(Match 215) 14th April 1951 (56th Home International Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-1)
Referee: George Mitchell (Scotland)
Crowd: 98.750, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965)
Goals: 1-0 Hassall (26), 1-1 Johnstone (33), 1-2 Reilly (48), 1-3 Liddell (54),
2-3 Finney (63)
ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)
Bert Frederick Williams - Alfred Ernest Ramsey, William Eckersley - Henry Johnston,
Jack Froggatt, William Ambrose Wright [c] - Stanley Matthews, Wilfred James Mannion,
Stanley Harding Mortensen, Harold William Hassall, Thomas Finney.
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (16/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (24/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (10/Rangers) -
Robert Evans (10/Celtic)
William Alexander Woodburn (16/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (3/Motherwell) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (9/Rangers)
Robert Johnstone (1/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (9/Hibernian)
William Steel (21/Dundee)
William Beveridge Liddell (14/Liverpool)
Notes: Scotland won the home title.
(Match 216) 12th May 1951 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - DENMARK 3-1 (1-1)
Referee: William H.Evans (England)
Crowd: 75.690, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 J.W.Hansen (6), 1-1 Steel (33), 2-1 Reilly (60), 3-1 Mitchell (86)
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (17/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (25/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (11/Rangers) -
James Scoular (1/Portsmouth)
William Alexander Woodburn (17/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (4/Motherwell) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (10/Rangers)
Robert Johnstone (2/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (10/Hibernian)
William Steel (22/Dundee)
Robert Carmichael Mitchell (1/Newcastle United)
DENMARK:
Eigil Nielsen - Dan Ohland-Andersen, Poul Petersen - Erik Hansen, Edvin Hansen,
Steen Blicher - James Ronvang, Jorgen Wagner Hansen, Jens Torstensen, Knud Lundberg [c],
Jens Peder Hansen.
Notes: The Danish player Jorgen Wagner Hansen played wearing plastic specticles.
(Match 217) 16th May 1951 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - FRANCE 1-0 (0-0)
Referee: Reginald Andrew Mortimer (England)
Crowd: 75.394, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goal: 1-0 Reilly (78)
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (18/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (26/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (12/Rangers) -
James Scoular (2/Portsmouth)
William Alexander Woodburn (18/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (5/Motherwell) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (11/Rangers)
Robert Johnstone (3/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (11/Hibernian)
William Steel (23/Dundee)
Robert Carmichael Mitchell (2/Newcastle United)
FRANCE:
Stephane Dakowski - Guy Huguet, Roger Marche [c] - Antoine Bonifaci, Robert Jonquet,
Antoine Cuissard - Rene Alpsteg, Andre Strappe, Jean Baratte, Edouard Kargulewicz "Kargu",
Edmond Haan.
(Match 218) 20th May 1951 (Friendly match)
BELGIUM - SCOTLAND 0-5 (0-2)
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France)
Crowd: 55.135, Stade Heysel, Brussels
Goals: 0-1 Hamilton (10), 0-2 Mason (15), 0-3 Hamilton (60), 0-4 Hamilton (76),
0-5 Waddell (85)
BELGIUM: (Coach: William Gormlie)
Henri Meert - Arsene Vaillant, Leopold Anoul - Jan Van Der Auwera, Louis Carre,
Victor Mees - Victor Lemberechts, Frederic Chaves d'Aguilar [c], Henri Coppens,
Joseph Mermans, François Sermon.
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (19/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (27/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (13/Rangers) -
John Miller (Ian) McColl (5/Rangers)
William Alexander Woodburn (19/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (6/Motherwell) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (12/Rangers)
James Mason (6/Third Lanark)
George Hamilton (2/Aberdeen)
William Steel (24/Dundee)
Lawrance Reilly (12/Hibernian)
(Match 219) 27th May 1951 (Friendly match)
AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 4-0 (1-0)
Referee: Jean Lutz (Switzerland)
Crowd: 65.000, Praterstadion, Vienna
Goals: 1-0 Hanappi (42), 2-0 Hanappi (56), 3-0 Wagner (69) penalty, 4-0 Wagner (88)
AUSTRIA: (Coach: Walter Nausch)
Walter Zeman - Rudolf Rockl, Ernst Happel - Gerhard Hanappi, Ernst Ocwirk,
Leopold Gernhardt [c] - Ernst Melchior, Hans Riegler, Theodor Wagner,
Erich Probst, Alfred Korner.
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (20/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (28/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (14/Rangers) -
James Scoular (3/Portsmouth)
William Alexander Woodburn (20/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (7/Motherwell) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (13/Rangers)
James Mason (7/Third Lanark)
George Hamilton (3/Aberdeen)
William Steel (25/Dundee)
Lawrance Reilly (13/Hibernian)
Notes: William Steel was sent off after 82 minutes.
