FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Evening Star, Issue 25893, 10 September 1946, Page 10

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

SOCCER AND LEAGUE LONDON, Sept. 7. Football matches in Britain resulted as follows: ASSOCIATION. —League 1. — Arsenal drew with Sunderland, 2-2; Blackburn beat Everton, 4-1; Blackpool beat Wolverhampton, 2.0; Bolton beat Portsmouth, 1-0; Brentford beat Huddersfield, 2-0; Charlton lost to Manchester United, 1-3; Derby lost to Aston Villa, 1-2; Grimsby lost to Preston, 2-3; Leeds drew with Sheffield United, 2-2; Liverpool beat Chelsea, 7-4; Middlesbrough beat Stoke, 5-4. —League 2. Birmingham lost to Burnley, 0-2; Bradford drew with Mill wall, 0-0; Coventry drew with Barnsley, 1-1; Fulham beat Luton, 2-1; Manchester City drew with Chesterfield, 0-0; Newcastle drew with Swansea, 1-1; Notts Forest beat Newport, 6-1; Sheffield Wednesday beat Plymouth, 2-1; Southampton drew with Bury, 1-1; West Bromwich beat Tottenham, 3-2; West Ham lost to Leicester, 0-2. —League 3. (Southern Region.) Bournemouth beat Northampton, 2- Bristol City drew with Brighton, 0-0; Cardiff beat Notts County, 2-1; Crystal Palace beat Bristol (Rovers, 2-1; Ipswich beat Norwich, 5-0; Portvale lost to Exeter, 1-2; Reading beat Southend, 7-2; Swindon beat Aidershot, 7-0; Torquay drew with Mansfield, 2-2; Walsall lost to Queen’s ParkRangers, 0-2; Watford beat Leyton, 3-

(Northern Region.) Accrington lost to Oldham, 2-3; Barrow drew with Bradford City, 0-0; Carlisle drew with Stockport, 1-1; Chester beat Tranmere, 4-1; Crewe drew with Hartlepools, 1-1; Halifax drew with Wrexham, 0-0 j Lincoln beat Gateshead, 4-0; New Brighton lost to Doncaster, 2-5; Rochdale lost to York, 0-1; Rotherham beat Darlington, 4-1; Southport beat Hull, 3-1. —Scottish League.— (First Division.) Celtic lost to Rangers, 2-3; Falkirk beat Aberdeen, 2-0; Hibernian lost to Hearts, 0-1; Kilmarnock lost to Queen of South, 1-3; Motherwell beat Hamilton, 4-0; Partick lost to Clyde, 1-3; St. Mirren drew with Morton, 1-1; Third Lanark lost to Queen’s . Park, 3-4. —Second Division.— Airdrieonians drew with Raith Rovers, 1-1; Alloa beat St. Johnstone, I- Arbroath lost to Dunfermline, 1-2; Cowdenbeath beat Ayr, 2-1; Dumbarton beat Dundee, 2-1; Dundee United lost to Albion, 1-3; East Fife beat Stenhousemuir, 7-1. RUGBY LEAGUE. —Lancashire Cup Knock-out.— First Round. Liverpool lost to Bellevue (Rangers, 0-7; Workington lost to Oldham, 2-8; Salford beat Warrington, 10-3; St. Helens lost to Leigh. 5-14; Widnes beat Barrow, 26-5; Wigan beat Rochdale, 49-4. Batley lost to Hull Kingston Rovers, II- Bradford beat Northern Halifax. 9-4; Huddersfield beat Castleford, 19-8; Hiill beat Leeds, 19-12; Hunslet lost to Dewsbury, 5-11; Wakefield beat Keighley, 26-13; York beat Bramley, 11-8°