BRITISH FOOTBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18179, 29 August 1933, Page 7

BRITISH FOOTBALL

SEASON’S MATCHES OPEN SOCCER AND LEAGUE LONDON, Aug. 26. With the shade temperature at 81 degrees, the football season opened to. day. Forty thousand people witnessed the Arsenal v. Birmingham soccei match on a London ground, and 30,(XX. the Fulham b. Port Vale soccer match. A similar crowd was present at the Stoke v. Chelsea- soccer match. Results are as follow : ASSOCIATION ■ First Division Arsenal and Birmingham drew, I—l. Aston Villa lost to Leicester City, 2 3. Blackburn Rovers defeated Leeds United, 4—2. Evel'ton defeated West Bromwich Albion, I—o.1 —0. Huddersfield Town defeated Sunderland, 2—l*. Manchester City lost to Sheffield Wednesday, 2—3. Middlesbrough defeated Derby County, s—l. Newcastle United and Portsmouth drew, 2—2. Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur drew, o—o. Stoke defeated Chelsea, I—o.1 —0. Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Liverpool, 3—2. Second Division Blackpool lost to Preston North End, 1-2. Bradford defeated Oldham Athletic, 4—2. Bury defeated Swansea Town, 4—l. Fulham defeated Port Vale, 3—o. Grimsby Town defeated Burnley, 1-0. Hull City lost to Notts County, o—l. Lincoln City lost to Millwall, o—l. Notts Forest and Brentford drew, I—l-. Plymouth Argyle defeated Manchester United, 4—o. Southampton defeated Bradford City, 4 West Ham United defeated Bolton Wanderers, 4 —2. Third Division —Southern Section Bristol City lost to Bristol Rovers, 0-3. Northampton Town lost to Luton Town, 2—3. Charlton Athletic defeated Bournemouth, 4—3. Coventry City defeated Gillingham, 7—l. Newport County lost to Swindon Town, I—2. Norwich City defeated Clapton Orient, 3—o. Queen’s Park Rangers defeated Brighton, 2 —o. Reading defeated Exeter City, 3—l. Southend lost to Crystal Palace, o—4. Torquay United and Aldershot drew, 0-0. Watford lost to Cardiff City, I—2. Third Division—Northern Section Barnsley defeated Wrexham, 3 —o. Barrow lost to Crewe Alexandria, 0-3. Carlisle United defeated 1 Halifax Town, I—o. Chester defeated Rotherham United, 5Chesterfield defeated Gateshead, 6 —2. Doncaster Rovers defeated New Brighton, I—o.1 —0. Mansfield Town and llartlcpools drew, I—l. Rochdale defeated Darlington, I—o. Stockport County defeated Accrington Stanley, 3—o. Tranmere Rovers defeated Southport, s—o.5 —0. York City and Walsall drew, 2—2. SCOTTISH league; First Division Aberdeen defeated Partick Thistle, 3 - Clyde defeated Ayr United, 5 —2. Falkirk defeated Dundee, 2—l. Hearts defeated Third Lanark, s —l. Kilmarnock defeated Celtic, 4—3. Queen’s Park defeated Airdriconiaus, 2 — l. Queen of the South lost to Motherwell, 0 —5.. Rangers dofeated Cowdenbeath, 3—l. St. Johnstone and St. Mirren drew, I—l. Second Division Albion Rovers defeated East Stirlingshire, 3—1,. Arbroath United defeated Dumbarton, 4 Brechin City lost to Morton, I—o. Dundee United lost to Forfar Athletic, o—3. Dunfermline defeated East Fife, 4 —o. Edinburgh City lost.to Alloa Athletic, 1-2.

King’s Park defeated Stenhousemuir, 5-1.

Leith Athletic defeated St. Bernards, 4 Raith Rovers defeated Montrose, 5 NORTHERN UNION Batley defeated Hull Kingston Rovers, 35-12. Bradford lost to Dewsbury, B—l2. Castleford defeated Hunslet, 214—10. Halifax lost to Swinton, 6—14. Hull defeated Bramloy, 32—12. Leeds defeated York, 13 —5. Leigh lost to Barrow, 13 —15. Oldham defeated Broughton, 31—0. Salford defeated Huddersfield, 19-r-2. Wakefield defeated Featherstone, 20-9. Warrington defeated Wigan, 22—6.