FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17609, 27 October 1931, Page 9

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

; SATURDAY’S RESULTS j SOUTH AFRICANS WIN AGAIN , (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) j LONDON, October 24. 1 Association football results were as follows 1 First Division.—Aston Villa lost to Everton, 2—3; Bolton Wanderers beat . West Bromwich Albion, 1.—0; Chelsea lost to Blackburn Rovers, I—2; Grimsby Town lost to Sheffield United, o—2; Huddersfield Town beat Sunderland, ,4—l; Leicester City lost to Arsenal, 1— Liverpool beat Blackpool, 3—2; Middlesbrough beat Birmingham, 2—o; Newcastle United beat Manchester City, 21; Sheffield Wednesday beat Derby County, 3 —l; West Ham United beat l’ortsnKJuth, 2—l. i Second Division. —Bradford beat Barnsley, 1—0; Burnley drew with Bury, 2—2; Charlton Athletic lost to Leeds United. 0—1; Chesterfield lost to Oldham Athletic, o—2: Manchester United drew with Notts County. 3—3; Nottingham Forest beat Bristol City, 31 : Prrson North End lost to Port Vale, I—4; Southampton beat- Millwall, 3—l; Stoke City beat Bradford City, 3—l; Tottenham Hotspur lost to Plvmouth Arsvle, o—l ; Wol verba inn ton Wanderers beat Swansea Town, 2—o.

Third Division (Southern Section). — Bournemouth lost to Gillingham, o—2; Brighton and Hove Albion beat Reading, 2—o: Bristol Rovers lost in Exeter City, 2—4; Clanton Orient drew with Thames. 1—1; Crystal Palace drew with Luton Town. 1—1; Mansfield Town beat Northampton Town. 2—o: Norwich City drew with Southend United. 1—1; Queen’s Park Rangers drew with Coventry Citv, I—l ; Swindon Town ’drew with Fulham. 2—2; Torquay United drew with Brentford, 1—1; Watford beat Cardiff City, 3-0. Third Division (Northern Section).— Accrington Stanley beat Hartlepool United, s—o: Carlisle United lost to Darlington. o—2: Crewe Alexandria beat Halifax Town, 4—3: Doncaster Rovers lost to Gateshead. I—2: Rochdale lest to Walsall. o—l • Rothm-ham United lost to Lincoln Citv. 0—1: Southport heat New Brighton. 1—0: Stockport Oountv drew with Chester. 0—0; Trnnmere Rovers drew with TTnil City, 2—2; Wrexham bent Wan Rovough, s—o : York Citv bent Barrow, 1-0. ' SCOTTISH MATCHES First Division.—Airdrieonians lost to St. Mirren. o—2; Celtic bent Ayr United, 4—2; Cowdenbeath lost to Motherwell, I—s: Dundee United drew with Leith Athletic, 0—0; Hamilton Acads. lost to Rangers. I—2; Hearts beat Dundee. 3--1; Kilmarnock heat Falkirk, 2—l; Morton lost to Clvde, 0—1; Partick Thistle drew with Third Lanark. 0—0: Queen’s Park lost to Aberdeen, I—3.

Second Division. —Alloa Athletic heat Armadale, 3—2: Bo’ncss drew with Hibernians, 2—2; Brechin City drew with Albion Rovers, 1—1; Dumbarton bent Dunfermline Athletic. 2—l : East Fife beat King’s Park. 7—l : East Stirlingshire beat Montrose, 4—l; Forfar Athletic bent St. Johnstone. 3 —l; Queen of the South drew with Arbroath, 2—2: St. Bernards! beat Edinburgh Citv. 4—2: Stenhousemuir drew with Rnith Rovers, 3—3. NORTHERN UNION Barrow bent Wtdncs, 18 —9: Bradford N. lost to Rochdale, 7—20; Broughton R. beat St. Helens. 14—12: Pewshurv lost to Hunslet. 15—16: Fontbersfcno ft. lost to Wakefield T.. 13-17; Halifax bent Swinton, 11—7: Hull Kingston R.. Inst to Salford, 7—17; Keigldev bent, Batley. 10—4; Leeds lost to Huddersfield, 10—12: Leigh bent Castleford. 9—7 : Oldham beat Bramlev, 33 —4 : St. Helen’s Bees, beat Hull. 21—7; Warrington bent York. 13—5; Wigan beat Wigan Highfield, 18-8. RUGBY UNION A combined Durham and Northumberland team lost to the South Africans, 0-41. At Sunderland, Cornwall lost to Somerset. 14—23. . Cumberland lost to Cbesirc, 9—10; Devon beat Gloucester. 26—11; Blackheath lost to Cardiff, 3 —B; Cambridge University lost to Richmond, 8—13; Harlequins heat Gut's Hospital, 20—9: Leicester beat Northampton, 13—10; Moseley lost to Tilackheath, 6—9; Newport lost to Swansea, 3—11; Oxford University lost to Portsmouth Services, 13-21.