Scotland - International Matches 1931-1939


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(Match 152)  21st February 1931  (43rd Home International Championship)
IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND  0-0
Referee:   Herbert Edward Hull (England)
Crowd:     27.000, Windsor Park, Belfast
IRELAND (IFA):
Alfred Gardiner - Joseph McNinch, Robert Patrick Fulton - William McCleery, John Jones [c], 
Thomas Milne Sloan - Hugh Blair, Edward Falloon, Frederick Charles Roberts, John Geary, 
John Harold McCaw.

SCOTLAND:
John Murie Galloway McCallum Thomson (3/Celtic) -
James Scrymagour Crapnell	     (5/Airdrieonians)
Joseph Nibloe			     (5/Kilmarnock) -
Peter Wilson			     (3/Celtic)
George Walker			     (2/St.Mirren)
Frank Robert Hill		     (3/Aberdeen) -
John Livingstone Murdoch	     (1/Motherwell)
Peter Scarff			     (1/Celtic)
Benjamin Collard Yorston             (1/Aberdeen)
Robert Lowe McPhail		     (3/Rangers)
Alan Lauder Morton [c]	             (27/Rangers)
			

(Match 153) 28th March 1931 (43rd Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 2-0 (0-0) Referee: Alfred John Attwood (Wales) Crowd: 131.273, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Stevenson (61), 2-0 McGrory (64) SCOTLAND: John Murie Galloway McCallum Thomson (4/Celtic) - Daniel Blair (3/Clyde) Joseph Nibloe (6/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan MacNab (2/Dundee) David Ditchburn Meiklejohn [c] (12/Rangers) John Miller (1/St.Mirren) - Alexander Archibald (7/Rangers) George Stevenson (7/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (2/Celtic) Robert Lowe McPhail (4/Rangers) Alan Lauder Morton (28/Rangers) ENGLAND: Henry Edward Hibbs - Frederick Roy Goodall [c], Ernest Blenkinsop - Alfred Henry Strange, Herbert Roberts, Austin Fenwick Campbell - Samuel Dickinson Crooks, Gordon Hodgson, William Ralph "Dixie" Dean, Harry Burgess, John Forsyth Crawford. Notes: Scotland and England shared the home title. New World Record attendance for a full international match.
(Match 154) 16th May 1931 (Friendly match) AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 5-0 (3-0) Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland) Crowd: 40.000, Hohe Warte, Vienna Goals: 1-0 Schall (27), 2-0 Zischek (32), 3-0 Vogl (35), 4-0 Sindelar (55), 5-0 Zischek (70) AUSTRIA: (Coach: Dr.Hugo Meisl) Rudolf Hifen - Roman Schramseis, Josef Blum [c] - Georg Braun, Josef Smistik, Karl Gall - Karl Zischek, Friedrich Gschweidl, Matthias Sindelar, Anton Schall, Adolf Vogl. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (1/Partick Thistle) - Daniel Blair [c] (4/Clyde) Joseph Nibloe (7/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan MacNab (3/Dundee) James McDougall (1/Liverpool) George Walker (3/St.Mirren) - Andrew Robb Love (1/Aberdeen) James Paterson (1/Cowdenbeath) James Ferrier Easson (1/Portsmouth) James Robertson (1/Dundee) Daniel Snedden Hamilton Liddle (1/East Fife)
(Match 155) 20th May 1931 (Friendly match) ITALY - SCOTLAND 3-0 (2-0) Referee: Dr.Peter Joseph "Peco" Bauwens (Germany) Crowd: 25.000, Stadio Nazionale, Rome Goals: 1-0 Costantino (6), 2-0 Meazza (42), 3-0 Orsi (87) ITALY: (Coach: Vittorio Pozzo) Gianpiero Combi - Eraldo Monzeglio, Umberto Caligaris [c] - Attilio Ferraris IV, Fulvio Bernardini, Luigi Bertolini - Raffaele Costantino, Renato Cesarini, Giuseppe Meazza, Giovanni Ferrari, Raimondo Orsi. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (2/Partick Thistle) - Daniel Blair (5/Clyde) Joseph Nibloe (8/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan MacNab (4/Dundee) James McDougall [c] (2/Liverpool) John Miller (2/St.Mirren) - Andrew Robb Love (2/Aberdeen) James Paterson (2/Cowdenbeath) William Gillespie Boyd (1/Clyde) James Robertson (2/Dundee) Daniel Snedden Hamilton Liddle (2/East Fife)
