FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 28 August 1933, Page 5

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

SOCCER. AND RUGBY LEAGUE. PLAYERS SWELTER IN HEAT. v (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright..) LONDON, Aug. 26. With the shade temperature at SI degrees the football season opened today. Forty thousand witnessed the Arsenal v. Birmingham match on the London ground. Thirty thousand saw the Fulham v. Portvale game, and a similar crowd was present at the Stoke v. Chelsea match. Results are: ASSOCIATION. First Division.

Arsenal v. Birmingham I—l. Aston Villa v. Leicester 2— ‘6. Blackburn v. Leeds 4—2. Everton v. West Bromwich I—o. Huddersfield v. Sunderland 2—l. Manchester City v. Wednesday 2—3. Middlesboro v. Derby 3—l. Newcastle v. Portsmouth 2—2. Sheffield United v. Tottenham o—o. Stoke v. Chelsea I—o. Wolverhampton v. Liverpool 3—2. Second Division. Blackpool v. Preston I—2. Bradford v. Oldham 4—2. Bury v. Swansea 4—l. Fulham v. Portvale 3—o. .Grimsby v. Burnley I—o. Hull v. Notts County o—l. Lincoln ' v. Millwall o—l. Notts Forest v. Brentford I—l. Plymouth v. Manchester United 4—o. Southampton v. Bradford City 4—l. West Ham v. Bolton 4—2. Third Division—Southern. Bristol City v. Bristol Rovers o—3. Northampton v. Luton 2 —3. Charlton v. Bournemouth 4—3. Coventry v. Gillingham 7—l. Newport v. Swindon I—2. Norwich v. Orient 3—o. Queen’s Park Rangers v Brighton 2 — 6. Reading v. Exeter 3—l. Southend v. Palace O—4.

Torquay v. Aldershot o—o. I Watford v. Cardiff I—2. Third Division —Northern. Barnsley v. Wrexham 3—o. Barrow v. Crewe o—3. Carlisle v. Halifax I—o. Chester v. Rotherham s—l. Chesterfield v. Gateshead 6—2. Doncaster v New Brighton I—o. Mansfield v. Hartlepool I—l. Rochdale v. Darlington I—o. Stockport v. Accrington 3—o. Tranmere v. Southport s—o. York v. Walsail 2—2. Scottish First Division. Aberdeen v. Partiek 3 —o. Clyde v. Ayr 2—l. Hearts v. Third Lanark s—l. Kilmarnock v. Celtic 4—3. Queen’s Park v. Airdrieonians 2—l. Queen of the South v. Motherwell o—s. Rangers v. Cowdenbeath 3—l. St. Johnstone v. St. Mirren I—l. Scottish Second Division. Albion v. East Stirling 3—l. Arbroath v. Dumbarton 4—l. Brechin v. Morton o—l. Dundee United v. Forfar o—3. Dunfermline v. East Fife 4—o. Edinburgh v_ Alloa I—2. King’s Park v. Stenhousemuir s—l. Leith v. St, Bernards 4—l. Baitli v. Montrose s—o. NORTHERN UNION. Bsitley v. Hull Kingston 35—12. Bradford v. Dewsbury B—l2. Castleford v. Hunslet 24—10. Halifax v. Swinton 6—14. Hull v. Bromley 32—12 Leeds v. York 13—5. Leigh v. Barrow 13—15. Oldham v. Broughton 31—0. Salford v. Huddersfield 19—2. Wakefield v. Featherstone 20—9. Warrington v. A\ igan 22—8.