League Games Proceed Undisturbed by Roar of Nazi Bombers Overhead First Player to Achieve This Distinction Police Retain Pairs Championship The roar of German bombers Aitkenhead made an enviable name for himself in lawn wer head, the bark of anti-aircraft gunfire and the friendly whine of British fighters provided a noisy finale to several soccer matches in the London area yesterday.
The first League tables will provide an interesting study, but for some weeks it will be impossible zo make a fair estimate of teams' per. formances, as some teams have either not scored or not been scored against, making it impossible to determine the goal average.
Following their 7-1 victory last Saturday over Southend, Arsenal Scored another big win yesterday, trouncing Fulham by five-nil. Arsenal scored all their goals in the first half.
Individual top-scorer of the—day was Hinsley, who found the net no less than four times for Bradford City, but despite this marvellous performance Bradford were beaten by Hull by 5-4.
There were four hat-tricks.—In helping Tranmere to defeat New Brighton by 5-1, Davies scored three in a row in the first halt, while Matthews found the net three consecutive times for Bournemouth to beat Bristol City by 5-2, King performed a similar feat for Northampton to trounce Mansfield by 6-1, and Burgess tallied three of Tottenham's four goals to down West Ham by 4-1
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