(Match 156) 24th May 1931 (Friendly match) SWITZERLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-2) Referee: Albino Carraro (Italy) Crowd: 10.000, Stade des Charmilles, Geneva Goals: 0-1 Easson (22), 0-2 Boyd (24), 1-2 Buche (30), 2-2 Fauguel (53), 2-3 Love (89) SWITZERLAND: Charles Pasche - Severino Minelli, Rudolf Ramseyer [c] - Edmond Loichot, Otto Imhof, Gabriele Gilardoni - Edmond Kramer III, Andre Syrvet, Albert Buche, Andre "Trello" Abegglen III, Max Fauguel. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (3/Partick Thistle) - James Scrymagour Crapnell [c] (6/Airdrieonians) Joseph Nibloe (9/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan MacNab (5/Dundee) George Walker (4/St.Mirren) John Miller (3/St.Mirren) - Andrew Robb Love (3/Aberdeen) James Paterson (3/Cowdenbeath) William Gillespie Boyd (2/Clyde) James Ferrier Easson (2/Portsmouth) Daniel Snedden Hamilton Liddle (3/East Fife)
(Match 157) 19th September 1931 (44th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - IRELAND (IFA) 3-1 (2-1) Referee: Isaac Caswell (England) Crowd: 40.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Stevenson (5), 1-1 Dunne (21), 2-1 McGrory (34), 3-1 McPhail (75) SCOTLAND: Robert White Hepburn (1/Ayr United) - Daniel Blair (6/Clyde) Robert MacAulay (1/Rangers) - Alexander Massie (1/Heart of Midlothian) David Ditchburn Meiklejohn [c] (13/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (2/Rangers) - James Crawford (1/Queen's Park) George Stevenson (8/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (3/Celtic) Robert Lowe McPhail (5/Rangers) James Connor (2/Sunderland) IRELAND (IFA): Alfred Gardiner - Joseph McNinch, Robert Hamilton - William McCleery, John Jones, William Alexander Gowdy - Hugh Blair, Richard William Morris Rowley, James Dunne [c], John Geary, Robert James Chambers. Notes: David Meiklejohn's 33rd minute penalty kick went wide.
(Match 158) 31st October 1931 (44th Home International Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-2) Referee: Isaac Caswell (England) Crowd: 10.860, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Goals: 1-0 Curtis (12) penalty, 1-1 Stevenson (25), 1-2 Thomson (31), 1-3 McGrory (54), 2-3 Curtis (78) WALES: Albert Gray [c] - Aneurin Richards, Arthur Albert Lumberg - Thomas Edwards, Tom Percival Griffiths, Edward Lawrence - Philip Henry Griffiths, Eugene O'Callaghan, Ernest Matthew "Pat" Glover, Walter William Robbins, Ernest Robert Curtis. SCOTLAND: John Diamond Harkness (9/Heart of Midlothian) - Daniel Blair (7/Clyde) Robert MacAulay (2/Rangers) - Alexander Massie (2/Heart of Midlothian) David Ditchburn Meiklejohn [c] (14/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (3/Rangers) - Robert Austin Thomson (1/Celtic) George Stevenson (9/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (4/Celtic) Robert Lowe McPhail (6/Rangers) Alan Lauder Morton (29/Rangers)
(Match 159) 9th April 1932 (44th Home International Championship) ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 3-0 (1-0) Referee: Samuel Thompson (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 92.180, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965) Goals: 1-0 Waring (36), 2-0 Barclay (80), 3-0 Crooks (88) ENGLAND: Harold Frederick Pearson - George Edward Shaw, Ernest Blenkinsop [c] - Alfred Henry Strange, James Peter O'Dowd, Samuel Weaver - Samuel Dickinson Crooks, Robert Barclay, Thomas Waring, Thomas Clark Fisher Johnson, William Eric Houghton. SCOTLAND: Thomas Hamilton (1/Rangers) - James Scrymagour Crapnell [c] (7/Airdrieonians) Joseph Nibloe (10/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan MacNab (6/Dundee) Allan Leggat Craig (3/Motherwell) George Clark Phillips Brown (4/Rangers) - Alexander Archibald (8/Rangers) James Marshall (1/Rangers) Neil Dewar (1/Third Lanark) Charles Edward Napier (1/Celtic) Alan Lauder Morton (30/Rangers) Notes: The Scottish international players James Marshall (two caps between 1932-1933) and Dr.James Marshall (one cap in 1934) are the same player. He qualified as a Doctor in October 1933. Scotland were runners-up. England won the home title.