(Match 220) 6th October 1951 (57th Home International Championship)
IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND 0-3 (0-2)
Referee: William H.Evans (England)
Crowd: 56.946, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Orr (33), 0-2 Johnstone (44), 0-3 Johnstone (63)
IRELAND (IFA): (Manager: Peter Dermot Doherty)
William [Norman] McCourt Uprichard - William George [Leonard] Graham, Alfred McMichael -
William Dickson, John Joseph Vernon, Raymond Osborn Ferris - William Laurence Bingham,
James McIlroy, Edward James McMorran, John [Robert] Peacock, Charles Tully.
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (21/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (29/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (15/Rangers) -
Robert Evans (11/Celtic)
William Alexander Woodburn (21/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (8/Motherwell) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (14/Rangers)
Robert Johnstone (4/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (14/Hibernian)
Thomas Bingham Orr (1/Morton)
William Beveridge Liddell (15/Liverpool)
(Match 221) 14th November 1951 (57th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 0-1 (0-0)
Referee: Patrick Morris (Ireland - IFA)
Crowd: 71.272, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goal: 0-1 Allchurch (89)
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (22/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (30/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (16/Rangers) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (1/Preston North End)
William Alexander Woodburn (22/Rangers)
Alexander Rooney Forbes (12/Arsenal) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (15/Rangers)
Thomas Bingham Orr (2/Morton)
Lawrance Reilly (15/Hibernian)
William Steel (26/Dundee)
William Beveridge Liddell (16/Liverpool)
WALES:
William Warren Shortt - Walley Barnes, Alfred Thomas Sherwood - Roy Paul,
William Raymond Daniel, William Arthur [Ronald] Burgess [c] - William Isaiah Foulkes,
William Morris, Trevor Ford, Ivor John Allchurch, Royston James Clarke.
(Match 222) 5th April 1952 (57th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-2 (0-2)
Referee: Patrick Morris (Ireland - IFA)
Crowd: 134.504, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Pearson (10), 0-2 Pearson (44), 1-2 Reilly (76)
SCOTLAND:
Robert Brown (5/Rangers) -
George Lewis Young [c] (31/Rangers)
William McNaught (4/Raith Rovers) -
James Scoular (4/Portsmouth)
William Alexander Woodburn (23/Rangers)
William Yates Redpath (9/Motherwell) -
Gordon Smith (8/Hibernian)
Robert Johnstone (5/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (16/Hibernian)
John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (1/Airdrieonians)
William Beveridge Liddell (17/Liverpool)
ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)
Gilbert Harold Merrick - Alfred Ernest Ramsey, Thomas Garrett - William Ambrose Wright [c],
Jack Froggatt, James William Dickinson - Thomas Finney, Ivan Arthur "Ivor" Broadis,
Nathaniel Lofthouse, Stanley Clare Pearson, John Frederick Rowley.
Notes: Scotland were third. England and Wales shared the home title.
(Match 223) 30th April 1952 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - USA 6-0 (4-0)
Referee: Douglas Gerrard (Scotland)
Crowd: 107.765, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Reilly (9), 2-0 Reilly (11), 3-0 McMillan (29), 4-0 Reilly (34),
5-0 O'Connell (60) own goal, 6-0 McMillan (89)
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (23/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (32/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (17/Rangers) -
James Scoular (5/Portsmouth)
William Alexander Woodburn (24/Rangers)
Hugh Thomas Kelly (1/Blackpool) -
Gordon Smith (9/Hibernian)
John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (2/Airdrieonians)
Lawrance Reilly (17/Hibernian)
Allan Duncan Brown (4/Blackpool)
William Beveridge Liddell (18/Liverpool)
USA: (Head coach: John Wood)
Frank Borghi - John O'Connell, Harry Keough - William Sheppell, Charles Colombo,
Walter Bahr [c] - Lloyd Monsen, Ed Neto Souza, Richard Roberts, John Benevides Souza,
Bernard McLaughlin.
(Match 224) 25th May 1952 (Friendly match)
DENMARK - SCOTLAND 1-2 (0-0)
Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden)
Crowd: 39.000, Kobenhavns Idraetspark, Copenhagen
Goals: 0-1 Thornton (49), 1-1 Rasmussen (64), 1-2 Reilly (71)
DENMARK:
Kaj Jorgensen - Poul Petersen, Svend Nielsen - Erik Terkelsen, Christen Brogger,
Steen Blicher - Carl Holm, Poul Rasmussen, Jens Torstensen, Knud Lundberg [c],
Holger Seebach.
