RESULTS OF FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28263, 29 April 1957, Page 15

RESULTS OF FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

(Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. i_Promotion and relegation probsettled in all but the division, south, on the last Jin day of the English League football season today. „ Q T? ttenl l am Hotspur finished run-ners-up to the first division champion. Manchester United, by beating lts , , nen F rival - Blackpool, 2-1. Manchester United sent Cardiff nu y i* lnto the sec o n d division with Card’ff *3 2 Manchesler United beat

Nottingham Forest joins Leicester h, 1 u’ • e second division champion, in being promoted to the first division. Nottingham Forest had a 4-0 away win over Sheffield United. At the bottom of the table, Notts county drew 2-2 with Leyton Orient to escape relegation. Port Vale and go down. e three awaj r struggle for the only promotion place in the third division, south, slightly favoured TorS aay when it beat Queen’s Park Rangers. 3-0, at home. r- , / ore today’s matches, Ipswich, Colchester and Torquay shared first place with the same number of Points and games played. Ipswich ''as held to a 3-3 draw at home to .oouthend United, and Colchester lost 4-1 away to Swindon Town Results were;— . English League Division I.—Aston Villa 1, Luton town 3; Birmingham City 3, Manchester City 3; Bolton Wanderers Everton 1; Cardiff City 2, Manchester United 3; Portsmouth 0. West Bromwich Albion 1; Preston North End 1. Chelsea 0; Tottenham Hotspur 2, Blackpool 1. Envision ll.—Bristol City 3, Swansea Town 1; Leyton Orient 2, Notts County 2: Lincoln- Citv 4, Barnsley 1; Liverpool 1, West Ham United *'• Vale 2, Rotherham United 1; Sheffield United 0, Nottingham Forest 4.

Division 111 (Northern). —Bradford 0. Hartlepools United 2; Crewe Alexandra 6, Mansfield Town 4; Darlington 3. Bradford City 2; Derby County 2, Southport 0; Gateshead 4, Chester 1; Halifax Town 4. Tranmere Rovers 0; Hull City 0, Carlisle United 0; Rochdale 1. York City 0; Scunthorpe United 0, Oldham Athletic 0; Work-

ington 4, Accrington Stanley 1; Wrexham 1, Chesterfield 3.

Division 111 (Southern).—Aidershot 0, Coventry City 1; Bournemouth 4, Northampton Town 1; Brentford 1, Norwich City 1; Brighton and Hove 8, Reading 3; Gillingham 1, Newport County 1; Ipswich Town 3, Southend United 3; Millwall 2, Plymouth 2; Shrewsbury Town 1, Exeter City 2; Swindon Town 4, Colchester United 1; Torquay United 3. Queen's Park Rangers 0; Walsall 1, Crystal Palace 2; Watford 4, Southampton 2. Other matches: Grimsby Town 1, Sheffield Wednesday 1; Fulham 6, Blauweiss (Germany) U.

Scottish League Division I.—Airdrieonians 3, Dunfermline Athletic 1; Celtic 2, Hibernian 1; Dundee 3, Raith Rovers 0; East Fife 5, St. Mirren 2; Falkirk 1, Motherwell 2; Hearts 3, Aberdeen 0; Kilmarnock 1, Queen’s Park 0; Partick Thistle 5, Ayr United 1; Queen of the South 0, Rangers 3. Results of matches played in the Scottish league, Division I, on Friday were:—Kilmarnock 0, Celtic 0; Raith Rovers 2, Falkirk 3.

Division ll.—Alloa Athletic 0, Arbroath 6; Cowdenbeath 5, Albion Rovers 2; Forfar Athletic 1, Stenhousemuir 1; Hamilton Academicals 4, East Stirling 0; Montrose 4. Stranraer 4; Morton 6, Brechin City 3; St. Johnstone 2, Berwick Rangers 2; Third Lanark 1, Stirling Albion 0. Rugby League Bramley 29, Featherstone Rovers 13; Dewsbury 7, Hunslet 30; Keighley 16. Bradford Northern 23; Salford 10, Rochdale Hornets 9; Wakefield Trinity 20, Huddersfield 14; Warrington 27, Leigh' 15; Blackpool Borough 7, Swinton 41.

