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Saturday 2nd February 1946 (Victory international)
IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND XI  2-3  (2-1)
Referee: David Maxwell (Belfast, Ireland - IFA)
Crowd: 53.000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: 1-0 Walsh (18), 1-1 Liddell (19), 2-1 Walsh (32), 2-2 Hamilton (56), 2-3 Liddell (76)

IRELAND (IFA):
Thomas Breen (Linfield), Walter S McMillen (Belfast Celtic), James McBurney Feeney (Linfield), 
James Todd (Blackpool), John Joseph Vernon (Belfast Celtic), Thomas "Bud" Aherne (Belfast Celtic), 
Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan (Arsenal), Alexander Ernest Stevenson (Everton) [c], David John Walsh 
(Linfield), John James Carey (Manchester United), Patrick Bonnar (Belfast Celtic).

SCOTLAND XI:
Robert Brown                           (Queen's Park)
James McGowan                          (Partick Thistle)
John (Jock) Shaw [c]                   (Rangers) 
William Bowie Campbell                 (Morton)
Andrew Paton                           (Motherwell)
George Paterson                        (Celtic) 
William Tweedie Orr Waddell            (Rangers)
George Hamilton                        (Aberdeen)
Ephraim "Jock" Dodds     	       (Blackpool)
Kenneth MacTaggart Chisholm            (Queen's Park)
William Beveridge Liddell              (Liverpool)

Notes:  "IRELAND (IFA)" is used to differentiate the Irish Football Association (IFA) 
        based in Belfast from the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), formed in Dublin 
        in September 1921. Until 1953 both associations styled their teams as Ireland. 
        A more detailed explanation is included at point 1 in the notes on the overview 
        page of "Scotland - International Results".    
        One source gives the Scottish goal in the 56th minute to Dodds.
        The attendance was a new record for Windsor Park.


Saturday 13th April 1946 (Victory international) SCOTLAND XI - ENGLAND 1-0 (0-0) Referee: Peter Craigmyle (Aberdeen) Crowd: 139.468, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goal: 1-0 Delaney (88) SCOTLAND XI: Robert Brown (Queen's Park) David Shaw (Hibernian) John (Jock) Shaw [c] (Rangers) William Bowie Campbell (Morton) Frank Brennan (Airdrieonians) John Husband (Partick Thistle) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) Cornelius (Neil) Dougall (Birmingham City) James Delaney (Manchester United) Thomas Walker (Heart of Midlothian) William Beveridge Liddell (Liverpool) ENGLAND: Frank Victor Swift (Manchester City), Lawrence Scott (Arsenal), George Francis Moutry Hardwick (Middlesbrough), William Ambrose Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Cornelius Franklin (Stoke City), Joseph Mercer (Everton) [c], William Bethwaite Elliott (West Bromwich Albion), Leonard Francis Shackleton (Bradford (Park Avenue)), Thomas Lawton (Chelsea), James Hagan (Sheffield United), Denis Charles Scott Compton (Arsenal). Notes: Jock Shaw and David Shaw were brothers. This capacity of the ground was set at 138.000 and was all-ticket. The actual attendance was the fifth highest-ever crowd at Hampden Park and exceeded the limit set. Despite this about 1.000 ticket holders were unable to gain entry as the Police judged the terraces were full and ordered the turnstiles to be closed. The unlucky supporters organised an urgent meeting and sent a petition of complaint to the Scottish Football Association.
Saturday 24th August 1946 (Bolton Disaster Fund) ENGLAND - SCOTLAND XI 2-2 (2-1) Referee: George Dutton (Warwick, England) Crowd: 70.000, Maine Road, Manchester Goals: 1-0 Welsh (12), 1-1 Thornton (24), 2-1 Welsh (44) penalty, 2-2 Thornton (85) ENGLAND: Frank Victor Swift (Manchester City) [c], Joseph Walton (Manchester United), George Francis Moutry Hardwick (Middlesbrough), William Ambrose Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Leon Harry Leuty (Derby County), Frank Rollason Mitchell (Birmingham City), Stanley Matthews (Stoke City), Donald Welsh (Charlton Athletic), Reginald Lewis (Arsenal), Alfred [Walter] Fielding (Everton), Charles Mitten (Manchester United). SCOTLAND XI: William Miller (Celtic) David Shaw (Hibernian) John (Jock) Shaw [c] (Rangers) William Bowie Campbell (Morton) Frank Brennan (Newcastle United) John Husband (Partick Thistle) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) Cornelius (Neil) Dougall (Birmingham City) William Thornton (Rangers) George Hamilton (Aberdeen) William Beveridge Liddell (Liverpool) Notes: This match was played for the benefit of the Bolton Disaster Fund. The Bolton disaster occurred at Burnden Park, Bolton on 9th March 1946 when 33 spectators died and hundreds of others were injured due to crushing at a Bolton Wanderers v Stoke City FA Cup match. The Scottish Football Association made a donation of £1,000 to the fund and agreed to pay all its own expenses relating to this fund-raising match. The match raised around £12,000. The attendance at Maine Road was limited to 70.000, more than 10.000 below the holding capacity at the time. The report into the disaster had been published by the time of the match with recommendations to improve crowd control. Clubs took immediate action and it is likely the 70.000 limit was imposed as a direct result of the report. George Dutton had reached the upper age limit as a referee and was not included on the Football League list for the forthcoming 1946-47 season. However, as he was in charge of the Bolton disaster match he was asked to officiate at this game.
