SUN SHINES IN BRITAIN FOR FOOTBALL GAMES

Grey River Argus, 24 March 1947, Page 3

SUN SHINES IN BRITAIN FOR FOOTBALL GAMES

(Rec. 5.30). LONDON, March 22. Warm sunshine prevailed over most of Britain on Saturday. It cheered large crowds which attended the first full sports day since the beginning of Britain’s big freeze-up’. The grounds were heavy, but only two major matches had to be cancelled, bne because of floods at Notts Forest, and the other because of snow at Halifax. League One: Bolton v. Astonvilla 2/1. Charlton v. Brentford 3/0. Chelsea v. Sunderland 2/1. Grimsby v. Blackpool 2/3. Leeds v. Arsenal 1/1. Liverpool v. Derby 1/1. Manchester United v. Everton 3/0. Middlesbrough v. Blackburn 0/1. Preston v. Huddersfield 6/2. Sheffield United v. Wolverhampton 2/0. Stoke v. Portsmouth 1/1. League Two: Barnsley v. Leicester 1/0. Birmingham v. Westham 3/0. Burnley v. Plymouth 2/1. Coventry v. Manchester City 1/1. Newcastle v. Fulham 1/3. Newport County v. Chesterfield 3/0. Southampton v. Millwall 1/2. Swansea v. Bury 1/0. Tottenham v. Luton 2/1. West Bromwich v. Sheffield Wednesday 2/1. League Three, Southern: Bristol Rovers v. Notts County 4/1. Crystal Palace v. Bournemouth 0/1. Ipswich v. Exeter 2/1. Leyton v. Brighton 2/1. Mansfield v. Norwich 4/4. Queen’s Park Rangers v. Aidershot 4/1. Reading v. Swindon 3/3. Southend v. Northampton 4/0. ’ Torquay v. Cardiff 0/0. Walsall v. Bristol City 3/0. Watford v. Portvale 2/0. Northern Region: Accrington v. Rotherham 2/3. Barrow v. Chester 1/0. Bradford City v. York 3/3. Carlisle v. Southport 1/1. Doncaster v. Gateshead 3/0. New Brighton v. Crewe 4/0. Oldham v. Tranmere 1/2. Rochdale v. Hartlepools 1/0. Stockport v. Darlington 1/0 Wrexham v. Hull 0/1. Scottish League Cup Semi-finals? Hearts v. Aberdeen 2/6. Hibernian v. Rangers 1/3. First Division: Hamilton v. Queen of the South 2/3. Kilmarnock v. Motherwell 2/0Celtic v. Patrick 2/0. Saint Mirren v. Third Lanark 2/4Second Division; Airdrieonians v. Dumbarton 5/4Arbroath v. Ayr 2/5. Dundee v. Dunfermline 10/0 Stenhousemuir v. Raith Rovers 4/1 Saint Johnstono v. Albion Rover* 3/0.

RUGBY LEAGUE Cup: Second Round: Bailey v. Castleford 2/13. Halifax v. Workington 3/10. Huddersfield v. Bradford Northern 0/3. Leeds v. Hunslet 5/0. Liverpool Stanley v. Hull 10/5. Wakefield v. Widnes 8/5. Warrington v. Saint Helen's 24/2. Wigan v. Bellevue 12/5. Rugby League Competition: Dewsbury v. Barrow 2/5. Oldham v. Salford 16/16. Swinton v. Leigh 5/8. Rochdale v. Hullkingsston 6/8. York v. Keighley 8/5.

RUGBY UNION London Irish v. Bath 3/3. Middlesex Hospital v. Nottinghamshire 3/6. Aberavon v. Swansea 6/9. Bedford v. Leicester 0/9. Bristol v. Neath 3/13. Coventry v. Cardiff 10/3. Newport v. Gloucester 14/0. Nuneaton v. Northampton 0/16. United Services v. Richmond 22/11. Waterloo v. Saint Mary’s Hospital 11/0. In the Rugby Union inter-Services’ tournament at Twickenham, the Army lost to the Royal Air Force 0/8. In a Rugby Union international match at Paris, Wales beat France by 3 to nil.