FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21717, 5 February 1934, Page 16

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

MATCHES ON SATURDAY SOCCER, LEAGUE AND RUGBY (Received February 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 3 Following are the results of Associntion football matches played in Great Britain to-day:— ENGLISH LEAGUE First Division.—Arsenal, 1, Everton, 2; Birmingham, 1, Newcastle United, 2; Chelsea, 1, Leicester City, 1; Huddersfiekl Town, 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1; Liverpool, 3, Tottenham Hotspur, 1; Manchester City, 5, Middlesbrough, 2; Portsmouth, 1, Sheffield United, 1; Sheffield Wednesday, 4, Blackburn Rovers, 0; Sunderland, 5, Aston Villa, 1; West Bromwich Albion, 0, Leeds United, 3. Second Division.—Bradford, G. Nottingham Forest. 2; Brentford, 3, Bolton Wanderers, 1; Burnley, 1, Manchester United, 4; Bury, 3, Hull City, 1; Lincoln City, 5, Fulham, 0; Millwall, 1, Southampton, 1; Notts County, 3, Bradford City, 0; Port Vale, 1, Grismby Town, 1; Preston North End, 3, West Ham United, 1; Swansea Town, 2, Blackpool, 2. Third Division.—Southern section : Aldershot, 2, Bristol City, 2; Brighton and Hove Albion, 0, Clapton Orient, 0; Bristol Rovers, 1, Watford, 0: Crystal Palace, 1, Charlton Athletic, 0; Exeter City, 4, Cardiff City. 0; Gillingham, 5. Bournemouth and Boscombe, 1; Luton Town, 2, Norwich City, 3; Northampton Town. 5, Newport County, 3: Southend United, 2, Reading, 2; Swindon Town, 0, Coventry City, 1; Torquay United, 1, Queen's Park Rangers, 1. Third Division.—Northern section: Accrington Stanley, 0, Barnsley, 9; Chester, 3, Doncaster Rovers. 1; Chesterfield, 1, Tranmere Rovers, 0; Crewo Alexandra, 4, Rochdale, 1; Darlington, 5, Hartlepools United, 3; Gateshead, 5, Mansfield Town, 3; New Brighton, 3, Halifax Town, 0; Rotheram United, 1, Stockport County, 1; Southport. 1, Wrexham, 1; Walsall, 3, Carlisle United, 2; York City, G, Barrow, 1. SCOTTISH CUP Second Round.—Aberdeen, 2, Dundee. 0; East Stirling,. 1, Arbroath, 1; Alloa, 0. Hibernian, 6; Ross County, 3. Galston, 1; Ayr, 2, Celtic, 3; Third Lanark, 0, Rangers, 3; Brechin, 0. St. Mirren, 4; Albion, 2, Kilmarnock, 1: Hamilton, 2, Falkirk, 4; Queen's Park, 1, Hearts of Midlothian, 2; Partick, 3, Motherwell, 3; Cowdenbeath, 2, St. Bernard's, 1; Vale of Leithen, 1, St. .Tohnstone, RUGBY LEAGUE CONTESTS •Batloy, 6. Dewsbury, 10; Barrow, 29. Hul\ Kingston Rovers, 0; Bramley, 12, Leeds, 38; Featherstone Rovers, G, Keighley, 17' Halifax, 27, Leigh, 0: Hull. 12, Castlcford, 8: Hunslet. 33, Oldham, 5; Rochdale Hornets. 7, Salford, 21; St. Helens. 7. Huddersfield, 20; Swinton, 14. Widnes, 5; Wakefield Trinity, 12, Bradford Northern, 9; Warrington. 8, Broughton Rangers, 2; York. 13, St. Helens Recreation 7. RUGBY UNION CONTESTS Bedford, 18, Royal Air Force. 14; Cardiff, 0, Plymouth Albion, 6; Devonport Services, 9, Old Blues, 3; Harlequins, ill, Northampton, G; Loicester. 5, London Scottish, G; Liverpool, 0, Birkenhead Park, 15; United Services, 11, Gloucester. 14; Aberavon. 3, Newport, 0; Bradford, 45, Manchester, 4; Bridgend, 10, Swansea, 5; Halifax, 3, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 8; Ponarlh, 8, Llanelly, 5; Rugby, 6, Coventry, 31; Edinburgh Univorsity, 12, Glasgow UnivcrBity, 5. County Championship.—Semi-finalis: Hnmp«b'ro, 9 Gloucester, 10; Lancashire, 18, East Midlands, 19. INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WALES DEFEATS SCOTLAND (Received February 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Feb. 3 The international Rugby football match between Wales and Scotland was played at Murrayfield to-day, Wales winning by 13 points to G.