Wednesday 28th May 1947 (Friendly match) BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE COMBINED SERVICES XI - SCOTLAND XI 4-3 (1-2) Referee: nk Crowd: 30.000, Bahrenfeld Stadium, Hamburg, Germany Goals: 0-1 Young (9), 1-1 Thompson (14), 1-2 Pearson (40), 2-2 Dutchman (66), 3-2 Lee (71), 4-2 Thompson (80), 4-3 Pearson (85) BAOR COMBINED SERVICES XI: Sgt James Clews Cowan (Morton), Sgt Ivor Verdun Powell (Queen's Park Rangers), Sgt James Guy Taylor (Fulham), Capt Thomas Stewart (Queen's Park), Sgt Ronald Frederick Stitfall (Cardiff City), Capt Alexander Cross (Queen's Park) [c], Sgt Dennis Thompson (Sheffield United), FO John Arthur Dutchman (Leeds United), Cpl George Thomas Lee (York City), Sgt Edward Francis Baily (Tottenham Hotspur), Cpl Thomas Powell (Derby County). SCOTLAND XI: William Miller (Celtic) David Shaw (Hibernian) John (Jock) Shaw (Rangers) Hugh Brown (Partick Thistle) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) John Husband (Partick Thistle) William MacFarlane (Heart of Midlothian) Robert Wilson Flavell (Airdrieonians) George Lewis Young (Rangers) William Steel (Morton) Thomas Usher Pearson (Newcastle United) Notes: The newspaper match reports give the name Sgt Powell (Queen's Park) as right back of BAOR XI. He probably is Welsh international Ivor Powell of Queen's Park Rangers.
Wednesday 23rd February 1949 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND XI - BRITISH ARMY 7-1 (5-0) Referee: John Alexander Mowat (Burnside, Scotland) Crowd: 20.224, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Goals: 1-0 Turnbull (17), 2-0 Mason (25), 3-0 Ormond (33), 4-0 Thornton (35), 5-0 Ormond (41), 6-0 Thornton (46), 6-1 Johnstone (52), 7-1 Turnbull (74) SCOTLAND XI: James Clews Cowan (Morton) William Douglas Telfer (St.Mirren) Thomas Fleming McKenzie (Heart of Midlothian) Robert Evans (Celtic) George Lewis Young [c] (Rangers) Alfred Boyd (Dundee) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) James Mason (Third Lanark) William Thornton (Rangers) Edward Hunter Turnbull (Hibernian) William Esplin Ormond (Hibernian) BRITISH ARMY: Pte Ronald Campbell Simpson (RAC & Queen's Park), Gnr John Alfred Flavell (RA & West Bromwich Albion), S/I W Crosbie (APTC), Pte Cameron Campbell Buchanan (South Staffs Regt & Wolverhampton Wanderers), SQMS Percy Arthur Andrews (Royal Signals & York City), L/Cpl Dennis Victor Martin (RAOC & Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic), L/Cpl Walter Alexander Alan Hinshelwood (Middlesex Regt & Fulham), Dvr Robert Johnstone (RASC & Hibernian), Gnr John Wallace (Iain) Jamieson (RA & Coventry City), L/Cpl William Simeon McPhail (HLI & Clyde), L/Cpl James [Ernest] Bond (East Lancs Regt & Preston North End). Notes: The Scottish Fuel Efficiency Committee made a formal protest to the War Office about this match. It was concerned that the game played on a midweek afternoon would lead to absenteeism and interfere with industrial production. The War Office pointed out that the SFA had set the date for the match that was a practice match for the Scotland XI and similar matches had drawn small attendances of 6-7.000. Sir Patrick Dollan, chairman of the committee, was told that the War Office would not have allowed the match to go ahead if they knew the attendance was likely to exceed those of previous games. Sir Patrick wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to raise his concerns that Scottish football was not falling in line with England and was still playing matches in midweek.
Wednesday 25th May 1949 (North America tour) ST.LOUIS ALL-STARS - SCOTLAND XI 0-6 (0-3) Referee: Justin Keenoy (St.Louis, Missouri) Crowd: 9.662, name of the stadium nk, St.Louis, Missouri Goals: 0-1 Houliston (7), 0-2 Houliston (10), 0-3 Orr (nk), 0-4 Evans (nk), 0-5 Waddell (nk), 0-6 Orr (nk) ST.LOUIS ALL-STARS: Larry King (Paul Schulte Motors), Bob Fitzgerald, John Galimberti (Simpkins-Ford), Ollie Bohlman (Paul Schulte Motors), Charles Colombo (Simpkins-Ford), Harry Keough (Paul Schulte Motors), Amiel Muniz (Paul Schulte Motors), Gino Pariani (Simpkins-Ford), William Bertani (Simpkins-Ford), Joe Spica, Frank Wallace (Simpkins-Ford). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Samuel Richmond Cox (Rangers) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) George Graham Aitken (East Fife) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) Thomas Bingham Orr (Morton) William Houliston (Queen of the South) William Steel (Derby County) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Notes: Aitken retired 10 minutes from the end with an eye injury that required two stitches. Thomas Orr suffered a leg injury and played the last 15 minutes as outside right. A pre-match agreement allowed substitutions, but no changes were made despite the injuries.
