FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 47, 24 January 1939, Page 4

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

CUP AND LEAGUE. LONDON, Jan. 21. Week-end football results are ; ASSOCIATION. First Division.—Arsenal 2 v. Charlton 0; Manchester United 0 v. Stoke L. Second Division.—Bury 5 v. Tiiinmere 0; Lutou 3 v. Plymouth 4. The Notts Forest v. Soutliampton match was postponed as the ground was Hooded.

Third Division (Southern). —Bournemouth 4 v. Queen’s Park Bangers 2; Bristol Rovers 4 v. Exeter 1 ; Clapton Orient 2 v. Aldershot 0; Ipswich 2 v. Northampton 0; Porfvale I v. Watford 2; Reading U v. Newport I: Swindon 2 v. Crystal Palace 2; Torquay 3 v. Bristol City i. Third Division (Northern). —Barrow 1 v. Barnsley 2; Crewe V v. Carlisle 1; Halifax 2 v. York I : Hull 4 v. Lincoln 2: New Brighton 0 v. Oldham 1; Rochdale 0 v. Wrexham 0; Rotherham 2 v. Gateshead 2.

There was no play in the Scottish League.

ASSOCIATION CUP

Fourth Round.—Notts County 0 v. AYalsall 0, Portsmouth 2 v. West Bromwich 0, (Sheffield Wednesday 1 v. Chaster 1, Middlesbrough 0 v. Sunderland 2, Liverpool 5 v. Stockport 1; AVolverhanipton 5 v. Leicester 1, Fverton 8 v. Doncaster 0, Blackburn 4 v. Southend 2, Birmingham G v. Chelmsford 0. Alillwall 2 v. Grimsby 2, Leeds 2 v. Huddersfield 4. Cardiff (I v. Newcastle 0, Preston 2 v. Aston Villa 0, Chelsea 3 v. Fulham 0. Westhain 3 v. Tottenham 3, Sheffield United 2 v. .Manchester City 0. RUGBY LIS AG UK.

Brain Icy 22 v. St. Helens Bees 0, Broughton Rangers 13 v. Hull Kingston Rovers 2. Castlelord 9 v. Widnes 2, Dewsbury 14 v. Rochdale Hornets 3. Huddersfield 22 v. Fealherstone 3. Hull 16 v. Leeds 7. Hunslct 4 v. Wakefield Trinity 4, Keighley 17 v. Hatley 2, Oldham 35 v. Leigh 2. St. Helens 5 v. Salford 32, Swinton 10 v. Liverpool Stanley 7 ; AYarritigtoii 11 v. Halifax 3. AYigan 7 v. Barrow 0. York 10 v. Bradford Northern 7. RUGBY UNION.

Canihridge University 14 v. Riclimond 8, Edinburgh Academicals 19 v. Bradford G: Leicester 14 v. Nuneaton 3; Liverpool 3 v. Moseley 11; Manchester 27 v. Birkenhead Park 3; Northampton 11 v. Royal Air Force 0.

Plymouth Albion 11 v. Newport 0, Old Leysians 10 v. Guy’s Hospital 3, Exeter 14 v. Bridgewater Albion 0, Ileadingly 13 v. Lansdowno 0, Sale 6 v. Halifax 5, Watsonians 21 v. Jedforest 3.

SCOTTISH CUP SOCCER. LONDON, Jan. 22. Scottish Cup first round matches resulted:— Aberdeen 1/Albion 0; Alloa 2, Ayr United 1; Blairgowrie 3. Dumbarton 2; Hamilton 4, lioness 1; Celtic' 8, Burnt Island 3; Clyde 2. St. Johnstone 0; Cowdenbeath 3, Patrick Thistle 3; Dundee 2. St. Bernard’s 0; Dundee United 2. Stenhouscmuir 0; Dunfermline o, Morton 2; Duns 4, Cirvnn 1 ; Montrose 2, East Fife 1; Edinburgh 3, Stranraer 3; Falkirk 5, Brechin 0; Elgin C 4, Falkirk Amateurs, 2; Hibernian 3, Forfar 0; Hearts 14, Penicuiek 2; .Motherwell 8, bluntly 1 ; Kilmarnock- fi Berwick Bangers 1 ; King’s Park 5, Babcock and Wilcox o; Airdrie 2, Leith 0; Nithsdale 5. W. Buckiethistle o; Queen of South o, Arbroath 4; Queen’s Park 4, St. C'uthbert 1 ; Hovers I, Raith Rovers 0.