FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 43, 21 February 1939, Page 5

FOOTBALL IN BRITAIN

SOCCER. LEAGUE AND RUGB 1 SATURDAY’S RESULTS LONDON, Feb. 18. Following are results of to-day' matches in the various footbal codes:— ASSOCIATION First Division Arsenal 1, Chelsea 0. Aston Villa 2, Liverpool 0. Blackpool 3, Manchester United 5. Brentlord 1, Stoke 0. Derby 0, Birmingham 1. Everton 2, Bolton 1. Grimsby 0. Middlesbrough 2. Huddersfield 4, Charlton 0, Portsmouth 0. Preston 0. Sunderland 2, Leicester 0. Wolverhampton 4, Leeds 1. Second Division Blackburn 1, Burnley 0. Bradford 2, Luton 1. Bury 5, Coventry <>. Chesterfield 3, West Bromwich 1. r ulham 1, Tottenham 0. Manchester City 1, Plymouth 3. Millwall 4, Sheffield United 0. Sheffield Wednesday 2, Southampton 0. Swansea 0, Norwich 1. Tranmcre 0, Newcastle 3. West Ham 5, Notts Forest 0. Third Division Northern Section Carlisle 4. Lincoln 3. Crewe 2. Stockport 1. Darlington 0, hull 1. Doncaster 1, Barnsley 3. Gateshead 3, Chester 0. Hartlepools 1, Bradford City 3. Rochdale 4, Halifax 5. Rotherham 3, Oldham 1. Southport 1. Accrington 0. Wrexham 3, Barrow (>. York 2. New Brighton 0. Southern Section Aidershot 1, Brighton 1. Bristol City 2, luuurnemouth 0. Clapton Orient 1, Cardiff 1. Crystal Palace 4. Walsall 0. Newport 3, Ipswicn 2. Nortnamplon 1, Reading 1. Notts County 3, Bristol Rovers 1. Pori Vale 1, Queen s Park Rangers Swindon 2, Southend 1. Torquay 0, Exeter City 1. Wallord 2, Mansfield Town 0. Scottish Cup Third Round Buckie Thistle 0. Third Lanark 6. Rangers 1, Clyde 4. Dumermline 1, Alloa 1. Motherwell 4, St. Mirren 2. Hearts 2, Celtic 2. Falkirk 2, Aberdeen 3. Hibernian and Queen of the South receive byes. SCOTTISH LEAGUE First Division Part irk 4. Kilmarnock 3. Queen of the South 3, Hamilton 0. Second Division Dundee 3, King’s Park 0. Edinburgn City 3, Stenhousemuir 3. Montrose 0. Airdrieomans 1. East Stirling 6, Dumbarton 4. St. Bernards 6, Forfar 2. In the amateur international match at Belfast England beat Ireland by n ne goal to nil. RUGBY LEAGUE CUP Second Round Leeds 6. Widnes 2. Bradford Northern 2, Oldham 0. St. Helen’s Rees 3, Wigan 8. Keighley in, Featherstone 0. Wakefield Trinity 7, Warrington 2. Salford 18, Hunslet 2. Halifax 6. Hull Kingston 2. Swinton <». Bramley 5. RUGBY LEAGUE Barrow 3, Hull 3. Liverpool Stanley 7, Huddersfield 9. Rochdale Hornets 5, York 29. RUGBY UNION Royal Navy 8. Royal Air Force 3. Bath 6. Gloucester 5. Bedford 8. Old Merchant Taylors 10. Bristol 5, Richmond 15. Cambridge University 16. Blackheath 28. Devonport Services 11. Old Cranleighans 3. Leicester 9. Swansea 5. London Scottish 28. Guy’s Hospital g. London Welsh 9. London Irish 3. Northampton 7. Coventry 7. Old Leysians 6. Rosslyn Park 17. Oxford University 17, Harlequins 7. Plymouth Albion 3, Exeter 6. Police 9. The Army 0. Sale 16. Birkenhead Park 3. Waterloo 5, Headingley 14. Aberavon 3. Llanelly 3. Ebbwvale 8. Crosskeys 6. Halifax 3, Manchester 6. Neath 32. Penarth 3. Newport 0, Cardiff 7. Edinburgh Academicals 6, Heriotonians 18. Watsonians 8. Stewart onia ns 4.