Sunday 29th May 1949 (North America tour) BELFAST CELTIC - SCOTLAND XI 2-0 (1-0) Referee: Fred Coggin (Kearny, New Jersey) Crowd: 15.000, Triborough Stadium, New York, NY Goals: 1-0 Campbell (25), 2-0 Campbell (55) BELFAST CELTIC: Kevin McAlinden, William McMillan, Thomas "Bud" Aherne, John "Scotty" Walker, Charles Currie, Joseph "Robin" Lawler, Alexander "Lexie" Moore (Glenavon), Tom Dorman (Ards), John Peter Campbell, Michael O'Flanagan, Patrick Bonnar. SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) John (Jock) Govan (Hibernian) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Douglas Telfer (St.Mirren) Samuel Richmond Cox (Rangers) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) William Yates Redpath (Motherwell) William Thornton (Rangers) William Steel (Derby County) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Notes: The USA football authorities planned an international festival of football to be played at Triborough Stadium, New York, in May/June 1949. It was to involve five matches between teams representing the national associations of the hosts, England (Newcastle United), Ireland (Belfast Celtic), Scotland (Scottish XI), Sweden (IFK Göteborg). The SFA was given the choice of opponents in the team's one match in the festival. It decided to play Belfast Celtic as it believed it would attract a bigger crowd drawn from the large Scottish and Irish communities in New York. Belfast Celtic were also on a North American tour involving other matches and had invited three players from other Irish clubs to join the touring party. Two of them played in this match and their clubs are shown in the line-up.
Monday 30th May 1949 (North America tour) AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE - SCOTLAND XI 1-4 (1-2) Referee: James Stevenson (nk) Crowd: 12.000, Triborough Stadium, New York, NY Goals: 0-1 Houliston (10), 0-2 Thornton (25), 1-2 McCann (39), 1-3 Steel (53), 1-4 Evans (73) AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE: Eugene A Olaff (Brooklyn Hispano), Erwin Finsterwald (New York Americans), Benjamin Wattman (Brooklyn Hakoah), Joseph Andre Maca (Brooklyn Hispano), John Calder (Kearny Scots), George McCann (Brooklyn Hispano), John Hynes (New York Americans), Jesus "Pito" Villalón (Brookhattan [New York]), Joseph Edouard Gaetjens (Brookhattan [New York]), John O'Connell (New York Americans), Efrain "Chico" Chacurian (Brooklyn Hispano). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) John (Jock) Govan (Hibernian) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) William Yates Redpath (Motherwell) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) William Thornton (Rangers) William Houliston (Queen of the South) William Steel (Derby County) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Notes: The Americans played with ten men for the final 40 minutes when Maca had to leave the pitch with a suspected broken nose. The pre-match agreement only allowed a substitution for an injured goalkeeper.
Monday 6th June 1949 (North America tour) KEARNY ALL-STARS - SCOTLAND XI 1-3 (1-3) Referee: Fred Coggin (Kearny, New Jersey) Crowd: 7.500, Kearny High School, Kearny, New Jersey Goals: 1 (Villalón) KEARNY ALL-STARS - 3 (Orr, Steel, Reilly) SCOTLAND XI KEARNY ALL-STARS: Duncan MacPhail (club nk but Kearny Irish later in 1949 – see notes below), George Barr (Brookhattan [New York]), Benjamin Wattman (Brooklyn Hakoah), Ed McIlvenny (Philadelphia Nationals), John Calder (Kearny Scots), Walter Bahr (Philadelphia Nationals), Peter Campbell (Kearny Scots), Jesus "Pito" Villalón (Brookhattan [New York]), John O'Connell (New York Americans), Efrain "Chico" Chacurian (Brooklyn Hispano), Charles "Chappie" Sheppell (Kearny Celtic – see notes below). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) John (Jock) Govan (Hibernian) Samuel Richmond Cox (Rangers) William Yates Redpath (Motherwell) William Douglas Telfer (St.Mirren) George Graham Aitken (East Fife) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Thomas Bingham Orr (Morton) William Thornton (Rangers) William Steel (Derby County) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Notes: Prior to the 1941-42 season Philadelphia Passon changed their name to Philadelphia Nationals. The Kearny Irish were an American soccer club based in Kearny, New Jersey. Commonly known as the Irish-Americans, they were renamed the Kearny Celtic prior to the 1942-43 season. The team returned to their original name before the 1949-50 season.
Wednesday 8th June 1949 (North America tour) ONTARIO ALL-STARS - SCOTLAND XI 0-2 (0-2) Referee: Ray Morgan (Toronto, Ontario) Crowd: 15.000, Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, Ontario Goals: 0-1 Thornton (11), 0-2 Orr (26) ONTARIO ALL-STARS: Dick Arends (Scottish [Toronto]), Bill Davidson (or Davison) (Ulster United [Toronto]), John Richard "Jack" Perrett (Ulster United [Toronto]), Sam Davidson (Ulster United [Toronto]), Phil McKay (Ulster United [Toronto]), Archie McDowell (Ulster United [Toronto]), Jimmy Carnegie (Ulster United [Toronto]), John Gifford (Ulster United [Toronto]), Walter "Wally" McCarrell (Ulster United [Toronto]), Bill Cowie, Telfer. SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) George Lewis Young (Rangers) William Douglas Telfer (St.Mirren) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) George Graham Aitken (East Fife) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) Samuel Richmond Cox (Rangers) William Thornton (Rangers) Thomas Bingham Orr (Morton) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian)
Thursday 9th June 1949 (North America tour) EASTERN CANADA ALL-STARS - SCOTLAND XI 2-5 (1-4) Referee: Tom Goring (nk) Crowd: 12.000, Stade Delorimier, Montreal, Quebec Goals: 0-1 Orr (4), 0-2 Thornton (8), 0-3 Reilly (15), 1-3 Godfrey (20), 1-4 Orr (26), 1-5 Thornton (71), 2-5 Godfrey (2ndH) EASTERN CANADA ALL-STARS: Abie Grosser (Stelco [Montreal]), Bill Kennedy (Scottish [Toronto]), Doug Cunningham (Stelco [Montreal]), Johnny Sinclair (Cancar [Montreal]), Art Froggatt (Canadair Falcons [Montreal]), Joe Caplan (Stelco [Montreal]), Les Talbot (club nk [Hamilton]), Andy Menyies (Cancar [Montreal]), Bruce Godfrey (Stelco [Montreal]), Doug McMahon (Cancar [Montreal]), Jimmy Weir (Canadiens [Toronto]). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) John (Jock) Govan (Hibernian) William Douglas Telfer (St.Mirren) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) William Yates Redpath (Motherwell) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) William Thornton (Rangers) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Thomas Bingham Orr (Morton) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers)
Sunday 12th June 1949 (North America tour) PHILADELPHIA ALL-STARS - SCOTLAND XI 1-8 (1-3) Referee: Sam Galin (New York, NY) Crowd: 4.000, Yellow Jacket Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Goals: 1 (R or J Smith - penalty) PHILADELPHIA ALL-STARS - 8 (Waddell 6, Steel, Reilly) SCOTLAND XI PHILADELPHIA ALL-STARS: Bob Yingling, R Smith, David Dick (Philadelphia Nationals), Werner Mieth (Philadelphia Americans), James Smith (Philadelphia Nationals), Walter Bahr (Philadelphia Nationals), Tommy Oliver (Philadelphia Nationals), Jim Reid (Philadelphia Americans), Ray King (Philadelphia Americans), James Dunn (Philadelphia Nationals), John Sullivan (Philadelphia Nationals). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) John (Jock) Govan (Hibernian) Samuel Richmond Cox [c] (Rangers) William Yates Redpath (Motherwell) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) George Graham Aitken (East Fife) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) William Steel (Derby County) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Notes: In 1942, a year after the United States entered World War II, the Philadelphia German-American dropped "German" from their name and just became known as the Philadelphia Americans.
