FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21215, 22 December 1930, Page 15

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

WEEK-END RESULTS. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, December 20.(Received Dec. 21, at 5.5 p.m.) ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. ENGLISH LEAGUE. First Division.—The Arsenal lost to Newcastle United I—2, Birmingham beat Liverpool 2—o, Blackburn Rovers beat Sheffield Wednesday 5 —% Blackpool beat Grimsby Town 3—l, Derby County beat Huddersfield Town 4—l, Leeds United beat Manchester United 6—o, Leicester City beat Bolton Wanderers 2—l, Manchester City beat Aston Villa 3—l, Portsmouth drew with Chelsea I—l, Sheffield United beat Middlesbrough 4—2, Sunderland beat West Ham United 6—l. Second Division.—Barnsley lost to Tottenham Hotspur o—l, Bradford City drew with Oldham Athletic o—o, Bristol City drew with Preston North End I—l, Bury drew with Reading 2 —2, Cardiff City beat Burnley 4 —o, Charlton Athletic drew with Nottingham Forest I—l, Everton beat Southampton 2—l. Plymouth Argyle beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3—2, Part Vale beat Milwall 3—2, Swansea Town beat Bradford 2—l West Bromich Albion beat Stoke City 4—o. Third Division (Southern Section). — Boscombe drew with Crystal Palace o—o, Clapton Orient beat Bristol Rovers 3—l, Coventry City beat Torquay United 6 —l, Fulham beat Northampton Town 4—2, Norwich City beat Gillingham 4—o. Notts County beat Luton Town I—o, Queen’s Park Rangers beat Exeter City 7—2, Swindon Town beat Brentford 3— 2, Thames beat Newport County 3—l, Walsall drew with Brighton and Hove Albion 0 — 0, Watford lost to Southend United 1— - , , Third Division (Northern Section). — Darlington beat Tramnere Rovers 2—o, Doncaster Rovers drew with Barrow o—o, Gateshead drew with Chesterfield 3—3, Halifax Town lost to Carlisle United I—s,1 —5, Hartlepools United beat Rochdale 4—o, Hull City beat Southport s—l, Lincoln City beat Accrington Stanley 5-—2, Nelson beat Wrexham 2—o, New Brighton beat York City 5—3, Stockport County beat Rotherham United 5—2, Wigan Borough beat Crewer Alexandra 6—o. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. First Division.—Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle 3 —l, Clyde drew with Dundee 22, East Fife drew with Motherwell 1— 1, Falkirk lost to Leith Athletic 2—3, Hamilton Academicals beat Heart of Midlothian 3—2, Hibernian lost to St. Mirren 2—B, Kilmarnock lost tp Celtic o—3, Greenock Morton drew with Ayr United I—l.1 —1. Queen’s Park drew with Airdrieonians o—o, Glasgow Rangers beat Cowdenbeath 7—o. Second Division.—Albion Rovers beat Raith Rovers 2 —o, Arbroath beat Sk Johnstone 4—o, Bo’ness drew with Montrose 3 —3, Brechin City beat Stenhousemuir 4—l, Dumbarton drew with Forfar 22 Dundee United beat Armadale 4—o, Dunfermline beat East Stirlingshire 2—l, King’s Park lost to Clydebank I—2,1 —2, Queen of the South beat Alloa 7 —o, St. Bernards lost to Third Lanark 6—l. • NORTHERN UNION. Barrow drew with Salford o—o. Batley lost to Leigh 2 —6, Broughton Rangers lost to Halifax 2 —B, Castleford beat Hull Kingston Rovers 14—7, Huddersfield beat Bradford Northern 13 —11, Hull beat \Vigan Highfield 9—o, Leeds beat Braraloy 52 —5. Oldham beat Widnes 17—5, Rochdale Hornets lost to St, Helens 2 —9, St. Helens Recreation beat Featherstone Rovers 12—3. Swinton lost to Hunslet 3 5, Wakefield Trinity beat Keighley 44—5, Wigan beat Warrington 19 —14, York beat Dewsbury222. RUGBY UNION. Club Matches. —Coventry beat Guy’s Hospital 13 —6, Harlequins beat Birkenhead Park 19—5, Leicester beat Bristol 11—0, Liverpool drew with Moseley 6—6, Newport beat Aberavon 12—8, Northampton lost to Gloucester 3—B, Old Merchant Taylors beat Portsmouth Services 23—5, Richmond beat Blackheath S—3, Rosslyn Park lost to London Scottish 4 —6, Llanelly beat Swansea 11 —6, Neath lost to Cardiff B—l2, Pontypool drew with Abertillery 3—3, Edinburgh Academicals lost to Glasgow Academicals 7—25, Watsonians beat West of Scotland 19—3. .