BRITISH FOOTBALL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 955, 27 December 1933, Page 1

BRITISH FOOTBALL.

Results of Rugby, League and Soccer Games. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received December 27, 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 26. Following are the results of m*atches played in the various football codes today:— Association. First division—Arsenal 2, Leeds United 0; Birmingham 4, Sheffield United 2; Chelsea 4, Sunderland 0; Newcastle United 7, Everton 3; Huddersfield Town 2, Tottenham Hotspur 0; Leicester City 3. Stoke City 1; Manchester City 2, Derby County 0; Middlesbrough 3. Blackburn Rovers 1; Portsmouth 1, Liverpool 0: Sheffield 3. West Bromwich Albion 1; Wolverhampton Wanderers 4, Aston Villa 3. Second division—Bradford City 2, Bury 2; Grimsby Town 7, Manchester United 3: Hull City 3, Blackpool 0; Millwall 3, Notts County 2; Nottingham Forest 2, Plymouth Argyle 1; Oldham Athletic 1, Burnley 0; Port Vale 1, Lincoln City 0; Preston North End 3. Brenford 2; Southampton 2, Fulham 0; Swansea Town 1, West Ham 1. Third division (southern section) Brighton and Hove Albion 3, Northampton Town 3; Bristol City 1, Newport County 1: Cardiff 3, Coventry City 3: Charlton Athletic 4. Watford 3: Clapton Orient 2, Queen’s Park Ranger« 2; Gillingham 3. Bristol Rovers 2; Luton Town 1, Aldershot I: Norwich City 2, Crystal Palace 0; Reading 4. Rournmouth and Boscombe Athletic 0; Southend United 3. Exeter City 1; Swindon Town 2, Torquay United 0. Third division (northern section) Barnslev 5. Hartlepools United 4; Barrow 5, Halifax Town 2; Carlisle United 2. Stockport County 2; Crewe Alexandra 4, Doncaster Rovers 0; DarlingtofT 1, Chesterfield 1; Gatehead _2, Accrington Stanley 0; Chester 2, New Brighton 0; Rochdale 3. Southport 3; Rotherham United 3, York City 2: Walsall 0, Mansfield Town 0: Wrexham 1, Tranmere Rovers 1 (abandoned after an hour of play in a fog). In the first and second divisions there was no play. Northern Union. Batley 5, Leeds 3; Bramley 20, Bradford Northern 12; Castleford 11, York 10; Halifax 6. Huddersfield 2; Hull Kingston Rovers 5, Oldham 5; Hunslet 18. Hull 7; Keighley 11, Barrow 5; Swinton 12, Leigh 7; Salford 24. Broughton Rovers 7; Wigan 21, St Helens 8: Dewsbury 10, Wakefield Trinity 3: Warrington 19. Rochdale Hornets 9: Widnes 8, St Helens Rees Rugby Union. Bath 23, Old Blues 5; The Army 20. Blaekheath 11; Bristol 18. Pontypool 3; Cardiff 13, London Irish 0; Gloucester 18. Old Merchant Taylors 3; Leicester 5, Birkenhead Park 3; Wasps 34, Richmond 9; Headingley 27, Manchester 0; Llanelly 16, London Welsh 6; Newport 9, Watsonians 7.