Wednesday 15th June 1949 (North America tour) NEW ENGLAND ALL-STARS - SCOTLAND XI 1-3 (1-3) Referee: J.Andrade (Fall River, Massachusetts) Crowd: 4.045, Fall River Stadium, Fall River, Massachusetts Goals: 0-1 Thornton (19), 1-1 Moniz (nk), 1-2 Steel (40), 1-3 Thornton ("before half-time") NEW ENGLAND ALL-STARS: (Team manager: Manuel Travis) Walter Romanowicz (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), William Bello (Lusitano [Ludlow]), Manuel Martin (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), Joseph Rego-Costa (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), Joe Ferreira (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), Stephen Quinn (Pawtucket Rangers), Frank "Shorty" Moniz (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), Ed Neto Souza (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), Antone Almeida (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), John Benevides Souza (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), John Millington (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) John (Jock) Govan (Hibernian) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Robert Evans (Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) George Graham Aitken (East Fife) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Thomas Bingham Orr (Morton) William Thornton (Rangers) William Steel (Derby County) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Notes: Samuel Cox was unable to play because of a suspected fractured toe following a baseball match.
Sunday 19th June 1949 (North America tour) UNITED STATES - SCOTLAND XI 0-4 (0-2) Referee: Sam Galin (New York, NY) Crowd: 17.000, Triborough Stadium, New York, NY Goals: 0-1 Steel (12), 0-2 Steel (30), 0-3 Waddell (nk), 0-4 Waddell (89) UNITED STATES: Eugene A Olaff (Brooklyn Hispano), Louis Yakopec (Harmarville Hurricanes), Manuel Martin (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), John O'Connell (New York Americans), Charles Colombo (St.Louis Simpkins-Ford), Walter Bahr (Philadelphia Nationals), Howard Whatford (New York Hakoah) [sub: Pete Matevich (Chicago Slovak) "just after the interval"], Herman Graesser (New York Sport Club), William Sheppell (Newark German), John Benevides Souza (Ponta Delgada [Fall River]), Amiel Muniz (Paul Schulte Motors). SCOTLAND XI: James Robertson Brown (Heart of Midlothian) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Samuel Richmond Cox (Rangers) William Yates Redpath (Motherwell) William Alexander Woodburn (Rangers) George Graham Aitken (East Fife) William Tweedie Orr Waddell (Rangers) Thomas Bingham Orr (Morton) William Thornton (Rangers) William Steel (Derby County) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Notes: Later in the second-half Bahr went off injured leaving the USA with ten men for the remainder of the match. The United States Soccer Federation considers this a full international match.
Monday 3rd March 1952 (Friendly match) BRITISH ARMY - SCOTLAND XI 1-3 (1-2) Referee: Patrick F Power (York, England) Crowd: 13.690, St James Park, Newcastle Goals: 1-0 Parry (4), 1-1 McMillan (5), 1-2 McMillan (30), 1-3 McMillan (55) BRITISH ARMY: Pte John Anderson (RAMC & Leicester City), L/Cpl William Dodgin (RAMC & Fulham), Pte Ronald [Barrington] Mansell (RAOC & Portsmouth), Pte Anthony Vittorio Marchi (RAOC & Tottenham Hotspur), Gnr Geoffrey Twentyman (Royal Artillery & Carlisle United), Tpr Alexander [Ewan] Fenton (14/20th Hussars & Blackpool), Pte John Gillespie Henderson (RAOC & Portsmouth), Sgt William Anderson (REME & Bishop Auckland), Pte Victor Albert William Keeble (RAOC & Newcastle United), L/Cpl John Parry (Sherwood Foresters & Derby County), Sgn Brian Frear (Royal Signals & Huddersfield Town). SCOTLAND XI: James Clews Cowan (Morton) Hugh Howie (Hibernian) William McNaught (Raith Rovers) John Miller (Ian) McColl (Rangers) Kenneth Gordon Thomson (Aberdeen) Andrew Black Leigh (Raith Rovers) Gordon Smith (Hibernian) Robert Johnstone (Hibernian) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (Airdrieonians) Thomas Ring (Clyde)
Monday 2nd March 1953 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND XI - BRITISH ARMY 2-1 (1-0) Crowd: 16.000, Hampden Park, Glasgow Referee: William Brittle (Glasgow) Goals: 1-0 Johnstone (6), 2-0 Davidson (72) penalty, 2-1 Hooper (85) SCOTLAND XI: James Clews Cowan (Morton) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Henry Haddock (Clyde) John Miller (Ian) McColl (Rangers) James Anderson Davidson (Partick Thistle) Douglas Cowie (Dundee) John Buchanan (Clyde) Robert Johnstone (Hibernian) James Patterson (Queen of the South) James Bonthrone (East Fife) Thomas Ring (Clyde) BRITISH ARMY: Pte William Alexander Noel Fraser (Airdrieonians), Pte Philip Edward Gunter (Portsmouth), Pte John Frederick Bond (West Ham United), Pte Anthony Vittorio Marchi (Tottenham Hotspur), Spr James Gibb Fotheringham (Arsenal), Gnr Ronald Clayton (Blackburn Rovers), Pte James Meadows (Manchester City), Sgn Albert Quixall (Sheffield Wednesday), Pte Derek Jabez Hines (Leicester City), Pte Victor Albert Williams Keeble (Newcastle United), Pte Harold Hooper (West Ham United).