Rugby Union Bedford 9, Bath 8; Birmingham 0, Rugby 26; Bridgwater and Albion 3, Cheltenham 9; Coventry 8, Bristol 11; Falmouth 11, Exeter 5; Headingley 21. Percy Park 6; Llanelly 11, Waterloo 8; Northampton 27, Old Alleynians 3; Redruth 19, Stroud 3; Torquay Athletic 10, Newton Abbot 3; Lydney 3, Somerset Police 8; Gloucester 11, Devonport Services 0. ing from a good combined movement. The ball travelled the length of the field for Koster to score. The referee was Mr T. Mathie. CITY V. THISTLE City had a well deserved win over Thistle at Spreydon Park by 7 goals to 4. The fitness of the City team showed in the second half when Thistle tired badly and allowed a one-goal lead to change to a threegoal deficit. The showing of the City goalkeeper, K. King, was very poor against some mediocre shooting. J. Quickenden and J. Gordon led the City attack. T. Lynch and T. Clackson were both solid on defence and K. Nuttall, the City halfback, gave good distribution of the ball to his forwards. Star of the Thistle team was 21-year-old J. Lineham, at left wing. J. Cairns, the Thistle goalkeeper who left the field during the second half with an injured shoulder, had an able replacement in A. Robertson, who changed from full-back. S. Collins, at centre-forward for Thistle, played a fine game and his two goals were well deserved. Thistle attacked strongly from the whistle and went into the lead with a fine goal by Collins. Quickenden soon equalised for City. Then King allowed a ball to dribble through his fingers into the net. Fine goals by City's left wing, Cunningham, the inside forward, Worthington, and the centre-forward. Quickenden, soon put ‘the issue beyond doubt. The referee was Mr C. Sweeney. TECHNICAL v. RANGERS Rangers, which began well, could not stem the powerful Technical attack and was soundly beaten by 10 goals to 0. Rangers lacked combination at crucial stages. The hardest worker in the Rangers team was left half M. Somers, who played a sterling game on defence and attack. W. Adams, the Rangers goalkeeper, saved some very fine shots. The full-backs, M. Friedberg- and G. Snape, worked hard, but the half line gave very erratice service to the forward line. A promising young player who shone in the Rangers- forward line was J. Hinchley. The Technical goalkeeper, K. Sanders, played a safe game. The defence trio, S. Spinks, J Hunter. nd M. Dean, was very solid. D. Charlton and I. Drewitt gave the forwards a good distribution of the ball and effectively blocked many attacks oy Rangers. W. McKenzie showed a fine turn of speed on ihe left wing and repeatedly beat his opposite number. Vic Smith, the veteran of the Technical side, appears to have lost some of his speed. Ernie Fields, centre forward, playing his first season for Technical, was a good scorer. A. McAnulty and M. Jones made some fine moves on the right side. Jones scored a eonybook goal for Technical. Just before half-time McAnulty scored from a scramble in front of the Rangers goal. In the second half Rangers could not beat the Technical combination. All the Technical forwards scored and Fields ended the day with four goals. The referee was Mr Harold Royce. UNIVERSITY v. NOMADS

Although Nomads scored eight goals to University’s one, the game was not as one-sided as it would appear. Both teams played good, fast football, but Nomads’ superior combination and speed proved too much for the University defence. After 25 minutes a good centre lob by P. Rennell enabled A. Van Rooyen to head into the University goal. A few minutes later Van Rooyen again headed a centre from I. McCallum to put Nomads two up. Simmonds slipped- a forward pass to G. Ennis, who ran through and scored easily. Half-time: Nomads 3, University 0 . From the kick-off Nomads took more of the play and Van Rooyen headed from a corner by Bouwhuis. D. Adams scored for University after beating several defenders. Nomads continued to attack and two more goals from Van Rooyen together with two very fine .angled drives by Bouwhuis, brought the final score to; Nomads 8, University 1. The referee was Mr T. Gottermeyer.

LOWER GRADES Results of lower grade Soccer matches were:— o Second Division.—Nomads 3, Celtic 3; Neerlandia 4, City 1; Technical 3, Western 1; Old Boys 2, Shamrock 2. Third Division.—Shamrock 6, Wigram 4; Technical 10, Thistle 9; City 2, Western 2; Teachers’ College 2, Atlantis 2; Burnham beat University by default. Juniors.—City 3, Celtic 1; Shamrock 3, Old Boys 2; University 7, Technical 4; Atlantis beat Western by default. Fourth Grade.—Western 6, Boys’ High 1; Technical College 5, Shamrock 2. Fifth Grade.—Section I: Technical College 2, Western 0; Nomads 4, Shamrock 1; City 5, Boys’ High School A 1. Section II: West High 6, Bovs’ High B 2; Boys’ High A 4, Technical College B 1. Sixth Grade. —Western 3. Rangers 1; Nomads 10, Boys’ High B 0; West High 6, Technical College 0. Seventh Grade.—Western A 10, Western B 1; Shamrock beat Shamrock (St. Joseph’s) by default. Eighth Grade.—Western A 1, Shamrock 0; Rangers 6, Shamrock (St. Joseph’s) 1; Thistle 1, Celtic 1; Nomads 6, City 3; Technical Old Boys 2, Western B 1. Ninth Grade.—Western C 2, Technical Old Boys B 0; Western A 8, Shamrock 0; Western B 1, Technical 0.8. A 0; Rangers 2, Celtic 0; Nomads beat City by default. Tenth Grade.—Celtic B 0, Western C 0; Nomads B 1, Technical 0.8. 0; Nomads A 2, Celtic 0; Rangers 0, Shamrock 0; Western A 2, Western B 0.

Matches In Other Centres Auckland.—Onehunga 6, Ellerslie 4; Grey Lynn 2, Eden 1; Eastern Suburbs 1, Ponsonby 1; Mt. 1, Port Chevalier 1. Wellington.—Miramar Rangers 6, Diamond 1: Stop Out 3, Seatoun 1; Marist 0.8. 2, University 1; West Suburbs 4, North Suburbs !;■ Petone 7, Upper Hutt 1.