FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 5 October 1936, Page 2

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF SATURDAY’S PLAY' (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 3rd October. Football results are:— Association, first division. —Charlton Athletic beat West Bromwich Albion, 4.2; Chelsea drew with Portsmouth 1-1; Derby County lost to Brentford, 2-3; Grimsby Town beat Middlesbrough, 5-1; Huddersfield Town beat Leeds United, 3-0. Liverpool beat Birmingham, 2-0; Manchester United beat Arsenal, 2-0; Sheffield Wednesday lost to Preston North End, 0-1; Stoke City drew with Manchester City, 2-2; Sunderland beat Everton, 3-1; Wolverhampton Wanderers lost to Bolton Wanderers, 2-3. Second division. —Aston Villa drew with Co-

ventry City, 0-0; Blackburn Rovers drew with Bradford, 1-1; Blackpool drew with Barnsley, 1-1; Bradford City drew with Doncaster Rovers, 0-0; Bury lost to Newcastle United, 1-2; Chesterfield lost to Plymouth Argyle, 0-1; Leicester City drew with Norwich City, 2-2; Nottingham Forest beat West Ham United, 1-0; Southampton drew with Burnley, 1-1; Swansea Town beat Fulham, 3-0; Tottenham Hotspur drew with Sheffield United, 2-2;. Third division—Southern section. —Bournemouth beat Notts County, 1-0; Brighton and Hove Albion lost to Northampton Town, 1-2; Bristol City lost to Walsall, 0-1; Exeter City beat Crystal Palace, 3-2; Gillingham lost to Aldershot, 1-2; Newport County drew with Swindon Town, 1-1; Queen’s Park Rangers beat Luton Town, 2-1; Reading beat Cardiff City, 3-0; Southend United drew with Mallwall, 0-0; Torquay United beat Clapton Orient, 4-1; Watford beat Bristol Rovers, 3-0.

Third Division: Northern Section.— Carlisle United beat Rochdale, 1-0; Darlington drew with Lincoln City, 2-2; Gateshead' drew with New Brighton, 1-1; Hartlepools United lost to Chester, 0-1; Hull City drew with Halifax Town, 0-0; Rotherham'United beat Port Vale, 2-0; Southport drew with Crewe Alexandra, 1-1; Stockport County beat Oldham Athletic, 4-1; Tranmere Rovers lost to Mansfield Town, 0-2; Wrexham beat Accrington Stanley, 1-0; York City lost to Barrow, 1-2. Scottish League: First Division.— Arbroath beat Queen’s Park, 2-0; Celtic beat Aberdeen, 3-2; Dundee lost to Hamilton Academicals, 1-2; Dunfermline Athletic drew with Albion Rovers, 3-3; Falkirk beat Clyde, .6-0; Hibernian drew with Queen of South, 2-2; Motherwell beat Kilmarnock, 2-1; Partick Thistle drew with Hearts, 2-2; St. Mirren lost to Rangers, 1-4; Third Lanark beat St. Johnstone, 2-0. Second Division.—Airdrieonians beat Edinburgh City, 4-0; Alloa beat Cowdenbeath, 2-0; Ayr United beat East Fife, 4-1; Brechin City beat Stenhousemuir, 2-0; Dumbarton beat East Stirling, 2-1; King’s Park beat Leithi Athletic, 6-4; Morton beat Montrose, 8-3; Raith Rovers lost to Forfar Athletic, 1-6; St. Bernards beat Dundee United, 3-0. Northern Union.—Barrow beat St. Helens Rees., 23-10; Batley lost to Castleford, 9-12; Bradford Northern drew with Huddersfield, 7-7;. Broughton Rangers beat Swinton, 4-2; Featherstone beat Leigh, 11-10; Halifax beat Streatham and Mitcham, 19-12;' .Hull Kingston Rovers beat Dewsbury, 19-11; Hunslet lost to Leeds, -t2-23; Keighley beat. Hull, 15-0; Newcastle lost to Bramley, .6-9; Oldham lost to Salford, 13-17; Rochdale Hornets lost to Widnes, 4-15; St. Helens drew with Warrington, 3-3; Wakefield Trinity beat York, 14-9; Wigan beat Liverpool Stanley, 15-14. Rugby.—Guy’s Hospital lost 'to Portsmouth Services, 0-25; Harlequins beat London Scottish, 13-5; Old Paulines lost to Old Merchant Taylors, 6-13; Richmond beat London Welsh, 13-10; Rosslyn Park beat Old Blues, 11-3; Bath beat Torquay, 8-3; Bradford lost to Headingley, 3-10; Coventry beat Leicester, 17-3; Devonport Services beat Bristol, 15-11; Glouces-' ter beat Old Llanelly drew with Swansea, 3-3; Manchester beat Waterloo, 15-3; Newport lost to Cardiff, 6-9; Plymouth beat Blackheath, 14-5; Glasgow Academicals beat West of Scotland, 22-7; Heriotonians beat Jed Forest, 34-0.