Thursday 30th April 1953 (Jimmy Mason testimonial match) SCOTLAND XI - SUNDERLAND 5-0 (1-0) Referee: nk Crowd: 13.852, Cathkin Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Liddell (17), 2-0 McPhail (59), 3-0 McPhail (67), 4-0 McPhail (73), 5-0 Wright (80) SCOTLAND XI: James Clews Cowan (Morton) George Lewis Young (Rangers) James Swanson Harrower (Third Lanark) James Scoular (Portsmouth) Douglas Cowie (Dundee) George Graham Aitken (Sunderland) Thomas Wright (Sunderland) David Aitken Henderson (Third Lanark) William Simeon McPhail (Clyde) William Steel (Dundee) William Beveridge Liddell (Liverpool) SUNDERLAND: Joseph Henry Threadgold, John Graham Surtees Stelling, John Robert Hedley, Stanley Anderson, William Walsh, Arthur William Tempest Wright, William Laurence Bingham, John Harold Kirtley, Trevor Ford, Leonard Francis Shackleton, Geoffrey Toseland. Notes: This was a match organised to raise money for the testimonial fund established for Jimmy Mason. He signed for Third Lanark in 1936 and had played for the club continuously until he was forced to retire through injury in 1953. He played in seven full internationals for Scotland between 1948-1951 and was never cautioned by a referee during his long career. Sir George Graham, SFA secretary, helped arrange an interesting game that would attract a good attendance. He invited Sunderland to play a Scotland XI at Cathkin Park, the home ground of Third Lanark (formerly known as the 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers). When Queen's Park left the 2nd Hampden Park in 1903, Third Lanark took over the ground and re-named it New Cathkin Park. It was later commonly known as just Cathkin Park - the same name as their previous ground – but it did not host any international matches under this name.
Wednesday 18th November 1953 (Friendly match) BRITISH ARMY - SCOTLAND XI 2-3 (0-1) Referee: WO W H A Pearce (REME) Crowd: 8.200, Goodison Park, Liverpool Goals: 0-1 Fernie (12), 1-1 Quixall (46), 2-1 Simpson (68), 2-2 Reilly (70), 2-3 Baird (84) penalty BRITISH ARMY: Cfn William Alexander Noel Fraser (REME & Airdrieonians), L/Cpl Philip Edward Gunter (RAOC & Portsmouth), Pte Melvyn Hopkins (RAOC & Tottenham Hotspur), L/Cpl Norman Victor Deeley (South Staffs Regt & Wolverhampton Wanderers), Pte Cyril Hutton Rutter (RAOC & Portsmouth), L/Cpl Harold [Edwin] Clamp (ROC & Wolverhampton Wanderers), Sgn Alan Finney (Royal Signals & Sheffield Wednesday), L/Cpl Albert Quixall (Royal Signals & Sheffield Wednesday), L/Cpl James Meadows (Loyals & Manchester City), Gnr Ronald Simpson (Royal Artillery & Huddersfield Town), Pte Frank Blunstone (RAMC & Chelsea). SCOTLAND XI: George Niven (Rangers) Michael Haughney (Celtic) Joseph McDonald (Falkirk) James George Dudley (West Bromwich Albion) William Douglas Telfer [c] (St.Mirren) Samuel Debble Baird (Clyde) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) James Walsh (Celtic) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) William Fernie (Celtic) Andrew Matthew (East Fife)
Tuesday 16th November 1954 (Trial match) KILMARNOCK - SCOTLAND XI 0-2 (0-1) Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Airdrie, Lanarkshire) Crowd: 10.000, Rugby Park, Kilmarnock Goals: 0-1 McMillan (39), 0-2 Leggat (60) KILMARNOCK: James Robertson Brown, Ralph Clark Collins, James Dunlop Hood, John McMillan Russell, Robert Brown Thyne, Alex Rollo, Gerard Joseph Mays, William James Harvey, William Toner, Francis Whitfield Beattie, Matthew Murray. SCOTLAND XI: William Alexander Noel Fraser (Sunderland) William Carruthers Cunningham [c] (Preston North End) Joseph McDonald (Sunderland) Thomas Henderson Docherty (Preston North End) William Douglas Telfer (St.Mirren) Douglas Cowie (Dundee) Graham Leggat (Aberdeen) Robert Johnstone (Hibernian) John Davidson (Falkirk) John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (Airdrieonians) John Urquhart (Heart of Midlothian) Notes: This was the first of three trial matches to select the team to play Hungary on 8th December 1954. George Brown, a director at Rangers, an SFA selector and a former Rangers and Scotland player, was in charge of tactical talks. During the match Fraser was injured and replaced as goalkeeper by Andrew Kerr (Partick Thistle), the solitary travelling reserve and a centre half, midway through the second-half. John Russell was also injured and his place was taken in the Kilmarnock team by Tom Newbiggin for the second-half.