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (24/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (33/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (18/Rangers) -
James Scoular (6/Portsmouth)
Andrew Paton (2/Motherwell)
Alexander Rooney Forbes (13/Arsenal) -
Lawrance Reilly (18/Hibernian)
John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (3/Airdrieonians)
William Thornton (7/Rangers)
Allan Duncan Brown (5/Blackpool)
William Beveridge Liddell (19/Liverpool)
(Match 225) 30th May 1952 (Friendly match)
SWEDEN - SCOTLAND 3-1 (2-1)
Referee: Karel van der Meer (Netherlands)
Crowd: 32.122, Raasunda, Solna
Goals: 1-0 Sandberg (2), 2-0 Lofgren (3), 2-1 Liddell (7), 3-1 Bengtsson (68)
SWEDEN:
Karl Svensson - Lennart Samuelsson, Erik Nilsson [c] - Holger Hansson, Bengt Gustavsson,
Gosta Lindh - Sylve Bengtsson, Gosta Lofgren, Lars Eriksson, Yngve Brodd, Gosta Sandberg.
SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan (25/Morton) -
George Lewis Young [c] (34/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (19/Rangers) -
James Scoular (7/Portsmouth)
Andrew Paton (3/Motherwell)
Alexander Rooney Forbes (14/Arsenal) -
Lawrance Reilly (19/Hibernian)
Wilson Humphries (1/Motherwell)
William Thornton (8/Rangers)
Allan Duncan Brown (6/Blackpool)
William Beveridge Liddell (20/Liverpool)
(Match 226) 18th October 1952 (58th Home International Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 1-2 (1-1)
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
Crowd: 60.261, Ninian Park, Cardiff
Goals: 1-0 Ford (24), 1-1 Brown (33), 1-2 Liddell (69)
WALES:
William Warren Shortt - Arthur Richard Lever, Alfred Thomas Sherwood - Roy Paul,
William Raymond Daniel, William Arthur [Ronald] Burgess [c] - William Isaiah Foulkes,
Ellis Reginald Davies, Trevor Ford, Ivor John Allchurch, Royston James Clarke.
SCOTLAND:
George Neil Farm (1/Blackpool) -
George Lewis Young [c] (35/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (20/Rangers) -
James Scoular (8/Portsmouth)
Frank Brennan (4/Newcastle United)
George Graham Aitken (6/Sunderland) -
Thomas Wright (1/Sunderland)
Allan Duncan Brown (7/Blackpool)
Lawrance Reilly (20/Hibernian)
William Steel (27/Dundee)
William Beveridge Liddell (21/Liverpool)
(Match 227) 5th November 1952 (58th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - IRELAND (IFA) 1-1 (0-0)
Referee: Robert E.Smith (Wales)
Crowd: 65.229, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 D'Arcy (82), 1-1 Reilly (89)
SCOTLAND:
George Neil Farm (2/Blackpool) -
George Lewis Young [c] (36/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (21/Rangers) -
James Scoular (9/Portsmouth)
Frank Brennan (5/Newcastle United)
George Graham Aitken (7/Sunderland) -
Thomas Wright (2/Sunderland)
James Tullis Logie (1/Arsenal)
Lawrance Reilly (21/Hibernian)
William Steel (28/Dundee)
William Beveridge Liddell (22/Liverpool)
IRELAND (IFA): (Manager: Peter Dermot Doherty)
William [Norman] McCourt Uprichard - William George [Leonard] Graham, Alfred McMichael -
Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower, William Dickson, Francis Joseph McCourt -
William Laurence Bingham, Seamus Donal "Jimmy/Paddy" D'Arcy, Edward James McMorran,
James McIlroy, Charles Tully.
(Match 228) 18th April 1953 (58th Home International Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 2-2 (1-0)
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Ireland - IFA)
Crowd: 97.000, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965)
Goals: 1-0 Broadis (18), 1-1 Reilly (55), 2-1 Broadis (69), 2-2 Reilly (89)
ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)
Gilbert Harold Merrick - Alfred Ernest Ramsey, Lionel Smith - William Ambrose Wright [c],
Malcolm Williamson Barrass, James William Dickinson - Thomas Finney, Ivan Arthur "Ivor" Broadis,
Nathaniel Lofthouse, Redfern Froggatt, Jack Froggatt.
SCOTLAND:
George Neil Farm (3/Blackpool) -
George Lewis Young [c] (37/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (22/Rangers) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (2/Preston North End)
Frank Brennan (6/Newcastle United)
Douglas Cowie (1/Dundee) -
Thomas Wright (3/Sunderland)
Robert Johnstone (6/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (22/Hibernian)
William Steel (29/Dundee)
William Beveridge Liddell (23/Liverpool)
Notes: This was the first match when the Scotland shirts featured the Scottish
Football Association's own badge that included its name. Although there
were some early variants, for most of the first-half of the 20th century
a rampant red lion on a yellow background with a red border was used.
