BRITISH FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 40, 15 January 1935, Page 10

BRITISH FOOTBALL.

AVEEK-END MATCHES. LONDON, Jan. 12. Results of football matches in Great Britain are: ASSOCIATION. First division.— play. Second division. —No play. Third division. —Southern section : Charlton Athletic lost to Bournemouth, o—l0 —1 ; Crystal Palace drew with Watford, 0 —0; Queen’s Park Rangers beat Newport County, 4—l; Torquay United beat Exeter City, 3 —o. Third division. —Northern section: Accrington Stanley lost to Rotherham United, 2—3; Crewe Alexandra lost to Tranmere Rovers, I—2;1 —2; Darlington beat Barrow, 3- —1; Doncaster Rovers beat Rochdale, 1 —0; Gateshead heat Halifax Town, 3 —l; Hartlepools United lost to Lincoln City, I—s;1 —5; New Brighton drew with AATexham, 0 —0; Southport lost to Carlisle United, o—3.

First division. —Scottish League: Airdrieonians lost to Hearts, 4 —7 ; Ayr United lost to Rangers, 2 —4; Celtic beat Hamilton Academicals, 31; Dundee beat Queen’s Park, 41; Dunfermline Athletic beat Queen of the South, 3—l; Falkirk lieat Kilmarnock, 5 —2; Hibernians beat Clyde, 4 —o; Motherwell lost to Aberdeen, I—2; Partick Thistle beat St. Johnstone, 3 —o; St. Mirren heat Albion Rovers, 5 —4.

Second division. —Scottish League: Arbroath drew with Brechin City, I—l ; Dumbarton beat Dundee United, s—l5 —1 ; East Stirlingshire drew with Leith Athletic, I—l1 —1 ; Forfar Athletic beat Montrose, s—l;5 —1; King’s Park lost to Stenhousernuir, 2—3; Morton beat East Fife, B—l ; Raith Rovers beat Edinburgh City, 3 —l ; St. Bernards beat Alloa, 2—l; Third Lanark lost to Cowdenbeath, 3—2. RUGBY UNION. Bath lost to Northampton 38; Bedford beat Coventry, 8-0; Birkenhead Park beat Guy’s Hospital, 17-5; Blackheath lost to Harlequins, 16-18; Bristol beat The Army, 14-3; Leicester beat Old Merchant Taylors, 17-0; London Welsh lost to Moseley, 6-11 ; Newport lost to Gloucester, 3-8; Redruth beat Plymouth Albion, 16-9; Richmond beat United Services, 8-0 ; llosslyn Park bea.t London Scottish, 5-3; St. Bart’s Hospital lost to Wasps, 3-19; Sale drew with Llannell, 12-12; Waterloo beat Manchester, 24-3. ENGLISH CUP.

Third Round.—Sheffield Wednesday beat Oldham, 3—l ; Aldershot drew with Reading, 0—0; Leicester lieat Blackpool, 2—l ; Westham drew with Stockport, I—l ; Portsmouth drew with nuddersfield, I—l ; Brighton lost to Arsenal, o—2: Burnley beat Mansfield, 4—2 ; Yeovil lost to Liverpool, 2—6 ; Northampton lost to Bolton, 2—6; Wigan lost to “Millwall, I—4; Tottenham lost to Manchester City, I—o ; Southend lost to Sheffield United, o—40 —4 ; Walsall lost to Southampton, I—2 ; Bristol Rovers lost to Manchester United I—3 ; Everton beat Grimsby, 6—3; Birmingham lieat Coventry, s—l; Preston drew with Barnsley, 0—0; York lost to Derby, 0—.1; Sunderland beat Fulham, 3—2; Swindon beat Chesterfield, 2—l ; Hull lost to Newcastle, I—s; Wolverhampton beat Notts County. 4—o; Leeds beat Bradford, 4—l; Bristol City drew with Bury, 1—1; Brentford lost to Plymouth, o—l ; Swansea beat Stoke, 41; Chester lost to Notts Forests, o—4;0 —4; Villa lost to Bradford City, 1— 3 ; Midlesbrough drew with Blackburn, 1— 1; West Bromwich beat Portvale, 21 ; Chelsea drew with Luton, I—l ; Norwich beat Bath, 2—o; Cardiff beat Swansea, s —o; Neath beat Penarth, 5 0 ; Edinburgh University beat Edinburgh Wanderers, 13—6; Hawick lost to Watsonians, 9—12. INTERNATIONAL TRIAL.

The Scottish international trial played at Murrayfield resulted :—Scotland 21, The Rest 21.