FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 12

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

WEEK-END MATCHES

LONDON, Oct. 3, Football results are: ASSOCIATION.

F'irlst division. —Charlton Athletic beat West Bromwich Albion, 4 —2; Chelsea drew with Portsmouth, 1—1; Derby County lost to Brentford, 2—3; Grimsby Town beat Middlesbrough,, s—l5 —1 ; Huddersfield Town beat Leeds United, 3 —o; Liverpool beat Birmingham, 2 —o; Manchester United beat Arsenal, 2 —o; Sheffield Wednesday lost to Preston North End, o—l0 —1 ; Stoke City, drew with Manchester City, 2 —2; Sunderland beat Everton, 3 —l ; Wolverhampton Wanderers lost to Bolton Wanderers, 2—3.

Second Division.—Aston Villa drew with Coventry City, o—o0 —0 ; Blackburn Rovers drew with Bradford, I—l ; Blackpool drew with Barnsley, 1 —1; Bradford City drew with Doncaster Rovers, 0 —0; Bury lost to Newcastle United, I—2;1 —2; Chesterfield lost to Plymouth Argyle, o—l0 —1 ; Leicester City drew with Norwich City, 2—2; Nottingham Forest heat West Ham United, 1—0; Southampton drew with Burnley, I —1; Swansea Town beat Fulham, 3—o; Tottenham Hotspur drew with Sheffield United, 2—2.

Third Division, southern section.— Bournemouth heat Notts County, 1 —0; Brighton and Hove Albion lost to Northampton Town, I—2;1 —2; Bristol City lost to Walsall, 0 —1; Exeter City beat Crystal Palace, 3 —2 ; Gillingham lost to Aldershot, I—2; Newport County drew with Swindon Town, 1—1; Queen’s Park Rangers beat Luton Town, 2—l ; Reading beat Cardiff City, 3 —o; Southend United drew with Millwall, 0—0; Torquay United heat Clapton Orient, 4—l ; Watford beat Bristol Rovers, 3—o. Northern section: Carlisle United beat Rochdale, 1^—0; Darlington drew with Lincoln City, 2—2; Gateshead drew with New Brighton, 1 —1; Hartlepools United lost to Chester, 0 —1; Hull City drew with Halifax Town, 0 —0; Rotherham United heat Port Vale, 2—o; Southport drew with Crewe Alexandra. 1 —1; Stockport County beat Oldham Athletic, 4—l; Tranmere Rovers lost to Mansfield Town, 0- —2 ; Wrexham heat Accrington Stanley, 1 —0; York City lost to Barrow., I—2.1 —2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

First division.—Arbroath beat Queen’s Park, 2 —o; Celtic heat Aberdeen, 3 —2; Dundee lost to Hamilton Academicals, I—2;1 —2; Dunfermline Athletic drew with Albion Rovers, 3—B; Falkirk beat Clyde, 6—o; Hibernian drew with Queen of the South, 2—2; Motherwell heat Kilmarnock, 2—l; Particle Thistle drew with Hearts, 2—2; St. Mirren lost to Rangers, I—4;1 —4; Third Lanark beat St. Johnstone, 2 —o. Second division.—Airdrieonians beat Edinburgh City, 4—o; Alloa beat Cowdenbeath, 2—o; Ayr United heat East Fife, 4—l; Brechin City beat Stenhousemuir, 2 —o; Dumbarton beat East Stirling, 2 —l; King’s Park beat Leith Athletic, 6 —4; Morton beat Montrose, B—3; Raith Rovers lost to Forfar Athletic, I—6; St. Bernards beat Dundee United. 3—o. RUGBY.

Guy’s Hospital lost to Portsmouth Services; 0 —25; Harlequins beat London Scottish, 13—5; Old Paulines lost to Old Merchant Taylors, 0—13; Richmond beat London Welsh, 13—10 ; ltosslyn Park beat Old Blues, 11—3; Bath beat Torquay, B—3;8 —3; Bradford lost to Headingiey, 3—10; Coventry beat Leicester, 17—3; Devonport Services beat Bristol, 15 —11; Gloucester beat Old Ranleighans, 11—10; Llanelly drew with Swansea, 3 —3; Manchester beat Waterloo, 15 —3; Newport lost to Cardiff, 6—9; Plymouth beat Blackheath, 14—5; Glasgow Academicals beat West of Scotland, 22 7; Heriotonians beat Jed Forest, 34—0.