(Match 160) 8th May 1932 (Friendly match) FRANCE - SCOTLAND 1-3 (1-3) Referee: Albino Carraro (Italy) Crowd: 8.000, Stade Olympique, Colombes Goals: 0-1 Dewar (14), 0-2 Dewar (27), 0-3 Dewar (40), 1-3 Langiller (43) penalty FRANCE: Alexis Thepot [c] - Manuel Anatol, Andre Chardar - Emile Scharwath, Joseph Kaucsar, Jean Laurent - Ernest Liberati, Joseph Alcazar, Robert Mercier, Rene Gerard, Marcel Langiller. SCOTLAND: John Diamond Harkness (10/Heart of Midlothian) - James Scrymagour Crapnell (8/Airdrieonians) Joseph Nibloe (11/Kilmarnock) - Alexander Massie (3/Heart of Midlothian) Robert Gillespie [c] (3/Queen's Park) John Miller (4/St.Mirren) - James Crawford (2/Queen's Park) Alexander Thomson (2/Celtic) Neil Dewar (2/Third Lanark) Robert Lowe McPhail (7/Rangers) Alan Lauder Morton (31/Rangers)
(Match 161) 17th September 1932 (45th Home International Championship) IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND 0-4 (0-2) Referee: William Percy Harper (England) Crowd: 40.000, Windsor Park, Belfast Goals: 0-1 King (3), 0-2 McPhail (27), 0-3 McPhail (68), 0-4 McGrory (76) IRELAND (IFA): Elisha Scott - William Cook, Robert Patrick Fulton [c] - Edward Falloon, John Jones, William Alexander Gowdy - Edward James Mitchell, Thomas James Montgomery Priestley, William Thomas Millar, Samuel English, James Kelly. SCOTLAND: Alexander McLaren (4/St.Johnstone) - Douglas Herbert Gray (9/Rangers) James Scrymagour Crapnell [c] (9/Airdrieonians) - Alexander Massie (4/Heart of Midlothian) John Ainslie Johnston (2/Heart of Midlothian) William Morton Telfer (1/Motherwell) - James Crawford (3/Queen's Park) George Stevenson (10/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (5/Celtic) Robert Lowe McPhail (8/Rangers) James King (1/Hamilton Academical)
(Match 162) 26th October 1932 (45th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - WALES 2-5 (0-4) Referee: William Percy Harper (England) Crowd: 31.000, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Goals: 0-1 J.Thomson (10) own goal, 0-2 Griffiths (20), 0-3 O'Callaghan (25), 0-4 Astley (43), 0-5 O'Callaghan (46), 1-5 Dewar (63), 2-5 Duncan (66) SCOTLAND: Alexander McLaren (5/St.Johnstone) - Douglas Herbert Gray (10/Rangers) Daniel Blair (8/Aston Villa) - Hugh Morrison Wales (1/Motherwell) John Ainslie Johnston [c] (3/Heart of Midlothian) John Ross Thomson (1/Everton) - James Crawford (4/Queen's Park) Alexander Thomson (3/Celtic) Neil Dewar (3/Third Lanark) Alexander Wilson James (8/Arsenal) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (1/Derby County) WALES: William Ronald John - Benjamin David Williams, Benjamin Ellis - Frederick Charles Keenor, Tom Percival Griffiths, David Thomas Richards - Cuthbert Phillips, Eugene O'Callaghan, David John Astley, Walter William Robbins, Wilfred Leslie Lewis. Notes: Douglas Duncan was always known as "Dally". He earned this nickname from the expression "dilly-dally" because of his relaxed, composed style of play.