It was very similar to the Monarch's flag used in Scotland. In 1952
the SFA was asked to create a new badge to avoid confusion between them.
The lion remained and became the centrepiece of the design but was now
surrounded by eleven thistles. Although the badge has been modified over
the years that central feature continues to this day.
Scotland and England shared the home title.
(Match 229) 6th May 1953 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - SWEDEN 1-2 (1-1)
Referee: William Ling (England)
Crowd: 83.989, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Lofgren (32), 1-1 Johnstone (40), 1-2 Eriksson (55)
SCOTLAND:
George Neil Farm (4/Blackpool) -
George Lewis Young [c] (38/Rangers)
Robert [John] Little (1/Rangers) -
Robert Evans (12/Celtic)
Douglas Cowie (2/Dundee)
Thomas Henderson Docherty (3/Preston North End) -
John Gillespie Henderson (1/Portsmouth)
Robert Johnstone (7/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (23/Hibernian)
William Steel (30/Dundee)
Thomas Ring (1/Clyde)
SWEDEN:
Karl Svensson - Lennart Samuelsson, Orvar Bergmark - Sven Ove Svensson, Bengt Gustavsson,
Gosta Lindh - Sylve Bengtsson, Gosta Lofgren, Lars Eriksson, Hans Andersson, Gosta Sandberg.
(Match 230) 3rd October 1953 (59th Home International Championship & 1954 World Cup Qualifying Group 3)
IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND 1-3 (0-0)
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Crowd: 58.248, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: 0-1 Fleming (47), 0-2 Fleming (69), 1-2 Lockhart (72) penalty, 1-3 Henderson (89)
IRELAND (IFA): (Manager: Peter Dermot Doherty)
William Thomas Smyth - William Edward Cunningham, Alfred McMichael - Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower,
James Joseph McCabe, Wilbur Cush - William Laurence Bingham, James McIlroy, William Joseph Simpson,
Charles Tully, Norman Lockhart.
SCOTLAND:
George Neil Farm (5/Blackpool) -
George Lewis Young [c] (39/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (23/Rangers) -
Robert Evans (13/Celtic)
Frank Brennan (7/Newcastle United)
Douglas Cowie (3/Dundee) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (16/Rangers)
Charles Fleming (1/East Fife)
John McPhail (5/Celtic)
James Watson (2/Huddersfield Town)
John Gillespie Henderson (2/Portsmouth)
(Match 231) 4th November 1953 (59th Home International Championship & 1954 World Cup Qualifying Group 3)
SCOTLAND - WALES 3-3 (2-0)
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Ireland - IFA)
Crowd: 71.413, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Brown (19), 2-0 Johnstone (42), 2-1 Charles (49), 3-1 Reilly (58),
3-2 Allchurch (73), 3-3 Charles (88)
SCOTLAND:
George Neil Farm (6/Blackpool) -
George Lewis Young [c] (40/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox (24/Rangers) -
Robert Evans (14/Celtic)
William Douglas Telfer (1/St.Mirren)
Douglas Cowie (4/Dundee) -
John Archie MacKenzie (1/Partick Thistle)
Robert Johnstone (8/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (24/Hibernian)
Allan Duncan Brown (8/Blackpool)
William Beveridge Liddell (24/Liverpool)
WALES:
Ronald Gilbert Howells - Walley Barnes [c], Alfred Thomas Sherwood - Roy Paul,
William Raymond Daniel, William Arthur [Ronald] Burgess - William Isaiah Foulkes,
Ellis Reginald Davies, William [John] Charles, Ivor John Allchurch, Royston James Clarke.
(Match 232) 3rd April 1954 (59th Home International Championship & 1954 World Cup Qualifying Group 3)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 2-4 (1-1)
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland)
Crowd: 134.892, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Brown (7), 1-1 Broadis (13), 1-2 Nicholls (50), 1-3 Allen (68),
1-4 Mullen (83), 2-4 Ormond (89)
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/1)
George Neil Farm (7/Blackpool) -
Michael Haughney (1/Celtic)
Samuel Richmond Cox [c] (25/Rangers) -
Robert Evans (15/Celtic)
Frank Brennan (8/Newcastle United)
George Graham Aitken (8/Sunderland) -
John Archie MacKenzie (2/Partick Thistle)
Robert Johnstone (9/Hibernian)
John Gillespie Henderson (3/Portsmouth)
Allan Duncan Brown (9/Blackpool)
William Esplin Ormond (1/Hibernian)
ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)
Gilbert Harold Merrick - Ronald Staniforth, Roger William Byrne - William Ambrose Wright [c],
Henry Alfred Clarke, James William Dickinson - Thomas Finney, Ivan Arthur "Ivor" Broadis,
Ronald Allen, John Nicholls, James Mullen.
