Sat 28 Apr 1956 Hearts 7 Raith Rovers 2

<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team

Discipline Scoring Seq Streaks Table Team Opponents Statistics Games played

Sat 28 Apr 1956
Division A
Hearts 7
Raith Rovers 2

Scorers Willie Bauld 3 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 22 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 30 ;Willie Bauld 57 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 60 ;Bobby Kirk pen 71 ;Dave Mackay 84

Opp Scorers [E Copland 38] ;[J McEwan 50]

MR NR Season Date Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd LiveTV

1955-56 Sat 28 Apr 1956 15:00:00 Raith Rovers
Tynecastle Park Edinburgh Scotland

7-2
3-1
Division A
18000

Manager /Competitive
Games in Charge Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 3
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 3

Tommy Walker 223

Discipline

Referee
H Phillips

Hearts Raith Rovers

Sending Offs Time Note

Sending Offs Time Note

Bookings Time Note Bookings Time Note

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

Scoring Sequence

No Score Scorer Scores For Time

1
1-0
Bauld Willie Heart of Midlothian 3

2
2-0
Wardhaugh Jimmy Heart of Midlothian 22

3
3-0
Wardhaugh Jimmy Heart of Midlothian 30

4
3-1
Ernest George Copland Raith Rovers 38

5
3-2
James McEwan Raith Rovers 50

6
4-2
Bauld Willie Heart of Midlothian 57

7
5-2
Wardhaugh Jimmy Heart of Midlothian 60

8
6-2
Kirk Bobby Heart of Midlothian 71

9
7-2
Mackay Dave Heart of Midlothian 84

League Tables
Before - Thursday 26 Apr 1956 After - Saturday 28 Apr 1956

Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 Rangers 33 22 8 3 85 26 59 3.2692 52

2 Aberdeen 32 17 10 5 85 46 39 1.8478 44

3 Heart Of Midlothian 33 18 7 8 92 45 47 2.0444 43

4 Hibernian 33 18 7 8 83 50 33 1.6600 43

5 Celtic 32 15 9 8 53 36 17 1.4722 39

6 Queen of the South 33 15 5 13 66 72 -6 .9167 35

7 Airdrieonians 33 13 8 12 81 94 -13 .8617 34

8 Motherwell 33 11 11 11 52 57 -5 .9123 33

9 Kilmarnock 33 11 10 12 49 45 4 1.0889 32

10 Partick Thistle 32 12 7 13 58 58 0 1.0000 31

11 East Fife 34 13 5 16 61 69 -8 .8841 31

12 Raith Rovers 32 11 9 12 55 68 -13 .8088 31

13 Dundee 33 11 6 16 54 64 -10 .8438 28

14 Falkirk 33 11 6 16 58 74 -16 .7838 28

15 St Mirren 33 10 7 16 55 66 -11 .8333 27

16 Dunfermline Athletic 33 10 6 17 42 79 -37 .5316 26

17 Clyde 33 7 6 20 49 74 -25 .6622 20

18 Stirling Albion 32 4 5 23 23 78 -55 .2949 13

Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 0 Rangers 34 22 8 4 85 27 58 3.1481 52

2 1 Heart Of Midlothian 34 19 7 8 99 47 52 2.1064 45

3 1 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 86 50 36 1.7200 45

4 -2 Aberdeen 33 17 10 6 85 50 35 1.7000 44

5 0 Celtic 33 15 9 9 54 39 15 1.3846 39

6 0 Queen of the South 34 16 5 13 69 73 -4 .9452 37

7 0 Airdrieonians 34 14 8 12 85 96 -11 .8854 36

8 1 Kilmarnock 34 12 10 12 52 45 7 1.1556 34

9 1 Partick Thistle 33 13 7 13 62 58 4 1.0690 33

10 -2 Motherwell 34 11 11 12 53 59 -6 .8983 33

11 0 East Fife 34 13 5 16 61 69 -8 .8841 31

12 0 Raith Rovers 33 11 9 13 57 75 -18 .7600 31

13 0 Dundee 34 12 6 16 56 65 -9 .8615 30

14 0 Falkirk 33 11 6 16 58 74 -16 .7838 28

15 0 St Mirren 34 10 7 17 57 70 -13 .8143 27

16 0 Dunfermline Athletic 34 10 6 18 42 82 -40 .5122 26

17 0 Clyde 34 8 6 20 50 74 -24 .6757 22

18 0 Stirling Albion 33 4 5 24 23 81 -58 .2840 13

Type Streaks by Date Cumulative by Date

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
1

1

2405

1164

484

757

5109

3630

L only
1

1

2068

979

416

673

4260

3182

Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
2

8

66

38

13

15

140

72

L only
1

4

50

27

11

12

107

59

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No Sq
No Player Pic Nat Tot App Age G P Tot
Gls Yel Red Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time Goals
vs
Opp