(Match 163) 1st April 1933 (45th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 2-1 (1-1) Referee: Samuel Thompson (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 136.259, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 McGrory (5), 1-1 Hunt (30), 2-1 McGrory (80) SCOTLAND: John Jackson (4/Partick Thistle) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (1/Heart of Midlothian) Peter William McGonagle (1/Celtic) - Peter Wilson (4/Celtic) Robert Gillespie [c] (4/Queen's Park) George Clark Phillips Brown (5/Rangers) - James Crawford (5/Queen's Park) James Marshall (2/Rangers) James Edward McGrory (6/Celtic) Robert Lowe McPhail (9/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (2/Derby County) ENGLAND: Henry Edward Hibbs - Thomas Cooper, Ernest Blenkinsop [c] - Alfred Henry Strange, Ernest Arthur Hart, Samuel Weaver - Joseph Harold Anthony Hulme, Ronald William Starling, George Samuel Hunt, John Pickering, John Arnold. Notes: Robert Gillespie was the last amateur player to captain Scotland. Scotland were runners-up. Wales won the home title. New World Record attendance for a full international match.
(Match 164) 16th September 1933 (46th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - IRELAND (IFA) 1-2 (0-2) Referee: Edward Wood (England) Crowd: 27.135, Celtic Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Martin (8), 0-2 Martin (13), 1-2 McPhail (61) SCOTLAND: John Diamond Harkness (11/Heart of Midlothian) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (2/Heart of Midlothian) Peter William McGonagle [c] (2/Celtic) - Alexander Massie (5/Heart of Midlothian) Alexander Innes Low (1/Falkirk) William Morton Telfer (2/Motherwell) - James Murray Boyd (1/Newcastle United) Alexander Venters (1/Cowdenbeath) James Edward McGrory (7/Celtic) Robert Lowe McPhail (10/Rangers) James King (2/Hamilton Academical) IRELAND (IFA): Elisha Scott [c] - Tommy Willighan, Robert Patrick Fulton - John McMahon, John Jones, William Mitchell - Hugh Blair, Alexander Ernest Stevenson, David Kirker Martin, John Coulter, John Mahood. Notes: Peter McGonagle had a 52nd minute penalty kick saved by Elisha Scott.
(Match 165) 4th October 1933 (46th Home International Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 3-2 (2-0) Referee: Edward Wood (England) Crowd: 40.000, Ninian Park, Cardiff Goals: 1-0 Evans (25), 2-0 Robbins (35), 3-0 Astley (57), 3-1 Macfadyen (75), 3-2 Duncan (80) WALES: William Ronald John - Sidney Wilfred Lawrence, Benjamin Ellis - James Patrick Murphy, Tom Percival Griffiths [c], David Thomas Richards - Cuthbert Phillips, Eugene O'Callaghan, David John Astley, Walter William Robbins, William Evans. SCOTLAND: John Diamond Harkness (12/Heart of Midlothian) - Andrew Smellie Anderson [c] (3/Heart of Midlothian) Duncan Urquhart (1/Hibernian) - Matthew Busby (1/Manchester City) John Blair (1/Motherwell) James Sime McLuckie (1/Manchester City) - Francis Reynolds McGurk (1/Birmingham) John McMenemy* (1/Motherwell) William Macfadyen (1/Motherwell) James Ferrier Easson (3/Portsmouth) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (3/Derby County) Notes: Four players originally selected were forced to withdraw through injury. They were Joe Kennaway (replaced by Harkness), Peter McGonagle (Urquhart), Robert McPhail (Easson) and Harry McMenemy (John McMenemy). Harry and John were brothers and the sons of James "Napoleon" McMenemy who won twelve caps for Scotland between 1905-1920. Harry was never capped for Scotland.
(Match 166) 29th November 1933 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - AUSTRIA 2-2 (1-1) Referee: John Langenus (Belgium) Crowd: 62.000, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Meiklejohn (5), 1-1 Zischek (40), 2-1 Macfadyen (49), 2-2 Schall (52) SCOTLAND: James "Joe" Kennaway (1/Celtic) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (4/Heart of Midlothian) Peter William McGonagle (3/Celtic) - David Ditchburn Meiklejohn [c] (15/Rangers) Philip Watson (1/Blackpool) George Clark Phillips Brown (6/Rangers) - Duncan Henderson Ogilvie (1/Motherwell) Robert Bruce (1/Middesbrough) William Macfadyen (2/Motherwell) Robert Lowe McPhail (11/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (4/Derby County) AUSTRIA: (Coach: Dr.Hugo Meisl) Peter Platzer - Anton Janda, Karl Szestak "Sesta" - Franz Wagner, Josef Smistik, Walter Nausch [c] - Karl Zischek, Josef Bican, Matthias Sindelar, Anton Schall, Rudolf Viertl.