Notes: In February 1954 the Scottish FA announced the appointment of Andrew Beattie
as national team manager. He accepted the role on a part-time basis as he was
at that time in charge at Huddersfield Town.
Scotland were runners-up. England won the home title.
They both qualified for the 1954 World Cup Finals in Switzerland.
(Match 233) 5th May 1954 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - NORWAY 1-0 (1-0)
Referee: John Harold Clough (England)
Crowd: 25.897, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goal: 1-0 Hamilton (34)
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/2)
Fred George Martin (1/Aberdeen) -
William Carruthers Cunningham (1/Preston North End)
John Rae (Jock) Aird (1/Burnley) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty [c] (4/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (1/Partick Thistle)
Robert Evans (16/Celtic) -
Robert Johnstone (10/Hibernian)
George Hamilton (4/Aberdeen)
Patrick McCabe Buckley (1/Aberdeen)
Allan Duncan Brown (10/Blackpool)
William Esplin Ormond (2/Hibernian)
NORWAY: (Coach: Willibald Hahn)
Asbjorn Hansen - Oddvar Hansen, Harry Boye Karlsen [c] - Thorleif Olsen, Thor Hernes,
Arne Natland - Willy Fossli, Gunnar Thoresen, Arne Kotte, Hans Nordahl, Gunnar Dybwad.
(Match 234) 19th May 1954 (Friendly match)
NORWAY - SCOTLAND 1-1 (0-0)
Referee: John Erik Andersson (Sweden)
Crowd: 23.849, Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Goals: 0-1 MacKenzie (55), 1-1 Kure (88)
NORWAY: (Coach: Willibald Hahn)
Asbjorn Hansen - Oddvar Hansen, Harry Boye Karlsen - Thorleif Olsen, Thorbjorn Svenssen [c],
Thor Hernes (Arne Natland 56) - Ragnar Hvidsten, Gunnar Thoresen, Arne Kotte, Gunnar Arnesen,
Harry Kure.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/3)
Fred George Martin (2/Aberdeen) -
William Carruthers Cunningham (2/Preston North End)
John Rae (Jock) Aird (2/Burnley) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty [c] (5/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (2/Partick Thistle)
Douglas Cowie (5/Dundee) -
John Archie MacKenzie (3/Partick Thistle)
George Hamilton (5/Aberdeen)
John Gillespie Henderson (4/Portsmouth)
Allan Duncan Brown (11/Blackpool)
Neil Mochan (1/Celtic)
(Match 235) 25th May 1954 (Friendly match)
FINLAND - SCOTLAND 1-2 (0-1)
Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden)
Crowd: 21.685, Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals: 0-1 Ormond (7), 0-2 Johnstone (47), 1-2 Lahtinen (86)
FINLAND:
Mauno Rintanen [c] (Aarre Klinga 48) - Ake Lindman, Ibert Henrikson - Turkka Sundback,
Lauri Lehtinen, Aimo Sommarberg - Pertti Vanhanen, Matti Hiltunen, Rainer Forss,
Olavi Lahtinen, Borje Nygard.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/4)
John Anderson (1/Leicester City) -
Alexander Wilson (1/Portsmouth)
William Carruthers Cunningham [c] (3/Preston North End) -
Robert Evans (17/Celtic)
Douglas Cowie (6/Dundee)
David Cochrane Mathers (1/Partick Thistle) -
John Archie MacKenzie (4/Partick Thistle)
Robert Johnstone (11/Hibernian)
Allan Duncan Brown (12/Blackpool)
William Fernie (1/Celtic)
William Esplin Ormond (3/Hibernian)
(Match 236) 16th June 1954 (1954 World Cup Finals, 1st Round, Group 3)
AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 1-0 (1-0)
Referee: Laurent Franken (Belgium)
Crowd: 25.000, Hardturm, Zurich
Goal: 1-0 Probst (35)
AUSTRIA: (Coach: Walter Nausch)
Kurt Schmied - Gerhard Hanappi, Ernst Happel - Leopold Barschandt, Ernst Ocwirk,
Karl Koller - Robert Korner, Walter Schleger, Robert Dienst, Erich Probst, Alfred Korner.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/5)
Fred George Martin (3/Aberdeen) -
William Carruthers Cunningham [c] (4/Preston North End)
John Rae (Jock) Aird (3/Burnley) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (6/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (3/Partick Thistle)
Douglas Cowie (7/Dundee) -
John Archie MacKenzie (5/Partick Thistle)
William Fernie (2/Celtic)
Neil Mochan (2/Celtic)
Allan Duncan Brown (13/Blackpool)
William Esplin Ormond (4/Hibernian)
Notes: The 1954 Finals tournament used an unusual format. FIFA rules stated
that the two unseeded teams within each group only played against
the seeded sides and vice-versa. So Scotland played Austria and
Uruguay and not the other unseeded team Czechoslovakia.