1 Willie Duff 81 21y 02m 22d /

2 Bobby Kirk 45 28y 08m 16d 1 2 1 / 1

3 Tam MacKenzie 308 33y 05m 23d / 1

4 Jimmy Murray 9 23y 02m 24d / 4

5 Freddie Glidden 162 28y 07m 21d /

6 Dave Mackay 76 21y 05m 14d 7 1 / 4

7 Johnny Hamilton 24 21y 03m 06d / 3

8 Alfie Conn Snr 291 29y 06m 26d / 14

9 Willie Bauld 277 29y 03m 04d 198 12 / 13

10 Jimmy Wardhaugh 310 27y 01m 07d 187 12 / 19

11 John Cumming 177 26y 01m 11d / 2

Total Starting App->> 1760 26.37 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

n/a No Subs n/a n/a n/a /

26.37 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager Bert Herdman
Team Managed 26 of 40
Total Managed 26 of 40

No Player Age Team
Apps Total
Apps Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time

1 Charles Drummond Not Known 04 of 10 04 of 10

2 Ian Bain 32y 03m 16d 03 of 04 11 of 14

3 William Polland 21y 09m 00d 03 of 18 03 of 18

4 Andy Young 30y 10m 07d 25 of 33 25 of 33

5 William McNaught 33y 11m 21d 24 of 34 24 of 34

6 Andrew Leigh Not Known 21 of 32 21 of 32

7 James McEwan 27y 01m 06d 14 of 22 14 of 22

8 Bernard Murney Not Known 01 of 01 01 of 01

9 Ernest George Copland 32y 06m 14d 16 of 19 16 of 19

10 Bernard Kelly 23y 06m 07d 12 of 17 12 of 17

11 John Urquhart 31y 02m 25d 02 of 14 02 of 14

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

n/a n/a n/a n/a of n/a n/a of n/a n/a n/a n/a

Match Statistics

Hearts What Opponents

0 Goal Attempts 0

0 On Target 0

0 Off Target 0

0 Woodwork 0

0 Corners 0

0 Fouls 0

0 Offside 0

Games played during this week

SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 L1 Dundee 3 Hibernian 2 7000

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 L1 Motherwell 1 Heart Of Midlothian 0 12000

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 L1 Partick Thistle 2 Celtic 0 15000

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 L2 Albion Rovers 0 Morton 2 1000

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Cardiff City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Rotherham United 0 Leeds United 2

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 E Div3N Bradford Park Avenue 1 Accrington Stanley 0

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 E Div3N York City 1 Derby County 0

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 E Div3S Brentford 1 Coventry City 1

19560423 Mon 23 Apr 1956 E Div3S Shrewsbury Town 1 Southend United 1

19560424 Tue 24 Apr 1956 L2 Third Lanark 2 Alloa Athletic 0 1500

19560424 Tue 24 Apr 1956 E Div3N Carlisle United 4 Chester City 1

19560424 Tue 24 Apr 1956 E Div3N Rochdale 1 Darlington 0

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 Airdrieonians 2 Aberdeen 2 4000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 Celtic 0 Hibernian 3 9500

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Rangers 0 10000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 Falkirk 1 Clyde 2 4000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 Heart Of Midlothian 0 Kilmarnock 2 13000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 Partick Thistle 9 Queen of the South 1 15000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L1 St Mirren 4 East Fife 0 5000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 Ayr United 1 Stenhousemuir 0 6000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 Dundee United 1 Dumbarton 1 2000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 Hamilton Academical 4 Brechin City 1 1000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 Montrose 2 Albion Rovers 2 400

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 Morton 4 Berwick Rangers 0 1000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 Queens Park 3 Cowdenbeath 0 4583

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 L2 St Johnstone 3 Stranraer 2 5000

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Lincoln City 2 Stoke City 1

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3N Bradford City 4 Mansfield Town 2

