FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 8 December 1936, Page 10

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

WEEK-END RESULTS. LONDON, Doc. 5. Football results are: ASSOCIATION. First Division.—Arsenal lost to Manchester City, I—3; Bolton Wanderers beat Chelsea, 2 —l; Brentford beat Portsmouth, 4—o; Derby County beat Leeds United, 5 —3; Everton drew with Stoke City, 1—1; Huddersfield Town lost to Charlton Athletic, I—2;1 —2; Manchester United lost to Birmingham, I—2; Preston North End beat West Bromwich Albion, 3—2; Sheffield Wednesday beat Middlesbrough, 1—0; Sunderland beat Grimsby Town, s—l;5 —1; Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Liverpool, 2—o. Second Division : Aston Villa lost to Leicester City, I—3;1 —3; Bradford City beat West Ham United, 2—l; Burnley drew with Bradford, 2 —2; Chesterfield drew with Bury, 1 —1; Coventry City beat Tottenham Hotspur, I—o ; Doncaster Rovers drew ' with Sheffield United, I—l1 —1 ; Fulham beat Barnsley, 1 —0; Nottingham Forest beat Blackburn Hovers. 2 —o ; Plymouth Argyle lost to Blackpool, I—3;1 —3; Southampton beat Newcastle United, 2—o; Swansea Town beat Norwich Citv._ 2—l. Third Division.—Southern Section : Aklershot lost to Luton Town, 2—3; Bournemouth beat Queen's Park Hangers, 3 —l; Brighton and Hove beat Bristol City, 2—o; Bristol Rovers b;-at Exeter Citv, 4 —2; Gillingham drew with Waisall, 2—2; Millwall beat Crystal Palace, 3—o; Newport County drew with Clapton Orient, 1 —1; Northampton Town beat Reading, 2 —l; Southend United lost to Notts County, 2 —3; Swindon Town beat Cardiff City, 4—2; Watford brat Torquay United, 4—o. Northern Section: Acerington Stanley beat Barrow, s—o;5 —0; Darlington beat Tranmere Rovers, 3—2; Gateshead beat • Southport, s—l; Hull City beat Hartlepools United, 1—0; Lincoln City beat York Citv. 3—l; New Brighton drew with Carlisle United, 1—1; Oldham Athletic beat Rochdale. 3—o; Port Vale beat Chester, 4—o; Rotherham United bea.t Crewe Alexandra, 3 —2 ; Stockport County heat Mansfield Town, 3—l; Wrexham lost to Halifax Town, o—2. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. First Division.—Arbroath beat Third Lanark, 4—l; Clyde beat St. Johnstone, 2—o; Dundee beat Hibernians, 3—l; Falkirk lost to Celtic, o—3; Hearts beat Rangers. 5—2; Kilmarnock drew with Hamilton Academicals, 2—2; Queen of the South beat Albion Rovers, 5 —2 ; Queen's Park drew with Aberdeen, 1 —1; St. Mirren lost to Particle Thistle, I—3. Second Division: Brechin City beat Alloa, 4 —3; Cowdenbeath beat Forfar Athletic, 7—l ; East Fife beat East Stirling, s—l5 —1 ; Edinburgh City lost to Montrose, 2—3; King's Park lost to Ayr United, 2—6; Leith Athletic drew with Dundee United, 2—2.

RUGBY. Guy's Hospital lost to Richmond, G—18; Harlequins beat Leicester, 24—5; London VV'elsh beat Portsmouth Services, 7 —3; London Scottish lost to Bath, 3—B; Old Leysians lout to Rosslyu Park, 0—19; Coventry lost to Cardiff, 6 —B; Devonport Services lost to Llauelly, 5—15; Gloucester beat Blacklieath, 14—0; Halifax lost to Birkenhead, 3 —7; Moseley beat Northampton, 3 —o; Newport beat Bristol, 12—8; Penarth beat Swansea, 6—l; Pontypool beat Crosskeys, 11 —0; Weston-Super-Mare drew with Bedford, 6 —6; Melrose beat Hawick, 17—12;' Royal High School beat Edinburgh Academicals, 18 —9. In the international trialis, England beat Possibles, 14—8, at Workington. Probables beat Possibles, 24—5, at Swansea. Glasgow beat Edinburgh, 11 —3, at Glasgow.