(Match 237) 19th June 1954 (1954 World Cup Finals, 1st Round, Group 3)
URUGUAY - SCOTLAND 7-0 (2-0)
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
Crowd: 43.000, St.Jakob Stadion, Basel
Goals: 1-0 Borges (17), 2-0 Miguez (30), 3-0 Borges (47), 4-0 Abbadie (54),
5-0 Borges (57), 6-0 Miguez (83), 7-0 Abbadie (85)
URUGUAY: (Coach: Juan Lopez)
Roque Maspoli - Jose Santamaria, William Martinez - Victor Rodriguez Andrade,
Obdulio Varela [c], Luis Alberto Cruz - Julio Cesar Abbadie, Javier Ambrois,
Oscar Miguez, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Carlos Borges.
SCOTLAND: (Manager: Andrew Beattie/6)
Fred George Martin (4/Aberdeen) -
William Carruthers Cunningham [c] (5/Preston North End)
John Rae (Jock) Aird (4/Burnley) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (7/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (4/Partick Thistle)
Douglas Cowie (8/Dundee) -
John Archie MacKenzie (6/Partick Thistle)
William Fernie (3/Celtic)
Neil Mochan (3/Celtic)
Allan Duncan Brown (14/Blackpool)
William Esplin Ormond (5/Hibernian)
Notes: This was the record Scottish defeat of all time.
Scotland were knocked out after the 1st round. West Germany won the World Cup.
Andrew Beattie resigned from his part-time post after Scotland's disaster
in their first World Cup Finals.
(Match 238) 16th October 1954 (60th Home International Championship)
WALES - SCOTLAND 0-1 (0-0)
Referee: William Ling (England)
Crowd: 53.000, Ninian Park, Cardiff
Goal: 0-1 Buckley (70)
WALES:
Alfred [John] Kelsey - Walley Barnes [c], Alfred Thomas Sherwood - Roy Paul, William [John] Charles,
David Lloyd Bowen - William George Reed, Derek Robert Tapscott, Trevor Ford, Ivor John Allchurch,
Royston James Clarke.
SCOTLAND:
William Alexander Noel Fraser (1/Sunderland) -
George Lewis Young [c] (41/Rangers)
William Carruthers Cunningham (6/Preston North End) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (8/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (5/Partick Thistle)
Douglas Cowie (9/Dundee) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (17/Rangers)
Henry Yorston (1/Aberdeen)
Patrick McCabe Buckley (2/Aberdeen)
William Fernie (4/Celtic)
Thomas Ring (2/Clyde)
(Match 239) 3rd November 1954 (60th Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - NORTHERN IRELAND 2-2 (1-2)
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
Crowd: 46.229, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Davidson (22), 1-1 Bingham (24), 1-2 McAdams (43), 2-2 Johnstone (74)
SCOTLAND:
William Alexander Noel Fraser (2/Sunderland) -
George Lewis Young [c] (42/Rangers)
William McNaught (5/Raith Rovers) -
Robert Evans (18/Celtic)
James Anderson Davidson (6/Partick Thistle)
Douglas Cowie (10/Dundee) -
William Tweedie Orr Waddell (18/Rangers)
Robert Johnstone (12/Hibernian)
Patrick McCabe Buckley (3/Aberdeen)
William Fernie (5/Celtic)
Thomas Ring (3/Clyde)
NORTHERN IRELAND: (Manager: Peter Dermot Doherty)
William [Norman] McCourt Uprichard - William George [Leonard] Graham, William Edward Cunningham -
Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower [c], William [Terence] McCavana, John [Robert] Peacock -
William Laurence Bingham, John Blanchflower, William John McAdams, James McIlroy, Peter James McParland.
(Match 240) 8th December 1954 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - HUNGARY 2-4 (1-3)
Referee: Leopold Horn (Netherlands)
Crowd: 113.146, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 0-1 Bozsik (20), 0-2 Hidegkuti (26), 1-2 Ring (36), 1-3 Sandor (44),
2-3 Johnstone (46), 2-4 Kocsis (89)
SCOTLAND:
Fred George Martin (5/Aberdeen) -
William Carruthers Cunningham [c] (7/Preston North End)
Henry Haddock (1/Clyde) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (9/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (7/Partick Thistle)
John Cumming (1/Heart of Midlothian) -
John Archie MacKenzie (7/Partick Thistle)
Robert Johnstone (13/Hibernian)
Lawrance Reilly (25/Hibernian)
James Alexander Wardhaugh (1/Heart of Midlothian)
Thomas Ring (4/Clyde)
HUNGARY: (Coach: Gusztav Sebes)
Lajos Farago - Jeno Buzanszky, Gyula Lorant - Mihaly Lantos, Joszef Bozsik,
Ferenc Szojka - Karoly Sandor, Sandor Kocsis, Nandor Hidegkuti, Ferenc Puskas [c],
Mate Fenyvesi.