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3N Crewe Alexandra 2 Workington Town 1

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3N Grimsby Town 2 Southport 0

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3N Wrexham 1 Halifax Town 2

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Gillingham 2 Colchester United 1

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Ipswich Town 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 1

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Norwich City 0 Bournemouth 2

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Reading 1 Exeter City 2

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Southend United 1 Watford 0

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Swindon Town 0 Queens Park Rangers 1

19560425 Wed 25 Apr 1956 E Div3S Torquay United 5 Aldershot 0

19560426 Thu 26 Apr 1956 ICFC GR Staevnet (Copenhagen) XI 1 Barcelona 1

19560426 Thu 26 Apr 1956 L1 Raith Rovers 4 Motherwell 3 4000

19560426 Thu 26 Apr 1956 E Div3N Scunthorpe United 1 Stockport County 5

19560426 Thu 26 Apr 1956 E Div3S Leyton Orient 2 Millwall 1

19560426 Thu 26 Apr 1956 E Div3S Northampton Town 5 Newport County 0

19560426 Thu 26 Apr 1956 E Div3S Walsall 4 Crystal Palace 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Aberdeen 0 Partick Thistle 4 16000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Airdrieonians 4 St Mirren 2 7000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Celtic 1 Queen of the South 3 9000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Heart Of Midlothian 7 Raith Rovers 2 18000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Kilmarnock 3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 8000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Motherwell 1 Dundee 2 8000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Rangers 0 Clyde 1 25000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L1 Stirling Albion 0 Hibernian 3 5000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Berwick Rangers 1 Hamilton Academical 2 1100

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Cowdenbeath 3 Albion Rovers 1 1000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Dumbarton 4 Alloa Athletic 2 2000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Forfar Athletic 0 Ayr United 3 1600

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Montrose 0 St Johnstone 6 2500

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Morton 2 Arbroath 0 2000

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Stenhousemuir 2 Queens Park 1 2500

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 L2 Stranraer 4 Third Lanark 2 1500

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Aston Villa 3 West Bromwich Albion 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Cardiff City 1 Arsenal 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Chelsea 2 Blackpool 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Huddersfield Town 3 Bolton Wanderers 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Luton Town 2 Burnley 3

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Portsmouth 2 Manchester City 4

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3 Sheffield United 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Sunderland 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Bristol Rovers 1 Liverpool 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Hull City 1 Leeds United 4

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Leicester City 3 Doncaster Rovers 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Nottingham Forest 1 Blackburn Rovers 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Port Vale 3 Middlesbrough 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Rotherham United 0 Stoke City 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Sheffield Wednesday 5 Lincoln City 3

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 Swansea City 3 Barnsley 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div 2 West Ham United 3 Bristol City 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Accrington Stanley 0 Tranmere Rovers 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Barrow 3 Chesterfield 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Bradford Park Avenue 2 Carlisle United 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Chester City 0 Rochdale 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Darlington 0 Southport 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Derby County 3 Hartlepool United 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Gateshead 4 Crewe Alexandra 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Grimsby Town 2 Bradford City 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Halifax Town 0 Scunthorpe United 3

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Oldham Athletic 1 Wrexham 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Stockport County 4 York City 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3N Workington Town 2 Mansfield Town 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Aldershot 1 Swindon Town 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Bournemouth 3 Leyton Orient 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Brighton and Hove Albion 3 Torquay United 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Colchester United 3 Norwich City 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Coventry City 0 Reading 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Crystal Palace 1 Newport County 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Exeter City 2 Gillingham 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Millwall 5 Southend United 0

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Queens Park Rangers 3 Northampton Town 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Shrewsbury Town 1 Ipswich Town 1

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Walsall 1 Southampton 3

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 E Div3S Watford 0 Brentford 2

19560428 Sat 28 Apr 1956 F Bury 1 East Fife 2

Scorers	Willie Bauld 3 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 22 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 30 ;Willie Bauld 57 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 60 ;Bobby Kirk pen 71 ;Dave Mackay 84
Opp Scorers	[E Copland 38] ;[J McEwan 50]

Hearts			Raith Rovers
Referee	H Phillips
Sending Offs	Time	Note	Sending Offs	Time	Note




Bookings	Time	Note	Bookings	Time	Note
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0