Monday 22nd November 1954 (Trial match) HIBERNIAN - SCOTLAND XI 0-3 (0-2) Referee: Charles Edward Faultless (Giffnock, Renfrewshire) Crowd: 30.000, Easter Road, Edinburgh Goals: 0-1 Johnstone (10), 0-2 Bauld (32), 0-3 Wardhaugh ("soon after half-time") HIBERNIAN: Thomas Younger, Patrick Ward, John Smith Paterson, Edward Hunter Turnbull, John Boyd Plenderleith, Finlay Boag, Gordon Smith, James [Robert] Combe, Lawrance Reilly, Tommy Baxter Preston, William Esplin Ormond. SCOTLAND XI: Fred George Martin (Aberdeen) William Carruthers Cunningham (Preston North End) Henry Haddock (Clyde) Thomas Henderson Docherty (Preston North End) Daniel Malloy (Dundee) John Cumming (Heart of Midlothian) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Robert Johnstone (Hibernian) William Russell Logan Bauld (Heart of Midlothian) James Alexander Wardhaugh (Heart of Midlothian) John Urquhart (Heart of Midlothian) Notes: Gordon Smith retired for 10 minutes in the first-half and was replaced in the Hibernian team by John Buchanan in the second-half.
Tuesday 30th November 1954 (Trial match) FALKIRK - SCOTLAND XI 4-4 (0-1) Referee: George Mitchell (Falkirk, Stirlingshire) Crowd: 11.500, Brockville Park, Falkirk Goals: 0-1 Johnstone (4), 1-1 McCrae (49), 1-2 Reilly (52), 1-3 Ring (75), 1-4 Ring (78), 2-4 Parker (82) penalty, 3-4 Morrison (84), 4-4 McCrae (89) FALKIRK: Robert Slater, Alexander Hershaw Parker, Ian Johnstone Rae, James Gordon Black, Ralph Waldo Emerson Mackenzie, David Campbell, Samuel McGregor Taylor, Robert Crossan Morrison, John Davidson, Alexander McCrae, John Carmichael Kelly. SCOTLAND XI: Fred George Martin (Aberdeen) William Carruthers Cunningham (Preston North End) Henry Haddock (Clyde) Thomas Henderson Docherty (Preston North End) Daniel Malloy (Dundee) John Cumming (Heart of Midlothian) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Robert Johnstone (Hibernian) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) James Alexander Wardhaugh (Heart of Midlothian) Thomas Ring (Clyde) Notes: In the second-half Robert Donaldson Ormond substituted for Taylor in the Falkirk team and John MacKenzie had to retire for nine minutes.
Monday 21st February 1955 (Trial match) SCOTLAND XI - SCOTLAND B 2-3 (1-0) Referee: Ian Corston Inglis (Edinburgh) Crowd: 7.000, Easter Road, Edinburgh Goals: 1-0 Buckley (24), 2-0 Buckley (50), 2-1 Davidson (65), 2-2 Davidson (67), 2-3 Gemmell (76) SCOTLAND XI: Fred George Martin (Aberdeen) Robert [John] Little (Rangers) Henry Haddock (Clyde) Thomas Henderson Docherty (Preston North End) George Lewis Young (Rangers) John Cumming (Heart of Midlothian) John Archie MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) Robert Johnstone (Hibernian) Patrick McCabe Buckley (Aberdeen) John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (Airdrieonians) William Beveridge Liddell (Liverpool) SCOTLAND B: George Niven (Rangers), Alexander Hershaw Parker (Falkirk), William Smith (Aberdeen), John Murphy Neilson (St.Mirren), Daniel Malloy (Dundee), Archibald Glen (Aberdeen), Samuel McGregor Taylor (Falkirk), Robert Crossan Morrison (Falkirk), John Davidson (Falkirk), Thomas Gemmell (St.Mirren), William Fernie (Celtic). Notes: Ian McMillan left the field with a back injury after 17 minutes of the second-half but was not replaced. The match fee for each player was thought to be £15.
Wednesday 7th December 1955 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND XI - BRITISH ARMY 3-1 (2-0) Referee: John Alexander Mowat (Burnside, Scotland) Crowd: 16.000, Shawfield Stadium, Rutherglen (the autonomous burgh became part of the city of Glasgow in 1975) Goals: 1-0 Reilly (34), 2-0 Henderson (35), 3-0 Collins (55), 3-1 Dunmore (61) SCOTLAND XI: William Dallas Fyfe Brown (Dundee) Alexander Hershaw Parker (Falkirk) Joseph McDonald (Sunderland) Robert Evans (Celtic) George Lewis Young (Rangers) Douglas Cowie (Dundee) Gordon Smith (Hibernian) Robert Johnstone (Manchester City) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Robert Young Collins (Celtic) John Gillespie Henderson (Portsmouth) BRITISH ARMY: Alan Hodgkinson (Sheffield United), William Anthony Foulkes (Manchester United), Graham Laurence Shaw (Sheffield United), Stanley Anderson (Sunderland), Trevor Smith (Birmingham City), Duncan Edwards (Manchester United), William Mearns Sinclair (Falkirk), Alfred George Biggs (Bristol Rovers), David Gerald Ivor Dunmore (Tottenham Hotspur), Alec Jackson (West Bromwich Albion), Albert [Edward] O'Hara (Falkirk).
