FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 83, 5 October 1931, Page 13

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

UNDER VARIOUS CODES

United Press, Association—By Electric Tele- ' graph—Copyright. LONDON^ 3rd, October. Association football results are as follows: — English League. First Division.—Birmingham beat Portsmouth, 2-1; Bolton W. beat Newcastle U., 2-1; Chelsea beat Liverpool, 2-0; Everton beat Blackpool, 3-2; Grimsby Town beat Arsenal, 3-1; Manchester C. drew with Sheffield U., 1-1; Middlesbro beat Huddersfiekl T., 1-0; Sheffield W. beat Aston Villa, 1-0; Sunderland drew with Blackburn R., 2-2; W. Bromwich A beat Derby C, 4-0; West Ham U. lost to Leicester C, 14. ■ Second Division.—Barnsley drew with Plymouth A., 0-0; Bradford. City lost to Bury, 1-3; Burnley bent Manchester XL, 2-0; Chesterfield beat Tottenham H., 4-2; Leeds United' beat Oldhara A., 5-0; Millwall drew with Port Vale, 2-2; Nottingham ,F. beat Notts C, 2-1; Preston: N. End beat Bradford, 1-0; Southampton lost to Wolverhampton W., 1-3; Stoke City beat Charltou A., 4-0; Swansea T. beat Bristol City, 2-0. Third Division, Southern Section.— Bournemouth beat Mansfield T., 3-2; Bristol Rovers lost to Norwich C, 0-1; Cardiff City beat Brentford, 3-2; Clapton O. lost to Southend U., 2-4; Crystal Palace beat Watford, 2-1; Gillingham lost to Coventry City, 1-3; Luton Town beat Exeter City, 1-3; Northampton T. lost to Thames, 0-4; Queen's P.R. drew with Brighton, 1-1; Reading beat Fulham, 4-2; Torquay U. beat Swindon T., 2-1. ■ Third Division, Northern Section.—Accrington S. beat Rotherham, 5-2; Barrow lost to Lincoln City, 0-2; Carlisle United drew with York City, 1-1; Crewe A. drew with Southport, 1-1; Gateshead beat Hartlepools U., 3-1; Halifox T. lost .to Darlington, 0-3; New Brighton lost to Chester, 0-1; Rochdale beat Doncaster X., 3-1; Stockport C. beat Hull City,,2-0; Walsall beat Wigan Borough, 3-0; Wrexham beat Tranmere R., 2-1. Scottish League. First Division.—Aberdeen beat Partick Thistle, 2-0; Clyde drew with Ayr United, 3-3; Dundee U. beat Third Lanark, 3-2; Falkirk beat Dundee, 5-2; Hamilton A lost to Hearts, 1-4; Kilmarnock lost to Celtic, 2-3; Leith Athletic lost to St. Mirren, 0-4; Morton drew with Motherwell, 2-2; Queen's Park beat Airdrieonians, 3-1; Rangers beat Cowdenbeath, 6-1. Second Division.—Albion Rovers lost to Raith R., 1-3; Arbroath lost to St. Johnstone, 2-3; Bo'ness beat Montrose, 2-0; Brechin C. lost to Stenhousenvmr, 1-7; Dumbarton lost to Forfar A, 1-3;. Dunfermline A drew with St. Bernard's, 1-1; East Fife beat Armadale, 4-1; Hibernians drew with East Stirling, 1-1; Kings Park beat Edinburgh City, 3-2; Queen ot South lost to Alloa, 0-3. • Northern Union matches resulted:— Bramley beat Batley, 4-3; Broughton R. beat Wakefield T., 18-7; Dewsbury beat Rochdale, 7-4; Featherstone R. beat Bradford N., 47-0; Huddersfield lost to._ Hunslet, 20-24; Hull drew with Warnngton, 7-7; Keighley lost to Swinton, 4-8; Leeds beat Hull Kingston R., 12-2; Oldham beat St. Helens, 16-13; Salford beat Castleford, 30-6; St. Helens Rees. lost to Leigh, 7-10; Widnes beat Wigan Highfield, 10-5; Wigan beat Halifax, 14-6; York beat Barrow, 23-5. ' • '■••_ . In the county championships, Cumberland lost to Lancashire by 11 to 17, at Whitehaven. ' , , _, Rugby Union matches resulted:—Gloucester and Somerset lost to the South Africans by 3 to 14, at Bristol. Cumberland beat Edinburgh Academicals, 21-6, at Carlisle; Blackheat beat Old Merchant Tailors, 14-11; Cardiff beat Newport, 8-3; Leicester beat Coventry, 9-0; Llanelly beat Gloucester, 12-3; London Scottish lost to Harlequins, 3-16; Londbn Welsh drew with Richmond, 0-0; Plymouth beat Blackheath, 16-9.