SPORTS AND PASTIMES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21431, 4 September 1931, Page 12

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL MATCHES IN BRITAIN. - 1 .7; £ (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyrlghi.i f LONDON, September 2. '. Following are the results of Association football matches:— First Division. —Birmingham v. Newcastle, 4—l; Derby v. Manchester City, 2 —l; Liverpool V; Bolton, 2 —2; Portsmouth v. Everton, o—3;0 —3; Sunderland v. West. Bromwich, 2—l. ‘Second; Division'!—Bristol City v. Notts County, 3rr2;!fManchester United v. Southampton, 2—3; Southern Exeter v. Fulham, o—3; Gillingham v. Reading, 1—1; Swindon v. Watford, 4—l; Torquay v. Accrington v. Carlisle, 5—3; Darlington v Barrow, o—2;0 —2; Wigan v. Hull, 3 —l; Wrexham v. Chester, 1—1; York City v. Southport, I—2.1 —2. , Scottish (First Division). —Aberdeen v. Leith,, 1—0; Dundee , v,„. Ayr, Fal.kirk v.. .Rangers, j. lrr-2; .Kilmarnock v. Morton, ;l—ofc s—l; Third Lanark v. Celtic, 3—3. Scottish (Second Division). —Albion Rovers v. King’s Park, 0 —3;; Hibernian v. Dunfermline, 6 —2; Montrose v. St. Johnstone, 2—3. RUGBY JJEAGUE (United Press y ’Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, September 2. St. Helens v. Broughton, 4 —ll. RACING IN AUSTRALIA MEMSIE STAKES ACCEPTORS. .'(United Press Association,) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, September 3. (Received Sept, 3, at 8 p.m.) , The acceptors for the Memsio Stakes on Saturday are as follow:—Wise Force 9.11, Phar Lap 9.8, Waterline 9.8, Glare 9.1, Semitist 7,4, Rondalina 6.11. ' ’ 1 SWIMMING CONTEST AT TORONTO. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) OTTAWA, September 2. At Toronto, George Young, of Toronto, to-day won the Fifteen-mile Canadian National Exhibition Swim. One hundredand eighty competitors started. 1 Young.wins 10,000 dollars.. His win constitutes q come-back after a long sue- - cession of, failures, following a win in the. Catalina- (California) 26-mile Marathon in 1927. His, time was Bhr Bmin. The •water registered 58deg. There were 100,000 spectators. .. LADIES’ GOLF HAWKE’S BAITcHAMPIONSHIP. (Per United Press Association.)' •, NAPIER,. September 3,, In the final of the Hawke’s Bay Ladies’. Open Golf Championship this afternoon Miss Gaisford (Masterton) beat Miss Robertson (Dannevirke) seven up and six to play. LAWN TENNIS A cable message has been received in Sydney stating that the Japanese lawn tennis players —Harada. and Satoh—are available for an Australian tour, and are expected to arrive in December. The New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association is negotiating for an extension of the visit to the Dominion.