Of the 54 League matches played under the Football Association's jurisdiction on Saturday, 39 resulted in home victories. 'Ten' teams fon foreign ground and ten. teams participated in drawn games. The First Division of the English League! provided the most surprises for it accounted for half of the visiting successes, among the defeated home teams being no less a side than the Champions. No drawn' games. se-erned from First Division play. Arsenal's defeat at Home was Matched, on the other side of the Tweed in the loss of two points by the Rangers to the Celtic. The winning team in each case stood high in the final tables last season. Manchester City, who won at Highbury, were fourth and Celtic were actually runners-up to the Rangers in. the Scottish League, In contrast to the performance of the senior London eleven, Chelsea did well to win, against West Bromwich Albion and Huddersfield who have started in excellent form, accomplished a sats factory feat in taking full " points from Everton. 'The highest scoring' was seen at Sunderland where the home side netted seven goals to Blackburn Rovers' two, and in. the! match between the Heart of Midlothfan and Hibernian who settled their differences by scoring eight and three goals respectively.
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