(Match 241) 2nd April 1955 (60th Home International Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 7-2 (4-1)
Referee: Benjamin Mervyn Griffiths (Wales)
Crowd: 96.847, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965)
Goals: 1-0 Wilshaw (1), 2-0 Lofthouse (7), 2-1 Reilly (15), 3-1 Revie (25),
4-1 Lofthouse (27), 5-1 Wilshaw (70), 6-1 Wilshaw (73), 7-1 Wilshaw (83),
7-2 Docherty (85)
ENGLAND: (Manager: Walter Winterbottom)
Bert Frederick Williams - James Meadows, Roger William Byrne - Kenneth Armstrong,
William Ambrose Wright [c], Duncan Edwards - Stanley Matthews, Donald George Revie,
Nathaniel Lofthouse, Dennis James Wilshaw, Frank Blunstone.
SCOTLAND:
Fred George Martin (6/Aberdeen) -
William Carruthers Cunningham [c] (8/Preston North End)
Henry Haddock (2/Clyde) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (10/Preston North End)
James Anderson Davidson (8/Partick Thistle)
John Cumming (2/Heart of Midlothian) -
John Archie MacKenzie (8/Partick Thistle)
Robert Johnstone (14/Manchester City)
Lawrance Reilly (26/Hibernian)
John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (4/Airdrieonians)
Thomas Ring (5/Clyde)
Notes: Scotland were runners-up. England won the home title.
(Match 242) 4th May 1955 (Friendly match)
SCOTLAND - PORTUGAL 3-0 (2-0)
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal (Spain)
Crowd: 20.858, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Gemmell (7), 2-0 Liddell (36), 3-0 Reilly (89)
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger (1/Hibernian) -
Alexander Hershaw Parker (1/Falkirk)
Henry Haddock (3/Clyde) -
Robert Evans (19/Celtic)
George Lewis Young [c] (43/Rangers)
John Cumming (3/Heart of Midlothian) -
Gordon Smith (10/Hibernian)
Archibald Clark Robertson (1/Clyde)
Lawrance Reilly (27/Hibernian)
Thomas Gemmell (1/St.Mirren)
William Beveridge Liddell (25/Liverpool)
PORTUGAL: (Coach: Joao Joaquim Tavares da Silva)
CARLOS Antonio do Carmo Costa GOMES - Manuel Antonio CALDEIRA, Angelo Ferreira CARVALHO -
FERNANDO Augusto do Amaral CAIADO, Manuel PASSOS Fernandes [c], EMIDIO da Silva GRAÇA -
JOSE Pinto de Carvalho Santos AGUAS, Sebastiao Lucas da Fonseca-MATATEU, MARIO Esteves COLUNA,
Jose Antonio Barreto TRAVASSOS, Joao Baptista MARTINS.
(Match 243) 15th May 1955 (Friendly match)
YUGOSLAVIA - SCOTLAND 2-2 (2-2)
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)
Crowd: 20.000, Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija (JNA), Belgrade
Goals: 1-0 Veselinovic (13), 1-1 Reilly (29), 2-1 Vukas (38), 2-2 Smith (39)
YUGOSLAVIA: (Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic)
Vladimir Beara (Branko Kralj 65) - Bruno Belin, Miljan Zekovic - Zlatko Cajkovski,
Suad Svraka, Vujadin Boskov - Todor Veselinovic, Milos Milutinovic, Bernard Vukas,
Stjepan Bobek [c], Branko Zebec.
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger (2/Hibernian) -
Alexander Hershaw Parker (2/Falkirk)
Henry Haddock (4/Clyde) -
Robert Evans (20/Celtic)
George Lewis Young [c] (44/Rangers)
John Cumming (4/Heart of Midlothian) -
Gordon Smith (11/Hibernian)
Robert Young Collins (4/Celtic)
Lawrance Reilly (28/Hibernian)
Thomas Gemmell (2/St.Mirren)
William Beveridge Liddell (26/Liverpool)
(Match 244) 19th May 1955 (Friendly match)
AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 1-4 (0-2)
Referee: Dr.Giorgio Bernardi (Italy)
Crowd: 65.000, Praterstadion, Vienna
Goals: 0-1 Robertson (1), 0-2 Smith (43), 0-3 Liddell (70), 1-3 Ocwirk (87),
1-4 Reilly (89)
AUSTRIA: (Coach: Karl Geyer)
Kurt Schmied - Paul Halla, Leopold Barschandt - Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Rockl,
Ernst Ocwirk - Otto Hofbauer, Theodor Wagner, Richard Brousek (Robert Dienst 36),
Erich Probst, Walter Schleger.