Monday 12th March 1956 (British Olympic Games Appeal Fund) SCOTLAND XI - ANGLO-SOUTH AFRICAN XI 2-1 (2-0) Referee: John Alexander Mowat (Burnside, Scotland) Crowd: 60.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Reilly (12), 2-0 Collins (39), 2-1 Hubbard (83) penalty SCOTLAND XI: Thomas Younger (Hibernian) Alexander Hershaw Parker (Falkirk) Ian Johnstone Rae (Falkirk) Robert Evans (Celtic) Daniel Malloy (Cardiff City) Archibald Glen (Aberdeen) Gordon Smith (Hibernian) John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan (Airdrieonians) Lawrance Reilly (Hibernian) Robert Young Collins (Celtic) Robert Carmichael Mitchell (Newcastle United) ANGLO-SOUTH AFRICAN XI: Keith Robert "Doug" Rudham (Liverpool), Sydney O'Linn (Charlton Athletic), John Davidson Hewie (Charlton Athletic), Edward John Purdon (Sunderland), Norman Frederick Nielson (Bury), Kenneth Russell Chamberlain (Charlton Athletic) Ronald Alfred "Roy" Davies (Luton Town), Stuart Edward Leary (Charlton Athletic), Donald Basil Kichenbrand (Rangers), Denis Joseph Foreman (Brighton & Hove Albion), John Gaulton Hubbard (Rangers). Notes: John Hewie had already made one appearance for the Scotland B team on 11th March 1953. Charlton Athletic's Scottish doctor had alerted the SFA that John's parents were Scottish. John went on play 19 times (2 goals) for Scotland. Sydney O'Linn (born Olinsky), Stuart Leary and Denis Foreman also played First Class cricket and O'Linn represented South Africa. Charlton Athletic had engaged several South African players and the club's manager, Jimmy Seed, was invited to assemble a team of South Africans playing in the United Kingdom to play this match. The team was referred to as the Anglo-South African XI. This was slightly misleading as "Anglo" in footballing term refers to England whereas the team included players from a Scottish club. The match raised £8,000 for the British Olympic Games Appeal Fund.
Monday 3rd February 1958 (1958 World Cup warm-up match) SCOTLAND XI – SCOTTISH LEAGUE XI 3-2 (1-1) Referee: George Mitchell (Falkirk, Stirlingshire) Crowd: 45.436, Easter Road, Edinburgh Goals: 0-1 Murray (8), 1-1 Mudie (18), 2-1 Currie (48), 2-2 Young (53), 3-2 Imlach (62) SCOTLAND XI: Thomas Younger (Liverpool) Alexander Hershaw Parker (Falkirk) Eric Caldow (Rangers) Thomas Henderson Docherty (Preston North End) John Davidson Hewie (Charlton Athletic) Douglas Cowie (Dundee) Alexander Silcock Scott (Rangers) Daniel Currie (Clyde) John Knight Mudie (Blackpool) Samuel Debble Baird (Rangers) James John [Stewart] Imlach (Nottingham Forest) SCOTTISH LEAGUE XI: William Dallas Fyfe Brown (Dundee), Andrew Kerr (Partick Thistle), James Douglas McIntosh (Falkirk), John Miller (Ian) McColl (Rangers), Robert Evans (Celtic), David Craig Mackay (Heart of Midlothian), Robert Young Collins (Celtic), James Murray (Heart of Midlothian), Alexander Young (Heart of Midlothian), James Alexander Wardhaugh (Heart of Midlothian), Andrew Matthew (East Fife). Notes: Four goals were scored by headers and only Imlach scored with his feet. The attendance was a record fora floodlit match in Edinburgh. The previous record (44.941) was also set at Easter Road when Hibernian played Rheims in the European Cup semi-final in April 1956.
Monday 17th February 1958 (1958 World Cup warm-up match) RANGERS - SCOTLAND XI 1-1 (1-1) Referee: Robert Holley Davidson (Airdrie, Lanarkshire) Crowd: 60.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Maxwell Murray (5), 1-1 Mudie (17) RANGERS: William Ritchie, Robert Shearer, Robert [John] Little, John Miller (Ian) McColl, William Douglas Telfer, Samuel Debble Baird, Alexander Silcock Scott, William Joseph Simpson, Maxwell Murray, Ralph Laidlaw Brand, John Gaulton Hubbard. SCOTLAND XI: Thomas Younger (Liverpool) Eric Caldow (Rangers) John Davidson Hewie (Charlton Athletic) Thomas Henderson Docherty (Preston North End) Robert Evans (Celtic) David Craig Mackay (Heart of Midlothian) Robert Young Collins (Celtic) James Murray (Heart of Midlothian) John Knight Mudie (Blackpool) Allan Duncan Brown (Luton Town) James John [Stewart] Imlach (Nottingham Forest) Notes: William Simpson played for Northern Ireland against Scotland on three occasions between 1953-1958. He was also a member of the Northern Ireland squad for the 1958 World Cup Finals.
