FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 247, 18 October 1937, Page 8

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RUGBY, SOCCER, LEAGUE SATURDAY’S RESULTS Received Oct. 17, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 16. Following are the results of football matches in the various codes played to-day:— ASSOCIATION. First Division. Arsenal 1, Portsmouth 1. Blackpool 0, Chelsea 2. Bolton Wanderers 1, Preston North End 4. Brentford 5, Charlton Athletic 2. Derby County 1, Middlesbrough 1. Everton 1, Leeds United 1. Huddersfield Town 1, Grimsby Town 2. Leicester City 4, West Bromwich Albion 1. Manchester City 0, Stoke City 0. Sunderland 1, Birmingham 0. Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Liverpool 0. Second Division. Aston Villa 2, Newcastle United 0. Blackburn Rovers 1, Manchester United 1. Bradford 1, Luton Town 1. Chesterfield 1, Bury 2. Fulham 3, Tottenham Hospur 1. Norwich City 2, Nottingham Fores: 0. Plymouth Argyle 2, Bu*nley 3. Sheffield Wednesday 0, Sheffield United 1. Southampton. 4, Stockport County 1. Swansea Town 3, Coventry City 3. West Ham United 4, Barnsley 1. Third Division. (Southern Section). Aidershot 1, Clapton Orient 2. Bristol City 3, Walsall 1. Crystal Palace 3, Brighton ana Hove 2. Exeter 4, Mansfield Town 0. Gillingham 0, Bristol Rovers 1. Millwall 1, Southend United 0. Newport County 1, Cardiff City 1. Notts County 1, Boscombe 2. Reading 1, Queen’s Park Rangers 0. Swindon Town 1, Torquay United 0. Watford 1, Northampton Town 3. Northern Section. Barrow 0, Rochdale 1. Crewe Alexandra 0, Doncastei Rovers 0. Darlington 4, Bradford City 2. Gateshead 2, Tranmere Rovers 1. Hartlepools United 0, Chester 1. Hull City 2, Carlisle United 1. Lincoln City 2, Accrington Stanley 0. New Brighton 2, Halifax Town 0. Oldham Athletic 6, York City 2. Port Vale 1, Southport 1. Wrexham 2, Rotherham United 0. Scottish League. First Division. Ayr United 4, Aberdeen 1. Celtic 4, Queen’s Park 3. Dundee 0, Hearts 2. Falkirk 2, Kilmarnock 2. Hibernian 5, Arbroath 0. Motherwell 4, Morton 1. St. Johnstone 3, Queen of the South 1. St. Mirren 3, Hamilton Academicals 1. Partick 4, Clyde 1. Cup Final At Hampden Park, Glasgow, in the Cup final, Rangers beat Third LanSecond Division. Albion Rovers 2, Dunfermline Athletic 2. Brechin City 3, East Stirling 3. Cowdenbeath 3, Leith Athletic 6. Dumbarton 2, Raith Rovers 2. East Fife 2, Airdrieonians 0. Edinburgh City 5, Stenhousemuir 2. King’s Park 4, Alloa 2. Montrose 2, Forfar Athletic 4. St. Bernard’s 3, Dundee United 0. RUGBY LEAGUE. Batley 10, St. Helen’s 10. Broughton Rangers 10, Bradford Northern 21. Featherstone 15, Huddersfield 23. Halifax 16, Widnes 10. Hull Kingston Rovers 21, Hunslet 7. Leigh 0, Oldham 12. Liverpool Stanley 6, Salford 11. Newcastle 6, Hull 27. Rochdale Hornets 6, Barrow 12. St. Helen’s Rees 12, Castleford 10. Swinton 21, Wigan 9. Wakefield Trinity 43, Bramley 0. Warrington 10, Leeds 18. York 7, Keighley 0. RUGBY. Aidershot Services 0, Bath 0. Bradford 4, Birkenhead Park 20. Cambridge University 22, Harlequins 15. Coventry 19, Nuneaton 8. Gloucester 23, Torquay Athletic 0. Guy’s Hospital 13, Plymouth Albion 11. Leicester 12, Newport 3. Llanelly 26, Pontypridd 12. London Irish 3, London Welsh 8. London Scottish 13, Blackheath 8. Manchester 16, Liverpool 11. Northampton 3, Bedford 3. Pontypool 10, Bristol 15. Rosslyn Park 11, Richmond 0. Wasps 20, King’s College Hospital 3. . .

Old Merchant Taylors 8, Oxford University 11. Aberavon 6, Neath 10. Bridgend 8, Maesteg 3. Swansea 7, Cardiff 0. Portsmouth Services 27, Devonport Services 7. Heriotonians 23, Gala 3Watsonians 15, Edinburgh Wanderers 0.