ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL Portsmouth Leads First Division Of English Leagues
(Rec. 10.25 a.m.) > LONDON, February 27._ The following are the leaders in the British Association football tables after Saturday’s games:—First Division.—Portsmouth, 40 points'. Newcastle United, 37, Arsenal, Derby, 35; Charlton, 34. Second Division. — Southampton, 42; Tottenham Hotspurs, West Bromwich, 37; Fulham, 36; Chesterfield, Luton, 32. Third Division. —South: Swansea, 43; Bristol Rovers, Brighton, 37; Norwich, Bournemouth, 35. Third Division.—North: Rotherham, 44; Hull City, 40; Darlington, 37; Doncaster, 35; Wrexham, 32. Scottish A.—Hibernian, u 3; Dundee, 32; Rangers, 31; Queen of the South, 27; East Fife, 27. ' Scottish B—Dunfermline, Stirling, 36; Airdrie, 32; Raith Rovers, 31. The sixth round for the Football Association Cup resulted*. Brentford 0 "Leicester 2; Hull 0, Manchester United 1; Portsmouth 2. Derby 1, Wolverhampton 1. West Bromwich 0. League One.—Arsenal 5, Bolton V, Birmingham.!, Charlton 0; Blackpool 2 Preston 2; Chelsea 2. Stoke 2; Evei - ton 2 Burnley 1; Middlesbrough 0, Manchester City 1; Sheffield United 0, Aston Villa 1. . _ ~ League Two.—Blackburn 1. Tottenham 1; Bradford 0, Grimsby 1; Cardiff 1 Plymouth 0; Chesterfield 0, Coventry 1; Lincoln 3, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Luton 4. Notts Forest 3; Queens Park Rangers 1. Fulham 0; Southampton 2, Barnsley 0. x ~ League Three (Southern). —Aidershot 3, Northampton 1; Brighton 1, Southend 0; Bristol Rovers 1, Swansea 1; Ipswich 1, Bournemouth 0; Leyton Orient 3, Bristol City 1; Millwall 1, Norwich 3; Notts County 4, Watford 0; Fortvale 1. Exeter 1; Torquay 4, Reading 2; Walsall 3, Crystal Palace 1. . League Three (Northern). —Accrington I,' Halifax 0; Carlisle 2, Gateshead 1; Chester 1, Mansfield 1; Crewe 1, Rochdale 2; Oldham 1, Wrexham 1; Rotherham 2, Bradford City 0; Southport 0. New Brighton 1; Stockport 4, Hartlepools 0; Trantnere 2, Barrow 0; York 2, Darlington 5.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 February 1949, Page 8
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