BRITISH FOOTBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1949, Page 8

BRITISH FOOTBALL

LONDON, September 24.—Association football matches played in Britain during the week-end resulted: — League I.—Arsenal 4, Birmingham City 2; Aston Villa 2, Everton 2; Burnley 1, Manchester United 0; Charlton Athletic 0, Middlesbrough 3; Fulham 2, Newcastle United 1; Liverpool 3, Derby County 1; Manchester City 0; Blackpool 3; Portsmouth 1, Bolton Wanderers 1; Stoke City 2, Chelsea 3; Sunderland West 2, Bromwich-Albion 1; Wolverhampton Wanderers 7, Huddersfield League ll.—Bradford 3. Cardiff City 3; Bury 1, Southampton 1; Chesterfield 2, Blackburn Rovers 1; Grimsby Town 4, Sheffield United 1; Leeds United 3, Coventry City 3; Leicester City 1, Tottenham Hotspurs 2; Plymouth Argyle 2, Brentford 0; Preston North End 1, Barnsley 1; Queen’s Park Rangers 0, Westham United 1; Sheffield 6, Hull City 2; Swansea Town 0, Luton Town °‘ League lll—Southern: Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 2, Brighton and’ Hove-Albion 2; Bristol City 2, Walsall 1; Crystal Palace 1, Bristol Rovers 0; Exeter City 1, Ipswich Town 1; Leyton Orient 1, Portvale 0; Newport County 4, Millwall 3; Northampton Town 3, Torquay United 0; Norwich City 4, Swindon Town 0; Nottingham Forest 3, Aidershot 0; Reading 0, Notts County 1; Watford 1, Southend United 0. Northern: Accrington Stanley 2, Tranmere Rovers 0; Carlisle 2, United Barrow 0: Darlington 0, Southport 2; Gateshead 1, Doncaster Rovers 1; Halifax Town 3, Bradford City 1; Hartlepools United 1, Stockton County 0; Mansfield Town 3, Crewe Alexandra 0; New Brighton 3, Chester 3; Oldham Athletic 0, Rochdale 0; Rotherham United 1, Lincoln City 3; Wrexham 2, | York City 0. Scottish League—Division I: Aberdeen 2. Dundee 2; Clyde Patrick 4, Thistle 1; Hearts of Midlothian 5. Hibernian 2; Motherwell 2, Saint Mirren i 2; Queen of South 4, Lanark 1; Raith Rovers 4, East Fife 4, Glasgow Rangers 4, Glasgow Celtic 0; Stirling Albion 3, Falkirk 2.

Division II: Albion Rovers 2, Airdrieonians 2; Arbroath 2, Forfar Athletic 3; Ayr United 2,. Kilmarnock 1; Cowdenbeath 2, Dunfermline Athletic 0; Dundee United 3. Saint Johnstone 1; Morton 2, Hamilton Academicals 0; Queen’s Park 4, Dumbarton 1; Stenhousemuir 4, Alloa Athletic 1. Rugby League matches resulted:— Barrow 4, Hull 15; Bramley 4, Oldham 9; Dewsbury 34, Liverpool Stanley 15; Featherstone Rovers 0, Bradford Northern 6; Huddersfield 18, Widnes 14; Hull Kingston Rovers 20, Leeds 18; Hunslet 4, Salford 10; Leigh 25, Halifax 5; Rochdale Hornets 17, Keighley 10; Saint Helens 43, Workington 10; Swinton 18, Wakefield Trinity 10; Warrington 50, Batley 13; Whitehaven 20, Bellevue Rangers 5; York 4, Wigan 32.