FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 101, 2 May 1938, Page 8

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

RUGBY, SOCCER, LEAGUE RESULTS IN THREE CODES Received May 1, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, April 30. Football results in the various codes to-day were as follow: ASSOCIATION First Division Arsenal 1, Liverpool 0. Blackpool 3, West Bromwich Albion 1. Bolton Wanderers 3, Middlesbrough 1. Brentford 1, Birmingham 2. Derby County 1, Grimsby Town 2. Everton 5; Portsmouth 2. Leicester City 1, Charlton Athlet’c 0. Manchester City 6. Leeds United 2. Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Chelsea 1. Second Division Blackburn Rovers 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Fulham 4, Bury 0. Norwich City 0, Luton Town 4. Plymouth Argyle 3, Coventry City 1. Sheffield Wednesday 2, Burnley 1. Southampton 2. Sheffield United 1. Swansea Town 2, Newcastle United 0. West Ham United 2, Manchester United 0. Bradford 4, Stockport 1. Chesterfield 1. Notts Forest 0. Sheffield United’s defeat assured Aston Villa of promotion to the first league. Aston Villa, with a match in band, has 55 points. Manchester United and Coventry, each with a match to play, have 51 points. Third Division Southern Section Aidershot 1, Queen's Park Rangers 0. Bristol City 0. Bristol Rovers 0. Crystal Palace 1, Cardiff City 0. Exeter City 2, Clapton Orient 0. Gillingham 1, Torquay United 1. Millwall 2. Brighton and Hove 0. Newport County 0, Northampton Town 0. Notts County 3. Walsall 1. Reading 4. Boscombe 1. Swindon Town 1. Southend United 1. Walford 2. Mansfield Town 0. Northern Section Barrow 0, Chester 2. Crewe Alexandra 3, Rotherham United 1. Gateshead 3, Bradford City 0. Hartlepools United 4, Carlisle United 1. Hull City 6, Tranmere Rovers 1. Lincoln City 2, Halifax Town 0. New Brighton 2, York City 1. Oldham Athletic 2, Southport 0. Port Vale 4, Rochdale 1. Wrexham 2. Accrington Stanley 0. Darlington 1, Doncaster 1. SCOTTISH LEAGUE First Division Ayr United 0, Dundee 0. Celtic 3. Hibernian 0. Hamilton Academicals 1, Queen's Park 1. Hearts 5. Kilmarnock 1. Morton 1, Clyde 3. Rangers 2, Queen of the South 3. St. Johnstone 2, Motherwell 2. St. Mirren 0, Falkirk 3. Third Lanark 1, Partick Thistle 1. Second Division Albion Rovers 1. Montrose 1. Alloa 3, Forfar 3. Dundee United 5, Airdrie 5. Dunfermline 1, Haith 4. East Stirling 2. Cowdenbeath 3. St. Bernard's 3. King Park 4. Stenhousemuir 1, I>eith 0. RUGBY LEAGUE Bradford Northern 15. York 15. Leigh 5, Liverpool Stanley 20. St. Helen’s Rees 19, Halifax 19. In the final of the League championship at the Leeds soccer ground Ilunslet beat Leeds by S to 2.