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger (3/Hibernian) -
Alexander Hershaw Parker (3/Falkirk)
Andrew Kerr (1/Partick Thistle) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (11/Preston North End)
Robert Evans (21/Celtic)
Douglas Cowie (11/Dundee) -
Gordon Smith [c] (12/Hibernian)
Robert Young Collins (5/Celtic)
Lawrance Reilly (29/Hibernian)
Archibald Clark Robertson (2/Clyde)
William Beveridge Liddell (27/Liverpool)
Notes: Leopold Barschandt was sent off after 57 minutes.
(Match 245) 29th May 1955 (Friendly match)
HUNGARY - SCOTLAND 3-1 (0-1)
Referee: Friedrich Seipelt (Austria)
Crowd: 102.000, Nepstadion, Budapest
Goals: 0-1 Smith (42), 1-1 Hidegkuti (51), 2-1 Kocsis (59), 3-1 Fenyvesi (68)
HUNGARY: (Coach: Gusztav Sebes)
Imre Danka (Lajos Farago HT) - Jeno Buzanszky, Pal Varhidi - Mihaly Lantos,
Joszef Bozsik, Ferenc Szojka - Karoly Sandor (Peter Palotas 44), Sandor Kocsis,
Nandor Hidegkuti, Ferenc Puskas [c], Mate Fenyvesi.
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger (4/Hibernian) -
Andrew Kerr (2/Partick Thistle)
Henry Haddock (5/Clyde) -
Thomas Henderson Docherty (12/Preston North End)
Robert Evans (22/Celtic)
Douglas Cowie (12/Dundee) -
Gordon Smith [c] (13/Hibernian)
Robert Young Collins (6/Celtic)
Lawrance Reilly (30/Hibernian)
Archibald Clark Robertson (3/Clyde)
William Beveridge Liddell (28/Liverpool)
Notes: William Liddell's 80th minute penalty kick went wide.
(Match 246) 8th October 1955 (61st Home International Championship)
NORTHERN IRELAND - SCOTLAND 2-1 (2-0)
Referee: John H.Kelly (England)
Crowd: 58.000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: 1-0 J.Blanchflower (7), 2-0 Bingham (16), 2-1 Reilly (62)
NORTHERN IRELAND: (Manager: Peter Dermot Doherty)
William [Norman] McCourt Uprichard - William George [Leonard] Graham, William Edward Cunningham -
Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower [c], William [Terence] McCavana, John [Robert] Peacock -
William Laurence Bingham, John Blanchflower, Francis "Fay" Coyle, James McIlroy, Peter James McParland.
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger (5/Hibernian) -
Alexander Hershaw Parker (4/Falkirk)
Joseph McDonald (1/Sunderland) -
Robert Evans (23/Celtic)
George Lewis Young [c] (45/Rangers)
Archibald Glen (1/Aberdeen) -
Gordon Smith (14/Hibernian)
Robert Young Collins (7/Celtic)
Lawrance Reilly (31/Hibernian)
Robert Johnstone (15/Manchester City)
William Beveridge Liddell (29/Liverpool)
(Match 247) 9th November 1955 (61st Home International Championship)
SCOTLAND - WALES 2-0 (2-0)
Referee: Reginald James Leafe (England)
Crowd: 53.887, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals: 1-0 Johnstone (14), 2-0 Johnstone (25)
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger (6/Hibernian) -
Alexander Hershaw Parker (5/Falkirk)
Joseph McDonald (2/Sunderland) -
Robert Evans (24/Celtic)
George Lewis Young [c] (46/Rangers)
Douglas Cowie (13/Dundee) -
Gordon Smith (15/Hibernian)
Robert Johnstone (16/Manchester City)
Lawrance Reilly (32/Hibernian)
Robert Young Collins (8/Celtic)
John Gillespie Henderson (5/Portsmouth)
WALES: (Manager: Walley Barnes)
Alfred [John] Kelsey - Stuart Grenville Williams, Alfred Thomas Sherwood [c] - Melvyn Charles,
William [John] Charles, Roy Paul - Derek Robert Tapscott, Noel Kinsey, Trevor Ford, Ivor John Allchurch,
Clifford William Jones.
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