Monday 3rd March 1958 (1958 World Cup warm-up match) HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN - SCOTLAND XI 3-2 (1-0) Referee: Hugh Phillips (Wishaw, Lanarkshire) Crowd: 30.000, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Goals: 1-0 Young (38), 2-0 Hamilton (55), 2-1 Ormond (57), 2-2 Collins (65), 3-2 Mackay (89) HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN: Gordon Marshall, Robert Kirk, George Matthewson Thomson, David Craig Mackay, James Milne, Andrew Bowman, John Hamilton, James Murray, Alexander Young, Alfred Conn, John (Ian) Crawford. SCOTLAND XI: Thomas Younger (Liverpool) Henry Haddock (Clyde) Eric Caldow (Rangers) Thomas Henderson Docherty [c] (Preston North End) John Davidson Hewie (Charlton Athletic) Samuel Debble Baird (Rangers) William Fernie (Celtic) Robert Young Collins (Celtic) Allan Duncan Brown (Luton Town) John Knight Mudie (Blackpool) William Esplin Ormond (Hibernian)
Thursday 5th June 1958 (1958 World Cup warm-up match) IFK ESKILSTUNA - SCOTLAND XI 0-2 (0-1) Referee: nk Crowd: 3.000, Tunavallen, Eskilstuna, Sweden Goals: 0-1 Mudie (42), 0-2 Mudie (76) IFK ESKILSTUNA: team not found SCOTLAND XI: Thomas Younger [c] (Liverpool) Eric Caldow (Rangers) John Davidson Hewie (Charlton Athletic) Edward Hunter Turnbull (Hibernian) Robert Evans (Celtic) Douglas Cowie (Dundee) Alexander Silcock Scott (Rangers) James Murray (Heart of Midlothian) John Knight Mudie (Blackpool) Robert Young Collins (Celtic) William Fernie (Celtic) Notes: The full Scotland team could not be found after searching many sources. However, the SFA decided that the team selected to play the first World Cup match against Yugoslavia would play in this warm-up game. Contemporary newspaper reports say that two late changes were made to give Graham Leggat and Stewart Imlach additional time to recover from injuries. Alexander Scott and William Fernie took their places.
Wednesday 12th November 1958 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND XI - BRITISH ARMY 1-1 (1-1) Referee: John Alister Bissett (Edinburgh) Crowd: 11.000, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Goals: 1-0 Law (4), 1-1 Hitchens (32) SCOTLAND XI: Richard Scott Beattie (Celtic) Eric Caldow (Rangers) John Wilson (St.Mirren) David Craig Mackay (Heart of Midlothian) James Gabriel (Dundee) John Cumming (Heart of Midlothian) William Hunter (Motherwell) George Rankine (Airdrieonians) David George Herd (Arsenal) Denis Law (Huddersfield Town) David Corrigan McParland (Partick Thistle) BRITISH ARMY: Robert Slater (Falkirk), Alexander Hershaw Parker (Everton) [c], Graham Evan Williams (West Bromwich Albion), John Stanley James Williams (Plymouth Argyle), John Boyd Plenderleith (Hibernian), Gordon Milne (Preston North End),Alexander Silcock Scott (Rangers), John Smith (West Ham United), Gerald Archibald Hitchens (Aston Villa), Peter Alan Dobing (Blackburn Rovers), George Mulhall (Aberdeen).
Monday 16th March 1959 (Trial match) SCOTLAND XI – SCOTTISH LEAGUE XI 5-6 (3-2) Referee: Thomas "Tiny" Wharton (Clarkston, Renfrewshire) Crowd: 40.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 White (13), 0-2 White (19), 1-2 Colrain (20), 2-2 David Mackay (34), 3-2 David Mackay (38), 4-2 Colrain (49),4-3 Kerr (55), 4-4 White (64), 4-5 Kerr (65), 5-5 Colrain (73), 5-6 Kerr (82) SCOTLAND XI: William Dallas Fyfe Brown (Dundee) Alexander Hershaw Parker (Everton) Eric Caldow (Rangers) John Cumming (Heart of Midlothian) Robert Evans [c] (Celtic) David Craig Mackay (Tottenham Hotspur) Alexander Silcock Scott (Rangers) Robert Young Collins (Everton) John James Colrain (Celtic) David Wedderburn Gibson (Hibernian) Graham Leggat (Fulham) SCOTTISH LEAGUE XI: John Martin Bokas Wallace (Airdrieonians), Duncan MacKay (Celtic), Douglas Francis Hogg Baird (Partick Thistle), John [Eric] Smith (Celtic), George Thomson McCallum (Third Lanark), Robert Johnston McCann (Motherwell) [c], James MacEwan (Raith Rovers), John Anderson White (Falkirk), Andrew Kerr (Partick Thistle), Matthew Gray (Third Lanark), William Esplin Ormond (Hibernian).
Sunday 24th May 1959 (Unofficial international) JUTLAND - SCOTLAND XI 3-3 (0-2) Referee: Carl Frederik Jorgensen (Denmark) Crowd: 6.000, Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus, Denmark Goals: 0-1 Law (24), 0-2 Kerr (26), 1-2 Kjaer-Andersen (62), 2-2 HI Nielsen (65), 2-3 Auld (75), 3-3 Pedersen (76) penalty JUTLAND: Erling Sorensen (Vejle), Jens Jorgen Hansen (Esbjerg), John Madsen (Esbjerg), John Amdisen (AGF), Hans Christian Wedelsted Nielsen (AGF), Leif Skov (Frederikshavn), Poul Ebbesen Pedersen (AIA) [c], John Jansen (Frem), Harald Ingemann Nielsen (Frederikshavn), Ove Adler Sorensen (AGF), Peder Kjaer-Andersen (AGF). SCOTLAND XI: Robert Slater (Falkirk) Duncan MacKay (Celtic) Douglas Francis Hogg Baird (Partick Thistle) John [Eric] Smith (Celtic) John Hannah McGugan (St.Mirren) William Stevenson (Rangers) Alexander Silcock Scott (Rangers) John Anderson White (Falkirk) Andrew Kerr (Kilmarnock) Denis Law (Huddersfield Town) Robert Auld (Celtic)


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