FOOTBALL AT HOME.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 26 January 1937, Page 14

FOOTBALL AT HOME.

WEEK-END MATCHES. LONDON, Jan. 23. Football results are:— ASSOCIATION. First division.—Arsenal beat Wolverhampton Wanderers, 3—Oj Birmingham lost to'Charlton Athletic I—2; Bolton Wanderers drew with Huddersfield Town, 2—2 ; Brentford drew with Sunderland, 3—3; Leeds United beat Grimsby Town, 2—o; Liverpool beat Evert on, 3—2 ; Manchester City beat Portsmouth, 3—l; Middlesbrough beat Stoke City, 6—o; Preston North End Beat Derby City, 5—2; Sheffield Wednesday beat Manchester United, I—o ; West Bromwich Albion beat Chelsea, 2—o. Second division.—Barnsley drew with Sheffield United, 1—1; Bradfold beat Tottenham Hotspur, 3—2 ; Burnle£ b#.it Bradford City, 3—o; Coventry drew with Nottingham Forest, 2—2; Doncaster Hovers lost to Chesterfield, o—4; Fulham beat Aston Villa, 3—2; Leicester City beat Plymouth Argyle, 3—2; Newcastle United lost to Blackpool, I—2; Norwich City drew with Blackburn Rovers, 0—0; Southampton beat Swansea Town, 2—l; West Ham United beat Bury, s—l.

Third division.—Southern section: Aldershot lost tn Southend United, I—2 ; Bristol Rovers beat Bournemouth, 4—o; Cardiff City drew with Crystal Palace, 1—1; Clapton Orient drew .with Queen's Park Rangers, 0—0; Gillingham drew with Newport County, 4—4; Luton Town drew with Exeter City. 2—2 ; Millwall beat Brighton and Hove, 3—o ; Notts County beat Bristol City, I—-0; Swindon Town drew with Watford, 1—1; Torquay United beat Notts County, s—o. The Walsall v. Reading match was postponed as the ground was unfit. Northern section: Accrington Stanley beat Gateshead. 2—l ; Chester beat York City, 3—l; Crewe Alexandra lost to Carlisle United. I—2; Halifax Town drew with Southport, 1—1; Lincoln City beat Hull Citv. s—o; Mansfield Town beat Hartlepools United. B—2; Oldham Athletic drew with Darlington, 1—1; Port Vale lost to AVrexhom, 0-—3;. Rochdale beat Barrow, 3—l; Rotherham United drew with Stockport County, I—l ; Tranmere Rovers heat New Brighton, 3—2.

SCOTTISH LEAGUE. First division.—Aberdeen beat Celtic, 1—0; Albion Rovers beat Dunfermline Athletic, 4—o ; Clyde drew with Falkirk, 2—2; Hamilton Academical beat Dundee, s—l; Hearts beat Particle Thistle, s—l; Kilmarnock lost to Motherwell, 0—1; Queen of the South beat Hibernian, 1—0; Queen’s Park beat Arbroath, 2—l ; Rangers beat St. Mirren, 2—o; St. Johnstone lost to Third Lanark, 2—3. Second division. —Brechin City lost to Ayr United, 2—3; Cowdenbeath drew with Alloa, 1—1; Dumbarton beat King’s Park, 6—3; Dundee United beat Stenhousemuir, 3—2; East Stirling lost to East Fife, o—2; Leith Athletic lost to St. Bernards, 2—4; Montrose beat Forfar Athletic, 4—o; Rnith Rovers lost to Morton, o—2; Edinburgh City beat Airdrieonians, g 2 Scottish Cup.—First round: Larberth Amateurs lost to Solway Star, I—3. RUGBY UNION. Blackheath beat Heaciingly, B—3; Police Union lost to the Army, 8—21; Richmond lost to Leicester, 11—12; Roslyn Park beat Old Merchant Taylors, 10—7; Abertillery drew with Crosskeys, 5—5; Bedford beat Aidershot Services, 16—0; Cambridge University lost to Harlequins, 6—II; Cardiff beat Swansea, 3—o; Devonport Services lost to Redruth, 3—6; Gloucester drew with Bristol, 0—0; Halifax beat Bradford. 6—4; Moseley drew with Bath, 0—0; Neath drew with Aberavon, 3—3; Newport beat Llanelly, 3—o ; Oxford University beat London Scottish, 17—15; Waterloo lost to North of Ireland, 6 —7; Weston-super-Mare beat Plymouth, 17—3; Heriotonians beat Gala, 10—6; Watsonians beat Jed Forest, 30—0.