FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 9, 8 December 1937, Page 16

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OVER WEEK-END, LONDON, Dec. 4. Week-end football results are as follow : ASSOCIATION. First Division. —Birmingham lost to Arsenal I—2, Charlton Athletic beat Everton 3 —l, Chelsea beat Huddersfield Town 3—l, Grimsby Town beat Leicester City 2—l, Leeds United beat Sunderland 4 —3, Liverpool lost to Derby County 3—4, Middlesbrough drew with Blackpool 2 —2, Portsmouth drew with Bolton Wanderers 1 1> Preston North End beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2—o, Stoke City beat Brentford 3 —o, West Bromwich Albion v. Manchester City, postponed owing to snow. , x Second Division— Barnsley beat Ilymouth Argyle 3—2, Burnley drew with Bradford I—l, Bury beat West Ham United 4—3, Coventry City led Southampton I—o when abandoned at halftime, the ground being unfit for play; Luton Town beat Fulham 4—o, Manchester United beat Swansea Town 5 1, Newcastle United beat Shefield Wednesday I—o, Nottingham Forest beat Blackburn Rovers 3—l, Sheffield United beat Norwich City 4 —l, Stockport County drew with Chesterfield 1— ] Tottenham Hotspur beat Aston Villa 2—l. . . Third Division (Southern Section). —Boscombe beat Aldershot J- 0, Bristol Rovers drew with Notts County 1 1, Brighton and Hove beat Swindon Town 3—l, Cardiff City beat Millwall 3 —2 Clapton Orient drew with Watford I—l, Mansfield Town drew with Newport County I—l, Northampton Town v. Crystal Palace 1-1 when abandoned ; Queen’s Park Rangers beat Exeter City, 4—o, Southend United beat Gillingham 2-0, Torquay United lost to Bristol City I—3, Walsall lost to Reading 2—5. ~ . Third Division (Northern Section). —Accrington Stanley beat Crew Alexandra 3 —2, Bradford City lost to Hull City 1 2 Carlisle United beat Barrow 2—l,’Chester beat Port Vale 7 2, Doncaster Rovers beat Gateshead I—o, Halifax drew with Wrexham 0— 0, Rochdale drew with Oldham Athletic I—l, Rotherham United beat Darlington 4—2, Southport drew with New Brighton o—o, Tranmere Royers beat Hartlepools United 4 0, \ork City beat Lincoln City 3 —l. SCOTTISH LEAGUE.

First Division.—Clydo drew' with Rangers I—-1, Dundee v. St. Mirren, postponed owing to snow; I‘alkirk beat Third Lanark 3—l, Hearts beat Morton 2—l, Kilmarnock drew with Aberdeen 3 —3, Motherwell lost to Celtic I—2, Partick Thistle beat Hibernian 4—o, Queen of the South beat Hamilton Academicals 3 —l, Queen’s Park drew with Arbroath I—l, St. Johnstone v. Ayr United, postponed owing to snow. Scottish League (Second Division). Albion Rovers beat Alloa, 7—l; Cowdenbeath lost to East Fife, 23; Dumbarton beat Brechin Citv 7 0; Edinburgh City lost to St. Bernards, o—4; Forfar Athletic v. Airdrieomans, postponed owing to snow ; King’s Park lost to Dunfermline Athletic, 1 3; Leith Athletic beat East Stirling, 3—l; Montrose lost to Dundee United, i— 3; Riaith Rovers beat Stenhousemuir, 6 —2. RUGBY LEAGUE.

Barrow beat Australians, 12—8; Broughton Rangers drew with Widnes, o—6; CastlCford beat Featlieirtone, 7—2: Dewsbury beat Bramley, 2,3—6; Huddersfield lost to York, 13—20; Hull Kingston Rovers lost to Bradford Northern, o—6; Keighley beat Wakefield Trinity, 12—0; Leeds beat Bartley. 14—8; Leigh drew with Newcastle, 0—0; Liverpool Stanley beat Halifax, s—o; Oldham beat St. Helens, 18—5; Salford beat Hull, 20—6; St. Helens Rees lost to Hunslet. 0—lo; Warrington beat Rochdale Hornets, 25—9; Wigan lost, to Swinton, 2—4. RUGBY' UNION.

England beat Bath lost to London Scottisn 0—14; Bedford beat \ St. Bart’s Hospital, 16 —0 ■ Birkenhead. Park beat Halifax, 24—3; Blaclcheath lost to Gloucester, 11 13 ; Bristol drew with Newport, 5 Coventry drew with Weston-Super-Mare, 0—0: Harlequins lost to Leicester, 8-11; Richmond beat Guy a Hospital, 6—o; Rosslyn Park beat Old Levsians, 38-3; United Services drew with London. Welsh. 6—6; Old Cranleighans beat Old Merchant Taylors 6- 4;. Cardiff beat Llanelly, 15-3, Crosskeys drew with Bridgend, , Devonport Services beat Aldeishot Ser vices 11—9 ; Newton. Abbot drew with Plymouth Albion, 6—6; Penartli lost to Neath 5—17: Swansea lost to Abeiavon, 0—14; Edinburgh Academicals lost' to Royal High School, 8 17 , Glasgow beat Edinburgh, 2 , # ster beat Munster. 12-3; Welsh international trial, Probables beat Possibles, 12 10-