FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27581, 26 December 1950, Page 3

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Results Of Week-end Matches

Rec. 6 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 24. Week-end football results are:—

League I.—Aston Villa drew with Derby County I—all, Burnley beat Sheffield Wednesday I—nil, Charlton Athletic lost to Blackpool 2—3, Chelsea drew with Middlesbrough I—all. Everton beat Newcastle United 3—l, Manchester United lost to Bolton Wanderers 2—3, Portsmouth beat Huddersfield Town I—nil, Sutherland beat Liverpool 2—l, Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal/I—nil, Wolverhampton Wanderers drew with Fulham I—all.

League ll.—Barnsley drew with Chesterfield no score, Bury v. Manchester City postponed, Grimsby Town drew with Birmingham City I—all, Leeds United beat Brentford I—nil, Luton Town drew with Blackburn Rovers I—all, Notts County drew with Cardiff City I—all, Preston Northend drew with Coventry City I—all, Queen’s Park Rangers beat Leicester 3 nil, Swansea Town beat Hull City I—nil, Westham United drew with Doncaster Rovers no score, Sheffield United lost to Southampton I—2. League lll.—Southern: Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic beat Millwall Athletic I—nil, Brighton and Hove Albion lost to Aldershot I—2, Bristol Rovers drew with Colchester United x l—all, Crystal Palace beat Swindon Town 2—nil, Exeter City drew with Watford 3—all, Gillingham lost to Bristol City I—2, Newport County beat Torquay United 2—l, Northampton Town drew with Portvale I—all, Norwich City beat Nottingham Forest 2—nil, Plymouth Argyle beat Ispwich Town 2—l, Reading beat Leyton Orient 4—nil, Southend United lost to Walsall o—l.

League lll.—Northern: Bradford beat York City 4—nil, Darlington drew with Chester no score, Gateshead beat Crewe Alexandria 4—nil, Halifax Town lost to Bradford City I—2, Hartlepools United lost to New Brighton o—l, Lincoln City beat Shrewsbury Town s—nil, Oldham Athletic lost to Barrow o—l, Scunthorpe United drew with Mansfield Town no score, Southport beat Accrington Stanley 3 nil, Stockport County drew with Rochdale 2—2, Tranmere Rovers drew with Carlisle United 2—all, Wrexham drew with Rotherham United no score. Scottish League.—Division I: Aberdeen drew with Airdrieonians I—all, Clyde beat St. Mirren 2—l, Falkirk lost to Hibernian I—s, Heart of Midlothian drew with Dundee I—all, Motherwell beat Third Lanark 41, Raith Rovers drew with Partick Thistle 2—all, Glasgow Rangers beat Eastfife s—nil. Division II: Albion Rovers beat Forfar Athletic 3—2, Alloa Athletic v. Dunfermline Athletic postponed, Arbroath beat Stenhousemuir s—l, Ayr United beat St. Johnston 3—l, Cowdenbeath v. Hamilton Academicals postponed, Dundee United beat Dumbarton 3—2, Queen of South lost to Kilmarnock o—l, Queen’s Park lost to Stirling Albion o—2.

Rugby League.—Batley v. Keighley postponed, Bellevue Rangers lost to Wigan 6—12, Castleford v. Bramley postponed, Huddesfield v. Hunslet postponed, Hull, and Kingston Rovers v. Bradford Northern postponed, Leeds beat Featherstone Rovers 15—13, Leigh v. Oldham postponed, Liverpool Stanley lost to Workington Town 5—47, Rochdale Hornets beat Barrow 17—3, Swinton lost to' St. Helens 3—ll, Wakefield Trinity beat Salford 16—9, Warrington beat Dewsbury 21—5, Whitehaven beat Widnes 4—2, York lost to Hull 11—19. All postponements were because of hard grounds.