No	Score	Scorer	Scores For	Time
1	1-0	Bauld Willie	Heart of Midlothian	3
2	2-0	Wardhaugh Jimmy	Heart of Midlothian	22
3	3-0	Wardhaugh Jimmy	Heart of Midlothian	30
4	3-1	Ernest George Copland	Raith Rovers	38
5	3-2	James McEwan	Raith Rovers	50
6	4-2	Bauld Willie	Heart of Midlothian	57
7	5-2	Wardhaugh Jimmy	Heart of Midlothian	60
8	6-2	Kirk Bobby	Heart of Midlothian	71
9	7-2	Mackay Dave	Heart of Midlothian	84

Type	Streaks by Date					Cumulative by Date
Type	W	D	L	Unb	NoW	G	W	D	L	F	A
Competitive	1			1		2405	1164	484	757	5109	3630
L only	1			1		2068	979	416	673	4260	3182

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No	Sq No	Player	Pic	Nat	Tot App	Age	G	P	Tot Gls	Yel	Red	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time	Goals vs Opp
1		Willie Duff			81	21y 02m 22d									/
2		Bobby Kirk			45	28y 08m 16d		1	2						1 / 1
3		Tam MacKenzie			308	33y 05m 23d									/ 1
4		Jimmy Murray			9	23y 02m 24d									/ 4
5		Freddie Glidden			162	28y 07m 21d									/
6		Dave Mackay			76	21y 05m 14d			7						1 / 4
7		Johnny Hamilton			24	21y 03m 06d									/ 3
8		Alfie Conn Snr			291	29y 06m 26d									/ 14
9		Willie Bauld			277	29y 03m 04d			198						12 / 13
10		Jimmy Wardhaugh			310	27y 01m 07d			187						12 / 19
11		John Cumming			177	26y 01m 11d									/ 2
Total Starting App->>				1760	26.37	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
n/a		No Subs		n/a	n/a		n/a								/
					26.37	<<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents Manager Bert Herdman Team Managed 26 of 40 Total Managed 26 of 40
No	Player	Age	Team Apps	Total Apps	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time
1	Charles Drummond	Not Known	04 of 10	04 of 10
2	Ian Bain	32y 03m 16d	03 of 04	11 of 14
3	William Polland	21y 09m 00d	03 of 18	03 of 18
4	Andy Young	30y 10m 07d	25 of 33	25 of 33
5	William McNaught	33y 11m 21d	24 of 34	24 of 34
6	Andrew Leigh	Not Known	21 of 32	21 of 32
7	James McEwan	27y 01m 06d	14 of 22	14 of 22
8	Bernard Murney	Not Known	01 of 01	01 of 01
9	Ernest George Copland	32y 06m 14d	16 of 19	16 of 19
10	Bernard Kelly	23y 06m 07d	12 of 17	12 of 17
11	John Urquhart	31y 02m 25d	02 of 14	02 of 14
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a of n/a	n/a of n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Hearts	What	Opponents
0	Goal Attempts	0
0	On Target	0
0	Off Target	0
0	Woodwork	0
0	Corners	0
0	Fouls	0
0	Offside	0

