BRITISH FOOTBALL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 71, 23 February 1937, Page 3

BRITISH FOOTBALL.

WEEK-END MATCHES. LONDON, Feb. 20. Week-end football matches resulted as follows: ASSOCIATION. Association Cup.—Fiftli round: Sunderland beat Swansea, 3—oj Bolton lost to Manchester City, o—s; Grimsby and Wolverhampton drew, I—l ; Everton and Tottenham drew, 1—1; Coventry lost to West Bromwich, 2—3; Preston beat Exeter, 5—3; Milwall beat Derby, 2—l; Blirnley lost to Arsenal, I—7. First division.—Huddersfield and Birmingham drew, 1—1; Manchester United lost to Portsmouth, 0—1; Slief field Wednesday and Chelsea drew, 1— 1. Second division: Aston Villa beat Bradford-, 4—l; Bradford City beat Barnsley, 3—2; Chesterfield beat Newcastle United, 4—o; Doncaster Rovers beat Bury, 1—0; Fulham and Blackburn Rovers drew, 1—1; Nottingham Forest lost to Norwich City, 3—4; Plymouth Argyle beat West Ham United, 2 —o. Third division.—Southern section: Aldershot lost to Reading, o—2 ; Bournemouth beat Clapton Orient, 2 ; Brighton and Hove beat Walsall, 3—o; Bristol Rovers beat Torquay United, s—l; Newport City and Crystal Palace drew, 1—1; Northampton Town and Notts County drew, 1—1; Southend United beat Cardiff City, 8—1; Swindon Town and Queen’s Park Rangers drew, 1—1; Watford lost to Luton Town, I—3. Northern section: Accrington Stanley beat Southport, 63 ; Darlington lost to Chester, I—3 ; Gateshead beat Crewe Alexandra, 2—o; Hull City beat Mansfield Town, 3—o; Lincoln City beat Transmere Rovers, 1—0; New Brighton and Halifax Town drew, 1—1; Oldham Athletic beat Hartlepqols United, 2—o; Port Vale beat Carlisle United, 1—0; Rotherham United and York City drew, 2—2; Stockport County beat Barrow, 4—l; Wrexham lost to Rochdale, o—l. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. First division.—Aberdeen and Queen of the South drew, 1—1; Albion Rovers lost to Kilmarnock, I—3; Arbroath beat Particle Thistle, 2—l; Celtic lost to Dundee, I—2; Dunfermline Athletic lost to Falkirk, o—2 ; Hamilton Academicals boat CJyde, 2-—1; Hearts beat St. Johnstone, 3—l; Rangers and Queen’s Park drew, 1—1; St. Mirren lost to Hibernians, I—3; Third Lanark and Motherwell drew, I—l. Second division: Ayr United boat Airdrieonians, 5—2; Brechin City and Forfar Athletic drew, 1—1; Dundee United and Cowdenbeath drew, 1—1; East Stirling beat Montrose, 5—2; Edinburgh City lost to Dumbarton, 2—5; Leith Athletic beat King’s Park, 4—l; Morton beat Alloa, 2—o ; Raitli Rovers lost to St. Bernard’s, 0—1; Stenhousemuir beat East Fife, 2—o. RUGBY UNION. Navy and Air Force drew, 3-all; Cambridge University beat Blaekheatli, 13—8; Gloucester beat Bath, 73; Leicester lest to Swansea, 5 23; London Irish lost to London Welsh, 9—10; London Scottish beat Bristol, 10—0; Old Alleynians lost to Old Blues, 0 —19; Oxford University beat Harlequins, 14—3; Civil Service lost to Army, 3- —24; Old Millliillians beat Guy’s Hospital, 14 —8; Old Paulines lost to Liverpool, 3 —B; Rosslyn Park beat Richmond, 5—4; Bedford beat Old Merchant Taylors, 27 —5; Bradford lost to Otley, o—3;0 —3; Bridgend beat Cross Keys, 33 —8; Exeter beat Redruth, B—3;8 —3; Llanelly beat Neath, 11—0; Newport beat Cardiff, B—3;8 —3; Plymouth Albion boat Teignmouth, 3—o ; Portsmouth Services lost to Old Clranleiglians, o—9;0 —9; Watsonians beat Stewartonians, 12— 3; West of Scotland beat Edinburgh University, B—6.8 —6.