Barnsley, 3-2; Brentford beat Norwich, 2-1; Burnley beat Southampton, 3-0; Bury lost, to Blackpool, 1-5; Fulham beat Plymouth, 3-0; Manchester United beat Bradford City, 2-0; Notts Forest, beat Newcastle, 5-1; Oldham lost to Bolton, 1-4; Portvala beat -Sheffield United,. 2-0; Swansea, beat Notts County, 2-1.;. ' ■ Third Division,—Southern section: Aldershot drew with Crystal Palace, 2-2; Bristol ' City beat Watford, 3-1; Cardiff beat Charlton, 2-1; Orient beat Reading, 2-1; Coventry beat Northampton, 2-0; Exeter lost to Newport, 0-1; Gillingham beat Torquay, 3-0; Lutoh drew with Southend, 1-1; Swindon beat Queen's Park Hangers, 3-1; Brighton beat Bristol Hovers, 3-1. ,/■ ■ Thii'U Division. —Northern section: Aucrington Jost to New Brighton, 1-3; Crew'e drew with Doncuster, 1-1; Darlington beat York, 2-0; Gateshead lost to Chester, 2-4; Halifax beat Munsfield, 2-1; Lincoln beat .Rochdale, 3-0; liotlicrham drew with Chesterfield, 2-2; Stockpoi-t beat Southport,, 6-1; Tranmere beat Carlisle,' 3-i; Walsall lost to Hartlepools, 1-2; Wroxham drew with Barrow, 1-1. Scottish League.—First division: Airdrieoniacs beat Kilmarnock, 3-2; Ayr lost to Albion, 0-1; Celtic ..drow with St. Johnstone, 0-0; Dundee beat Rangers, 3-2; Dunfermline lost to'Hearts, 1-2; Falkirk lost to Hamilton, 1-.2; Hibernian lost to Aberdeen, 2-3; Motherwell beat Queen'g Park, 3-0; Partick beat Queen of the South, 2-1; St. Mirren lost to Clyde, 1-2. Second division: Alloa beat East Fife, 5-2; Dumbarton beat Brechin, 2-0; Forfar beat Edinburgh, 4-1; King's Park beat Arbroath, 2-1; Montroso beat Cowdenbeath, 5-3; Morton bdat East Stirling, 0-2; Raith beat Leigh, 1-0; St. Bernards beat Stenhousemuir, 4-1; Third Lanark beat Dundee United, 5-0. NORTHERN UNION. Barrow lost to Warrington, 8-13; Bramley lost to Keighlcy, 2-30; Brough ton beat Bradford Northern, 14-10; Dewsbury boat Hull, 14-7; Huddersfield beat Wakefield, 17-12; Hull-Kingston lost to Salford, 0-24; Hunslot beat Castleford, 20-10; Hochdalo lost to Liverpool Stanley, 9-17; St. Helens Recs. beat Leigh, 26-8; Swinton beat Halifax, 13-6; Widnes beat St. Helens, 12-10; Wigan beat Oklhavn, 54-2; Yorkshire lost to Leeds, 10-27; Featherstone beat Batley, 18-11. .