(Match 167) 14th April 1934 (46th Home International Championship) ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 3-0 (1-0) Referee: Samuel Thompson (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 92.363, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965) Goals: 1-0 Bastin (43), 2-0 Brook (80), 3-0 Bowers (88) ENGLAND: Frank Moss - Thomas Cooper [c], Edris Albert Hapgood - Lewis Stoker, Ernest Arthur Hart, Wilfred Copping - Samuel Dickinson Crooks, Horatio Stratton Carter, John William Anslow Bowers, Clifford Sydney Bastin, Eric Fred Brook. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (5/Chelsea) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (5/Heart of Midlothian) Peter William McGonagle (4/Celtic) - Alexander Massie [c] (6/Heart of Midlothian) Thomas McCall Smith (1/Kilmarnock) John Miller (5/St.Mirren) - William Lindsay Cook (1/Bolton Wanderers) Dr.James Marshall (3/Rangers) Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher (19/Chelsea) George Stevenson (11/Motherwell) James Connor (3/Sunderland) Notes: John Jackson was called up from the Chelsea reserve team. For the first time ever, Scotland were bottom of the table without any points having lost all three matches. Wales won the home title.
(Match 168) 20th October 1934 (47th Home International Championship) IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND 2-1 (0-1) Referee: Herbert Naylor Mee (England) Crowd: 39.752, Windsor Park, Belfast Goals: 0-1 Gallacher (40), 1-1 Martin (80), 2-1 Coulter (90) IRELAND (IFA): Elisha Scott - John Alexander Mackie, Robert Patrick Fulton - Walter S.McMillen, John Jones [c], William Mitchell - Henry Anthony Duggan, William Alexander Gowdy, David Kirker Martin, Alexander Ernest Stevenson, John Coulter. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (1/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (6/Heart of Midlothian) Peter William McGonagle (5/Celtic) - Alexander Massie [c] (7/Heart of Midlothian) James McMillan Simpson (1/Rangers) Andrew Clark Herd (1/Heart of Midlothian) - William Lindsay Cook (2/Bolton Wanderers) George Stevenson (12/Motherwell) James Smith (1/Rangers) Patrick Gallacher (1/Sunderland) James Connor (4/Sunderland) Notes: James Dawson was nicknamed "Jerry" after the famous Burnley and England goalkeeper Jeremiah Dawson who was widely known by the shortened form of Jerry.
(Match 169) 21st November 1934 (47th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - WALES 3-2 (1-0) Referee: Samuel Thompson (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 26.334, Pittodrie Park, Aberdeen Goals: 1-0 Duncan (23), 2-0 Napier (46), 2-1 Phillips (72), 3-1 Napier (85), 3-2 Astley (88) SCOTLAND: Allan McClory (3/Motherwell) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (7/Heart of Midlothian) Peter William McGonagle (6/Celtic) - Alexander Massie (8/Heart of Midlothian) James McMillan Simpson [c] (2/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (7/Rangers) - William Lindsay Cook (3/Bolton Wanderers) Thomas Walker (1/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (1/Heart of Midlothian) Charles Edward Napier (2/Celtic) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (5/Derby County) WALES: William Ronald John - Sidney Wilfred Lawrence, David Owen Jones - James Patrick Murphy, Harold Hanford, David Thomas Richards - Idris Morgan Hopkins, Ronald Williams, David John Astley [c], Thomas James Mills, Cuthbert Phillips. Notes: Thomas Walker was awarded the OBE in 1960 for services to football.
(Match 170) 6th April 1935 (47th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 2-0 (1-0) Referee: Samuel Thompson (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 129.693, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Duncan (44), 2-0 Duncan (51) SCOTLAND: John Jackson (6/Chelsea) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (8/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (1/Partick Thistle) - Alexander Massie (9/Heart of Midlothian) James McMillan Simpson [c] (3/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (8/Rangers) - Charles Edward Napier (3/Celtic) Thomas Walker (2/Heart of Midlothian) Hugh Kilpatrick Gallacher (20/Derby County) Robert Lowe McPhail (12/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (6/Derby County) ENGLAND: Henry Edward Hibbs - Charles [George] Male, Edris Albert Hapgood [c] - Clifford Samuel Britton, John William Barker, Walter John Alsford - Albert Geldard, Clifford Sydney Bastin, Robert Gurney, William [Raymond] Westwood, Eric Fred Brook. Notes: Scotland and England shared the home title.
