The Archive · 1938

Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town have won their fight for a place in the English football League.

Al the annual meeting of the Foot~ all League yesterday, Ipswich were elected to the Southern Section of the Third Division, displacing Gil-

Ipswich thus become members of the League for the frst time since the foundation of the club 40 years ago, They were amateurs until 1936.

Walsall, who occupied one of the last "two "places with Gillingham, were re-elected, In the Northern Section, Barrow and Accrington were re-elected.

Changes in the Third Division were the transfer of Port Vale to the southern Section, and the entrance Into the Northern Section of Barns-and Stockport, who were relegated from the Second Division—Reuter, Hearts Beat Brentford Glasgow, June 1.

Hearts beat Brentford by one goat to nil today in the fourth match of the Glasgow Empire Exhibition tournament between English and Scottish soccer teams, Scotland now has three victories to her credit, the only one won by Eng~ land being the Everton-Rangers game in which the English team won by two goals to nil, The sides participating in the tournament are: Scotland: Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and Hearts; England: Brentford, Sunderland, Everton and Chelsea,—Heuter Wilcox to Captain Rest London, June 1, D, R. Wilcox, joint captain of Essex, has been appointed captain of The Rest in the Cricket Test. tnat beginning at Lord's today. G, 0, Allen was originally chosen, but he is me disposed and is unable to play, Hammond, the Gloucester all-rounder, will captain the England XI—Reuter,

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