FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 306, 27 December 1937, Page 9

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RUGBY, SOCCER, LEAGUE SATURDAY’S RESULTS Received Dec. 26, 7.5 p.m. 1 LONDON, Deo. 25. ■ Following are the- results of football matches in the various codes: played to-day: ASSOCIATION. First Division. Blackpool 2, Arsenal 1. Bolton Wanderers 2, Derby County, U iwhen abandoned alter 37 minutes} in second spell). Chelsea 1, Charlton Athletic 1 (when! abandoned after 61 minutes). Grimsby Town 1, Stoke City 5. Leeds United 5, Middlesbrough 3. Leicester City 3, Everton 1. Liverpool 0, Birmingham 0 (when abandoned). Manchester City 0, Brentford 2. Portsmouth 3, Preston North End 2.,' Sunderland 2, Huddersfield Town 1. Wolverhampton Wanderers v. West' Bromwich Albion, postponed. ! Second Division. Aston Villa v. Bradford, postponed. Blackburn Rovers 3, Chesterfield 3. Burnley 1, Fulham 0. Bury 1, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Luton Town 4, Barnsley 0. Newcastle United 0, Stockport} County 0. Nottingham Forest v. Manchester! United, postponed. Plymouth Argyle 2, Shellield Wed-i nesday 4. Shellield United 3, Coventry City 2. Southampton 1, Swansea Town 1. West Ham United v. Norwich City, postponed. Third Division. Southern Section. Boscombe 0, Torquay United 0. Bristol Rovers 5, Walsall 2. Clapton Orient v. Brighton and Hove, postponed. Crystal Palace v. Exeter City, postponed. Gillingham 1, Notts County 0 (when abandoned after 37 minutes). Mansfield Town 3, Cardiff City 0. Millwall v. Aidershot, postponed. Northampton Town v. Bristol City, postponed. Queen’s Park Rangers 1, Southend United 0. Reading 2, Swindon Town 1. Watford 3, Newport County 0. Northern Section.

Barrow 0, Wrexhanj 1. Bradford City 1, Tranmere Rovers Carlisle United 2, Doncaster Rovers Chester 2, Rotherham United 3. Darlington 1, Hull City 3. Gateshead 2, York City 2. Hartlepools United 2, Crewe Alexandra 2. New Brighton 0, Oldham Athletic 0, when abandoned at half-time. Port Vale v. Lincoln City, postponed. Rochdale 0, Accrington Stanley 1. Southport 2, Halifax Town 2. Scottish League. First Division. I Ayr United 0, Arbroath 1. Celtic 8, Kilmarnock 0. Dundee 2, Morton 2. Falkirk 2, Queen’s Park 0. Hibernian 1, Hamilton Academicals 1. Motherwell 5, Queen of the South 1. Partick Thistle 3, Aberdeen 1. St. Johnstone 1, Rangers 5. St. Mirren 6. Clyde 1. Third Lanark 3, Hearts 0. Second Division. Airdrieonians 4, Edinburgh City 2. ! Alloa 0, St. Bernard’s 1. Brechin City 0, Dunfermline Ath- i letic 4. ’ Cowdenbeath 2, Albion Rovers 3. i Dundee United 4, Rai th Rovers 4. j East Fife 4, King’s Park 0. Forfar Athletic 5, East Stirling 0. . Leith Athletic 3, Montrose 2. • Stenhousemuir 4, Dumbarton 2. I RUGBY LEAGUE. Bradford Northern 15. Bramley 10.} Broughton Rangers 13, Australians' 0. Dewsbury 3, Bailey 10. Featherstone 4, Castleford 17 (when } n’r.rndoned after 72 minutes). j Huddersfield 16, Halifax 19. Hull Kingston Rovers 5. Hull 27. Keighley 19. Newcastle 0. Leeds 0, Wakefield Trinity 0. < Leigh v. Barrow, postponed. Liverpool Stanley 15, Rochdale Hor- ■ nets 7. Oldham 6, Swihton 2. St. Helen's Rocs 2, St. Helen’s 10. I Widnes 5, Warrington 10. Wigan v. Salford, postponed. | York 7, Hunslet 7. J RUGBY. Bridgend 3, Aberavon 9. Glasgow Academicals 28, Kelvin- j side Academicals 20. Llanelly 15. U.A.U. 3. Edinburgh Academicals 8. London j Scottish 18. Neath 14, London Welsh 10. Pont.ypool 26, Pill Harriers 7. Swansea 28, Watsonians 6. '