SOCCER FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 October 1931, Page 5

SOCCER FOOTBALL

HOMELAND RESULTS [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] LONDON, October 24. Association football results were: — First Division: Aston Villa 2, Everton 3. Bolton Wanderers 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Chelsea 1. Blackburn Rovers 2, Grimbsy Town 0, Sheffield United 2; Huddersfield Town 4, Sunderland 1; Leicester City 1, Woolwich Arsenal 2; Liverpool 3, Blackpool 2; Middlesbro 2, Birmingham 0; Newcastle United 2, Manchester City 1; Sheffield Wednesday 3, Derby County 1; West Ham United 2, Portsmouth 1.

Second Division: Bradford 1, Barnsley 0; Burnlej’- 2, Bury 2; Charlton Athletic 0, Leeds United 1; Chesterfield 0; Oldham Athletic 2; Manchester United 3, Notts County 3; Nottingham Forest 3, Bristol City 1; Preston North End 1, Port Vale 4; Southampton 3, Millwall 1; Stoke City 3, Bradford City 1; Tottenham Hotspurs 0, Plymouth 1; Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Swansea Town 0. Third Division, Southern Section:

Bournemouth 0, Gillingham 2; Brighton 2, Reading 0; Bristol Rovers 2, Exeter City 4; Clapton Orient 1, Thames 1; Crystal Palace 1, Luton Town 1; Mansfield Town 2, Northampton Town 0; Norwich City 1, Southend United 1; Queen’s Park Rangers 1; Coventry City 1; Swindon Town 2, Fulham 2; Torquay United 1, Brentford 1. Northern Section: Accrington S. 5, Hartlepool United 0; Carlisle United 0, Darlington 2; Crewe Athletic 4, Haliax Town 3; Doncaster Rovers 1, Gates, head 2; Rochdale 0, Walsall 1; Rotherham United 0, Lincoln City 1; Southport 1, New Brighton 0; Stockport City 0, Chester 0; Tranmere Rovers 2, Hull City 2; Wrexham 5, Wigaan Borough 0; York City 1, Barrow 0. Scottish, First Division: Airdrieonians 0, St. Mirren 2; Celtic 4, Ayr United 2; Cowdenbeath 1, Motherwell 5; Dundee United 0, Leith Athletic 0; Hamilton Academicals 1, Rangers 2; Hearts 3, Dundee 1; Kilmarnock 2, Falkirk 2; Greenock Morton 0, Clyde 1; Partick Thistle 0, Third Lanark 0; Queen’s Park 1, Aberdeen 3. Second Division: Alloa 3, Armadale 2; Boness 2, Hibernians 2; Brechin City 1, Albion Rovers 1: Dumbarton 2, Dumferline Athletic 1; East Fife 7, King’s Park 1; East Stirlingshire 4, Montrose 1; Forfar Athletic 3; St. Johnstone 1; Queen of the South 2, Arbroath 2; St. Bernards 4, Edinburgh 2; Stenhousemuir 3, Raith Rovers 3.

AUSTRALIAN TEAM’S VISIT.

ADELAIDE, October 26.

The Australian Soccer team to tour New Zealand in 1932 will consist of fifteen players. It will leave about June 2 and spend about five weeks in tho Dominion. The Australian Soccer Association is suggesting to the New Zealand Association that better terms should be arranged. It was also decided that a New Zealand team should tour Australia in 1932 or in the following year.