PLAY IN BITTER COLD

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22241, 29 January 1947, Page 7

PLAY IN BITTER COLD

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN SOME FIXTURES CANCELLED LONDON, Jan. 25. Frozen grounds and bitterly cold winds disrupted sports arrangements throughout Britain to-day, but did not discourage 50,000 people who went to Stamford Bridge to Bee Chelsea and Derby draw, 2 all, in the first game of their fourth round bootball Association Cup tic. . Cui> matches this season are lifting Chelsea’s income far above the average. They had two draws with Arsenal in the third round before winning their third game. All the matches drew attendances of 40,000 people or more. Results were as follows: Soccer Amateur International: England 2. Wales 2. Football Association Cup.—Fourth Round: Birmingham 1, Portsmouth 0: Bolton 3, Manchester City 3; Blackburn 2, Port Vale 0; Brentford 0, Leicester 0; Burnley 2, Coventry 0; Chelsea 2, Derby 2; Chester 0. Stoke 0; Liverpool 2. Grimsby 0; Luton 2, Swansea 0; Manchester United 0, Notts Forest 2; Middlesbrough 2, Chesterfield .1 ; Newcastle 3, Southampton 1: Preston 6, Barnsley 0; Sheffield Wednesday 2, Everton 1; West Bromwich 1, Charlton 2; Wolverhampton 0, Sheffield 'T'irst Division: —Aston Villa 1, Blackpool 1. Second Division. —Millwall 0, West Ham 0; Plymouth 3, Bury 1. Third Division, Southern Region: Aldershot 0, Cardiff 1 ; Brighton I, Bournemouth 1; Bristol Rovers 1, Mansfield 0; Exeter 1, Swindon 1; Ipswich 2, Walsall 1: Leyton 3, Reading 3; Northampton 1. Norwich 0: Notts County 4, Watford 1; Queen's Park Rangers 1, Crystal Palace 2; Southend 0. Torquay 2. Third Division, Northern Region: Crewe 0, Lincoln 5; Darlington 3, York 1; Doncaster 9, Carlisle 2: Gateshead 2, Rotherham 0; Hartlepool-, 3, Southport 0; Oldham 0, Bradford City 1 ; Rochdale I. Halifax 0; Stockport 2, Barrow 0; Traumere 3, New Brighton 3; Wrexham 4, Accrington 0. ' Scottish Cup.—-bust Round:. Aberdeen 2, Pnrtick 1; Albion Rovers 3, Airdrieonlans 0; Alloa 0, Hibernian 8; Arbroath 2, Stenhousemuir 2; Dundee 2, Celtic 1; East Fife 3, Dunfermline 2: Falkirk 2. Kilmarnock 0: Hamilton 1, Third Lanark 1; Hearts of Midlothian 3, Johnstone 0: Morton 4, Edinburgh City (I; Motherwell 3, Forfar Athletic 0: Peterhead 1, Ayr «; Queen’s Park 3. Dundee United 0: Queen of the South 3, Raith Rovers 4; Rangers 2, Clyde 1 ; St. Mirren 2, Dumbarton 3; Stranraer 0, Cowdenbeath 5, Rugby Union

International match at Dublin: Ireland 8, France 12.

Cardiff 3. Neath 3; Newport 3, Pontyppol 3 ; Sale 26, Northampton n. Most fixtures were cancelled because of extreme colil and frozen grounds. Rugby Longue

Barrow 3, Oldham 3; Brantley 6, Feathefstoii 3; Castle ford 12, Warrington li; Dewsbury Bellevue 0; Halifax li, Rochdale 3; Hull 3, laudi 8: Hilnslct 3, Swlnloii 6: Keighley 15, Wakefield 2; Liverpool Stanley 5, Leeds'; 20, Salford (i. Bailey 3: St. Hfleni 29. Hull Kingsini Hi; Whines 7. Worthington 5; Wigan 6. J'ludiierr.ficld York 0, Bradford Northern 9.