FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26472, 28 May 1947, Page 6

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RESULTS OF WEEK-END GAMES LONDON, May 26. , The following are the results of football matches played in Britain on Saturday:— ASSOCIATION League I Aston Villa lost to Stoke. 0—1; Blackburn beat Charlton. 1—0; Brentford lost to Arsenal, 0—1; Chelsea lost to Portsmouth, o—3; Everton beat Leeds. 4 —l; Huddersfield lost to Wolverhampton, 0 —1; Manchester United beat Sheffield United. 6—2; Preston drew with Derby, I—l. League 11 Barnsley beat West 6romwich, 2—l; Bradford beat Plymouth, 3—2; Chesterfield beat Coventry, 2—l; Fulham drew with Notts Forest, 1—1; Newport County lost to Birmingham o—3; Sheffield Wednesday beat Manchester City, 1—0; Swansea lost to Millwall, o—3; Burnley drew with Bury, 1—1; Newcastle lost to West Ham, 2—3; Southampton drew with Leicester. I—l. League 111 , Southern: Notts County lost to Leyton, I—2; Ipswich drew with Aidershot. 1—1: Portvale beat Crystal Palance, 4—2; Reading drew with Walsall. I—l, Northern: Lincoln beat Barrow, 1 — 0; New Brighton drew with Carlisle, 2 2; Wrexham lost to Chester, o—4;0 —4; York beat Halifax, 2—o; Hartlepools lost to Gateshead, I—3; Rotherham beat Oldham, B—o. RUGBY LEAGUE Barrow beat Swinton. 16 —7; Bradford Northern lost to Wakefield, 10—19; Featherstone lost to Leeds, s—3a; Halifax beat St. Helens. 10-9; Hunslet beat Bramley, 23—5; Wigan beat Workington 18—6; Castleford beat Keighley, 22—11; Huddersfield beat Hull-King-.ton i4 —ii; Dewsbury beat Widnes, 7 3- Hull beat Y0rk.225;6 —5; Salford beat Leigh, 21 —10.