BRITISH FOOTBALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 17 April 1939, Page 9

BRITISH FOOTBALL

LATEST RESULTS ASSOCIATION—RUGBY 1 U P A.-Bv Electric Telegraph-Onpvriirhtl LONDON. 15th April. Football results are as follows: — Association, First Division. —Arsenal 2. Manchester United 1; Aston Villa 1. Bolton 3; Blackpool 4. Middlesbrough 0: Brentford 0, Birmingham 1; Derby 1, Leicester 1; Everton 0, Pretson 0; Grimsby 2, Liverpool 1; Huddersfield 3, Chelsea 1; Portsmouth 2, Stoke 0; Sunderland 2, Leeds 1; Wolverhampton 3. Charlton 1. Second Division. —Blackburn 3, Southampton 0; Bradford 0; Sheffield United 3; Bury 1, Newcastle 1; Chesterfield 1. Luton 2; Fulham 1, Coventry 0; Manchester City 2, Burnley 0; Mill- . wall 2, Tottenham 0: Sheffield Wednesday 1. Notts Forest 1; Swansea 2. Plymouth 1: Tranmere 0. Norwich 1; West Ham 2. West Bromwich 1. Third Division, Northern.—Carlisle I. Chester 3; Crewe 0, Bradford City 0; 1 Darlington 3, Barrow 1: Doncaster 4, ; Lincoln 1; Gateshead 2. Halifax 0: Hartlepools 3. New Brighton 2: Rochdale 4. Accrington 1; Rotherham 3. Stockport 2; Southport 4, Hull 0: Wrexham 4, Oldham 1: York 2, Barnsley 3. Third Division, Southern. —Aldershot 3. Ipswich 1: Bristol City 5, Reading 1: Clapton Orient 2, Queen’s Park Ran- . gers 1; Crystal Palace 0. Bristol Rov- . ers 0; Newport 3, Southend 0; Northampton 0, Exeter 0: Notts County 1. Cardiff 1; Port Vale 2. Bournemouth 0; Swindon 1, Walsall 4: Torquay 3, Mansfield Town 0; Watford 1. Brighton 1. At Hampden Park. England beat . Scotland at Soccer by 2-1. The game , was witnessed by 150.000 spectators. There was no play in the Scottish League, first division. Scottish League, Second Division. — Alloa 1, East Fife 4; Dundee 1, Dumbarton 1: East Stirlingshire 5. Leith Athletic 2; St. Bernards 0, Airdrieonians 1: Edinburgh 2. Forfar Athletic 3. Rugby League.—Barrow 3. Salford 0; Batley 2, Leeds 21; Bradford Northern 15, Dewsbury 0: Bramley 0. Keighley 13; Broughton Rovers 10, Widnes 4; Huddersfield 0. Castleford 19; Hull Kingston Rovers 19. Featherstone Rovers 10: Hunslet 13, Hull 5; Leigh 15. St. Helens Rees 4: St. Helens 10. Oldham 15; Swinton 10. Wigan 0: Wakefield Trinity 8. Warrington 9: York 28. Rochdale Hornets 3: Liverpool Stanley 7, Halifax 10. Rugby Union.—Cardiff 21. Plymouth Albion 0; Coventry 34. Old Blues 7; I Devonport Services 6. Redruth 8: Harlequins 6, Gloucester 3: Headingley 0. Bedford 13: Leicester 10. Blackheath 23; Llanelly 9. Bristol 6: Neath 20. Bath 3: Northampton 18. Old Alleynians 11; Torquay Athletic 12, Richmond 6; Aberavon 5, Newport 0; Pillharriers G. Crosskeys 3; Pontypool 7. Swansea 8: Westonsupermare 9. Bridgend 3. FRIDAY’S MATCHES LONDON. 14th April. Association football results are: Scottish League: Motherwell v. Falkirk, 1-3. Second division; Morion v. Dunfermline, 3-1.