(Match 171) 5th October 1935 (48th Home International Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 1-1 (1-1) Referee: Albert James Caseley (England) Crowd: 35.004, Ninian Park, Cardiff Goals: 0-1 Duncan (34), 1-1 Phillips (40) WALES: William Ronald John - Sidney Wilfred Lawrence, Robert Frederick John - James Patrick Murphy, Tom Percival Griffiths [c], David Thomas Richards - Cuthbert Phillips, Brynmor Jones, Ernest Matthew "Pat" Glover, Leslie Jenkin Jones, Walter William Robbins. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (7/Chelsea) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (9/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (2/Partick Thistle) - Alexander Massie (10/Heart of Midlothian) James McMillan Simpson [c] (4/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (9/Rangers) - James Delaney (1/Celtic) Thomas Walker (3/Heart of Midlothian) Matthew Armstrong (1/Aberdeen) William Mills (1/Aberdeen) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (7/Derby County)
(Match 172) 13th November 1935 (48th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - IRELAND (IFA) 2-1 (0-0) Referee: Harry Nattrass (England) Crowd: 29.800, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Goals: 0-1 Kelly (49), 1-1 Walker (60), 2-1 Duncan (89) SCOTLAND: John Jackson (8/Chelsea) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (10/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (3/Partick Thistle) - Alexander Massie (11/Heart of Midlothian) James McMillan Simpson [c] (5/Rangers) Alexander Cockburn Hastings (1/Sunderland) - James Delaney (2/Celtic) Thomas Walker (4/Heart of Midlothian) Matthew Armstrong (2/Aberdeen) William Mills (2/Aberdeen) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (8/Derby County) IRELAND (IFA): Elisha Scott - William Cook [c], Robert Patrick Fulton - Keiller McCullough, John Jones, William Mitchell - Henry Anthony Duggan, Alexander Ernest Stevenson, Joseph Bambrick, Peter Dermot Doherty, James Kelly.
(Match 173) 4th April 1936 (48th Home International Championship) ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 1-1 (1-0) Referee: William R.Hamilton (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 93.267, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965) Goals: 1-0 Camsell (30), 1-1 Walker (77) penalty ENGLAND: Edward Sagar - Charles [George] Male, Edris Albert Hapgood [c] - William John Crayston, John William Barker, John Bray - Samuel Dickinson Crooks, Robert Barclay, George Henry Camsell, Clifford Sydney Bastin, Eric Fred Brook. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (2/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (11/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (4/Aston Villa) - Alexander Massie (12/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (6/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (10/Rangers) - John Crum (1/Celtic) Thomas Walker (5/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (2/Brentford) Alexander Venters (2/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (9/Derby County) Notes: Scotland won the home title.
(Match 174) 14th October 1936 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - GERMANY 2-0 (0-0) Referee: Harry Nattrass (England) Crowd: 50.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Delaney (66), 2-0 Delaney (83) SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (3/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (12/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (5/Aston Villa) - Alexander Massie (13/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (7/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (11/Rangers) - James Delaney (3/Celtic) Thomas Walker (6/Heart of Midlothian) Matthew Armstrong (3/Aberdeen) Robert Lowe McPhail (13/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (10/Derby County) GERMANY: (Coach: Josef Herberger) Hans Jakob - Reinhold Munzenberg, Andreas Munkert - Paul Janes, Ludwig Goldbrunner, Albin Kitzinger - Franz Elbern, Rudi Gellesch, Otto Siffling, Adolf Urban, Fritz Szepan [c].
(Match 175) 31st October 1936 (49th Home International Championship) IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND 1-3 (1-1) Referee: Thomas Thompson (England) Crowd: 45.000, Windsor Park, Belfast Goals: 1-0 Kernaghan (26), 1-1 Napier (28), 1-2 Munro (46), 1-3 McCulloch (62) IRELAND (IFA): Thomas Breen - William Cook [c], Robert Patrick Fulton - Walter S.McMillen, John Jones, William Mitchell - Noel Kernaghan, Keiller McCullough, David Kirker Martin, John Coulter, James Kelly. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (4/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (13/Heart of Midlothian) Robert Francis Dudgeon Ancell (1/Newcastle United) - Alexander Massie (14/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (8/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (12/Rangers) - Alexander Dewar Munro (1/Heart of Midlothian) Thomas Walker (7/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (3/Brentford) Charles Edward Napier (4/Derby County) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (11/Derby County)
(Match 176) 2nd December 1936 (49th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - WALES 1-2 (0-1) Referee: Dr.Arthur Willoughby Barton (England) Crowd: 23.858, Dens Park, Dundee Goals: 0-1 Glover (23), 1-1 Walker (57), 1-2 Glover (80) SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (5/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (14/Heart of Midlothian) Robert Francis Dudgeon Ancell (2/Newcastle United) - Alexander Massie (15/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (9/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (13/Rangers) - Alexander Dewar Munro (2/Heart of Midlothian) Thomas Walker (8/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (4/Brentford) William Mills (3/Aberdeen) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (12/Derby County) WALES: Albert Gray - Herbert Gwyn Turner, Benjamin Ellis - James Patrick Murphy, Tom Percival Griffiths [c], David Thomas Richards - Idris Morgan Hopkins, Brynmor Jones, Ernest Matthew "Pat" Glover, Leslie Jenkin Jones, Seymour Morris.