SortDate	Date	Comp	Rd	Home	F	Away	A	Crowd
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	L1		Dundee	3	Hibernian	2	7000
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	L1		Motherwell	1	Heart Of Midlothian	0	12000
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	L1		Partick Thistle	2	Celtic	0	15000
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	L2		Albion Rovers	0	Morton	2	1000
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Cardiff City	0	Tottenham Hotspur	0
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Rotherham United	0	Leeds United	2
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Bradford Park Avenue	1	Accrington Stanley	0
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	E Div3N		York City	1	Derby County	0
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Brentford	1	Coventry City	1
19560423	Mon 23 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Shrewsbury Town	1	Southend United	1
19560424	Tue 24 Apr 1956	L2		Third Lanark	2	Alloa Athletic	0	1500
19560424	Tue 24 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Carlisle United	4	Chester City	1
19560424	Tue 24 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Rochdale	1	Darlington	0
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		Airdrieonians	2	Aberdeen	2	4000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		Celtic	0	Hibernian	3	9500
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		Dunfermline Athletic	1	Rangers	0	10000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		Falkirk	1	Clyde	2	4000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		Heart Of Midlothian	0	Kilmarnock	2	13000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		Partick Thistle	9	Queen of the South	1	15000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L1		St Mirren	4	East Fife	0	5000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		Ayr United	1	Stenhousemuir	0	6000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		Dundee United	1	Dumbarton	1	2000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		Hamilton Academical	4	Brechin City	1	1000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		Montrose	2	Albion Rovers	2	400
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		Morton	4	Berwick Rangers	0	1000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		Queens Park	3	Cowdenbeath	0	4583
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	L2		St Johnstone	3	Stranraer	2	5000
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Lincoln City	2	Stoke City	1
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Bradford City	4	Mansfield Town	2
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Crewe Alexandra	2	Workington Town	1
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Grimsby Town	2	Southport	0
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Wrexham	1	Halifax Town	2
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Gillingham	2	Colchester United	1
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Ipswich Town	2	Brighton and Hove Albion	1
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Norwich City	0	Bournemouth	2
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Reading	1	Exeter City	2
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Southend United	1	Watford	0
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Swindon Town	0	Queens Park Rangers	1
19560425	Wed 25 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Torquay United	5	Aldershot	0
19560426	Thu 26 Apr 1956	ICFC	GR	Staevnet (Copenhagen) XI	1	Barcelona	1
19560426	Thu 26 Apr 1956	L1		Raith Rovers	4	Motherwell	3	4000
19560426	Thu 26 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Scunthorpe United	1	Stockport County	5
19560426	Thu 26 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Leyton Orient	2	Millwall	1
19560426	Thu 26 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Northampton Town	5	Newport County	0
19560426	Thu 26 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Walsall	4	Crystal Palace	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Aberdeen	0	Partick Thistle	4	16000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Airdrieonians	4	St Mirren	2	7000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Celtic	1	Queen of the South	3	9000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Heart Of Midlothian	7	Raith Rovers	2	18000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Kilmarnock	3	Dunfermline Athletic	0	8000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Motherwell	1	Dundee	2	8000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Rangers	0	Clyde	1	25000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L1		Stirling Albion	0	Hibernian	3	5000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Berwick Rangers	1	Hamilton Academical	2	1100
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Cowdenbeath	3	Albion Rovers	1	1000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Dumbarton	4	Alloa Athletic	2	2000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Forfar Athletic	0	Ayr United	3	1600
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Montrose	0	St Johnstone	6	2500
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Morton	2	Arbroath	0	2000
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Stenhousemuir	2	Queens Park	1	2500
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	L2		Stranraer	4	Third Lanark	2	1500
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Aston Villa	3	West Bromwich Albion	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Cardiff City	1	Arsenal	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Chelsea	2	Blackpool	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Huddersfield Town	3	Bolton Wanderers	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Luton Town	2	Burnley	3
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Portsmouth	2	Manchester City	4
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Tottenham Hotspur	3	Sheffield United	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 1		Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	Sunderland	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Bristol Rovers	1	Liverpool	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Hull City	1	Leeds United	4
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Leicester City	3	Doncaster Rovers	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Nottingham Forest	1	Blackburn Rovers	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Port Vale	3	Middlesbrough	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Rotherham United	0	Stoke City	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Sheffield Wednesday	5	Lincoln City	3
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		Swansea City	3	Barnsley	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div 2		West Ham United	3	Bristol City	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Accrington Stanley	0	Tranmere Rovers	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Barrow	3	Chesterfield	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Bradford Park Avenue	2	Carlisle United	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Chester City	0	Rochdale	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Darlington	0	Southport	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Derby County	3	Hartlepool United	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Gateshead	4	Crewe Alexandra	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Grimsby Town	2	Bradford City	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Halifax Town	0	Scunthorpe United	3
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Oldham Athletic	1	Wrexham	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Stockport County	4	York City	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3N		Workington Town	2	Mansfield Town	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Aldershot	1	Swindon Town	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Bournemouth	3	Leyton Orient	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Brighton and Hove Albion	3	Torquay United	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Colchester United	3	Norwich City	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Coventry City	0	Reading	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Crystal Palace	1	Newport County	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Exeter City	2	Gillingham	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Millwall	5	Southend United	0
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Queens Park Rangers	3	Northampton Town	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Shrewsbury Town	1	Ipswich Town	1
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Walsall	1	Southampton	3
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	E Div3S		Watford	0	Brentford	2
19560428	Sat 28 Apr 1956	F		Bury	1	East Fife	2