FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND.
CHANGES IN THE LEAGUES. RELEGATION OF • STOKE. A. . arid N.Z. ; \V' ''LONDON, April .28.' The following are the results of football matches played on Saturday: First League.Woolwich Arsenal beat Sheffield United, 2--0 ; Sunderland • beat Aston! . Villa,, 2-0 ;V Birmingham .. beat Burnley, i 1—0; Blackburn drew with Chelsea, no, score; Cardiff City beat Oldham, ' 2—o; Everton beat Preston North End, ' I—o • HuddersfieTd beat Tottenham, 1-0 Stoke and Liverpool drew, no score; Manchester . City and Newcastlei drew, no score; West Brorawich Albion beat Middlesbrough, I—o. The Second League.—Barnsley and Manchester : drew, 2 goals each; Black--pool beat Rotherham, 1; 0; Clapton beat Bradford City, 2—l: Crystal Palace beat Wolverhampton,' s—o; Leeds beat Derby County, 1— South Shields, beat Fulham, 1—0; Hull drew with Coventry, 1 goal each; Leicester beat Bury, 2—o; The Wednesday beat Portvale, 2—o; Southampton beat Stockport, 1-0. Third League. — Southern Division: Brentford, drew with Millwall, 1. goal each; Bristol Rovers drew ■ with Swansea', no score; Charlton beat Bristol City, 1—0; Gillingham beat Exeter City, —0; Merthvr beat Brighton, 2-0; Northampton beat Queen's Park, 4—; Luton beat Norwich, 2—l; Plymouth beat' Newport, 1-4) Reading beat . Aberdare, 1—0; Southend United' beat Swindon Town, 2—o; Portsmouth beat Watford, 32. • Stoke will go down to the second division. Leicester City by beating Bury today, made themselves equal .with Notts County at .the top of the second division. Northern Union.—Ashington beat Trunmere, 3—l; Barrow beat Durham, 2—l; Darlington beat Crewe Alexandria,. s—o; Hartlepool beat Grimsby, 2—o; Lincoln City drew with Accrington, no score; Nelson-beat 1 W —0: Rochdale • beat Wigan, 3—2; Sonthport drew with Bradford, .no score; ' Stalybridge beat Halifax, 4—3; Wrexham beat Chesterfield, 3 — , • In the Rugby Union matches Newport beat Leicester by 7— Neath beat Swansea/, 6—3; Pontypool beat Cardiff, B—7;8 —7; Crosskeys ' beat ; Bridgewater, 23—0. ■ . " ' .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18387, 1 May 1923, Page 7
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