(Match 177) 17th April 1937 (49th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 3-1 (0-1) Referee: William McClean (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 149.547, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Steele (40), 1-1 O'Donnell (47), 2-1 McPhail (80), 3-1 McPhail (89) SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (6/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (15/Heart of Midlothian) Andrew Beattie (1/Preston North End) - Alexander Massie (16/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (10/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (14/Rangers) - James Delaney (4/Celtic) Thomas Walker (9/Heart of Midlothian) Francis O'Donnell (1/Preston North End) Robert Lowe McPhail (14/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (13/Derby County) ENGLAND: Victor Robert Woodley - Charles [George] Male [c], Samuel Barkas - Clifford Samuel Britton, Alfred Young, John Bray - Stanley Matthews, Horatio Stratton Carter, Frederick Charles Steele, Ronald William Starling, Joseph Alfred Johnson. Notes: This huge crowd was a new World Record attendance for a full international match. It still remains as the largest-ever crowd to watch an international match in Europe. Scotland were runners-up. Wales won the home title.
(Match 178) 9th May 1937 (Friendly match) AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 1-1 (0-0) Referee: John Langenus (Belgium) Crowd: 63.000, Praterstadion, Vienna Goals: 1-0 Jerusalem (75), 1-1 O'Donnell (78) AUSTRIA: (Coach: Dr.Hugo Meisl) Peter Platzer - Karl Szestak "Sesta", Willibald Schmaus - Karl Adamek, Josef Pekarek, Walter Nausch [c] - Rudolf Geiter, Josef Stroh, Matthias Sindelar, Camillo Jerusalem, Johann Pesser. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (7/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (16/Heart of Midlothian) Andrew Beattie (2/Preston North End) - Alexander Massie (17/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (11/Rangers) Alexander McNab (1/Sunderland) - James Delaney (5/Celtic) Thomas Walker (10/Heart of Midlothian) Francis O'Donnell (2/Preston North End) Charles Edward Napier (5/Derby County) Torrance Gillick (1/Everton)
(Match 179) 15th May 1937 (Friendly match) CZECHOSLOVAKIA - SCOTLAND 1-3 (1-2) Referee: Dr.Peter Joseph "Peco" Bauwens (Germany) Crowd: 35.000, Letensky stadion (Sparty), Prague Goals: 0-1 Simpson (14), 1-1 Puc (29), 1-2 McPhail (31), 1-3 Gillick (73) CZECHOSLOVAKIA: (Coach: Josef Tesar) Frantisek Planicka [c] - Jaroslav Burgr, Josef Ctyroky - Josef Kostalek, Jaroslav Boucek, Karel Kolsky - Vilem Zlatnik, Frantisek Svoboda, Jiri Sobotka, Vlastimil Kopecky, Antonin Puc. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (8/Rangers) - Robert Brown Hogg (1/Celtic) Andrew Beattie (3/Preston North End) - Charles Morgan Thomson (1/Sunderland) James McMillan Simpson [c] (12/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (15/Rangers) - James Delaney (6/Celtic) Thomas Walker (11/Heart of Midlothian) Francis O'Donnell (3/Preston North End) Robert Lowe McPhail (15/Rangers) Torrance Gillick (2/Everton)
(Match 180) 30th October 1937 (50th Home International Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 2-1 (2-0) Referee: Charles Edward Argent (England) Crowd: 41.800, Ninian Park, Cardiff Goals: 1-0 B.Jones (25), 2-0 Morris (40), 2-1 Massie (72) WALES: Albert Gray - Herbert Gwyn Turner, William Marshall Hughes - James Patrick Murphy, Harold Hanford, David Thomas Richards - Cuthbert Phillips, Leslie Jenkin Jones, Edwin Perry, Brynmor Jones, Seymour Morris. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (9/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (17/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (6/Aston Villa) - Alexander Massie (18/Aston Villa) James McMillan Simpson [c] (13/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (16/Rangers) - Robert Frame Main (1/Rangers) Thomas Walker (12/Heart of Midlothian) Francis O'Donnell (4/Preston North End) Robert Lowe McPhail (16/Rangers) Douglas "Dally" Duncan (14/Derby County)
(Match 181) 10th November 1937 (50th Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - IRELAND (IFA) 1-1 (0-1) Referee: Arthur James Jewell (England) Crowd: 21.878, Pittodrie Park, Aberdeen Goals: 0-1 P.Doherty (15), 1-1 Smith (48) SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (10/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (18/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (7/Aston Villa) - Duncan MacKenzie (1/Brentford) James McMillan Simpson [c] (14/Rangers) Alexander Cockburn Hastings (2/Sunderland) - James Delaney (7/Celtic) Thomas Walker (13/Heart of Midlothian) James Smith (2/Rangers) Robert Lowe McPhail (17/Rangers) Robert Reid (1/Brentford) IRELAND (IFA): Thomas Breen - William Edward Hayes, William Cook [c] - Matthew Doherty, Walter S.McMillen, William Mitchell - John Brown, James McAlinden, David Kirker Martin, Peter Dermot Doherty, John Coulter.
(Match 182) 8th December 1937 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5-0 (3-0) Referee: Thomas Thompson (England) Crowd: 41.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Black (1), 2-0 McCulloch (28), 3-0 Buchanan (40), 4-0 McCulloch (52), 5-0 Kinnear (74) SCOTLAND: William Waugh (1/Heart of Midlothian) - Andrew Smellie Anderson [c] (19/Heart of Midlothian) George Wilfred Cummings (8/Aston Villa) - George Robertson (1/Kilmarnock) Robert Johnston (1/Sunderland) George Clark Phillips Brown (17/Rangers) - Peter Symington Buchanan (1/Chelsea) Thomas Walker (14/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (5/Brentford) Andrew Black (1/Heart of Midlothian) David Kinnear (1/Rangers) CZECHOSLOVAKIA: (Coach: Josef Tesar) Frantisek Planicka [c] - Josef Kostalek, Ferdinand Daucik - Antonin Vodicka, Jaroslav Boucek, Karel Kolsky - Jan Riha, Jiri Sobotka, Josef Zeman, Oldrich Nejedly, Antonin Puc.
(Match 183) 9th April 1938 (50th Home International Championship) ENGLAND - SCOTLAND 0-1 (0-1) Referee: William R.Hamilton (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 93.267, The Empire Stadium, Wembley (Wembley became part of London on 1st April 1965) Goal: 0-1 Walker (6) ENGLAND: Victor Robert Woodley - Bert Sproston, Edris Albert Hapgood [c] - Charles Kenneth Willingham, Stanley Cullis, Wilfred Copping - Stanley Matthews, George William Hall, Michael Fenton, Joseph Eric Stephenson, Clifford Sydney Bastin. SCOTLAND: David Scott Cumming (1/Middlesbrough) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (20/Heart of Midlothian) Andrew Beattie (4/Preston North End) - William Shankly (1/Preston North End) Thomas McCall Smith (2/Preston North End) George Clark Phillips Brown [c] (18/Rangers) - John Vance Milne (1/Middlesbrough) Thomas Walker (15/Heart of Midlothian) Francis O'Donnell (5/Blackpool) George Mutch (1/Preston North End) Robert Reid (2/Brentford) Notes: Scotland and Ireland (IFA) were both runners-up. England won the home title.
(Match 184) 21st May 1938 (Friendly match) NETHERLANDS - SCOTLAND 1-3 (0-0) Referee: Charles Edward Argent (England) Crowd: 50.000, Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam Goals: 0-1 Black (52), 0-2 Murphy (57), 0-3 Walker (69), 1-3 Vente (86) NETHERLANDS: (Coach: Bob Glendenning) Adri van Male - Mauk Weber, Bertus Caldenhove - Bastiaan Paauwe, