ENGLISH FOOTBALL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 13, 29 December 1930, Page 7

ENGLISH FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATION AND LEAGUE. NORTHERN UNION RESULTS. .United Frees Association- -By CableCopyright.l London, Dec. 25. The results of the Association football matches are as follow:— First Division. Birmingham lost to Leeds United, J—l; Blackburn R. beat Derby C., 1— ; Blackpool beat Sheffield U., 2— I; Bolton W. beat Manchester U., 3— ; Chelsea lost to Aston Villa, o—2; Grimsby Town drew with Liverpool, 0—0; Manchester 0. lost to Arsenal, 1- -4; Sunderland lost to Leicester City, 21—5; West Ham U. beat Portsmouth, 4 —3. Second Division. Barnsley drew with W. Bromwich A., 0—0; Bradford City drew with Stoke City, 2—2; Burnley beat Preston North E., 1—0; Bury drew with Evertonl, 2—2; Mi 11 wall drew with Bradford, 1—1; Nottingham F. drew with Reading, 1—1; Oldham A, beat Wolverhampton W., 2—o; Port Vale drew with Charlton A., 1—1; Swansea Town beat Bristol City, 3—2; Tottenham H. lost to Southampton, I—3. Third Division. Southern Section. Brentford beat Crystal Palace, B—2; Bristol R. drew with B. and H. Albion, 3—3; Coventry City drew with Boscombe, 3—3; Gillingham beat Thames. 3—l; Luton Town heat Torquay U., 3—l; Newport County boat Exeter C., 4—o; Norwich City beat Clapton 0., 2—o; Queen’s P.R. beat Notts County, 4—l; Southend U. beat Northampton T., 2—l; Swindon Town .beat Fulham, 4—l; Wallsall drew with Watford, 2—2. Third Division. Northern Section. Accrington S. beat Wigan 8.. 3—o; Chesterfield •• beat- Wrexham, 4—o; Crewe Alexandra beat Barrow. 6—2 ; Doncaster R. drew with N. Brighton, 0—0; Halifax Town drew with Hull City, 1—1; Nelson lost to Hartlepool United, o—4; Rotherham U. lost to Tranmere R., 4—6; Southport beat Rochdale. 4—o; Stockport C. heat Gateshead, 3—l; York City beat Carlisle United, 4—o. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. First Division. Morton heat St. Mirren, 4—2; Parthick lost to Motherwell, o—3; Queen’s Park beat Ayr, 4—2. There was no play in the second division. NORTHERN UNION. Bradford N. beat Keighley. 14—2; Bromley lost to Barrow, 5—15; Castleford beat Featherstone R., 7—o; Dewsbury lost to Wakefield, 0—12; Huddersfield boat Halifax. 6—3; Hull beat Hull Kingston Rovers, 8—0; Leeds beat Batlev. ■l9—B; Leigh lost to Wigan Highficld, 3—5; Oldham lost to Swinton, 3—5;

Salford beat Broughton R., s—o; St. Helens beat St. Helens Rees. 7—6; Warrington heat Widnes, 31—9; Wigan beat Rochdale H., 51—5; York lost to Hunslet, 2 —B. There was no play in the RugbyUnion county championship.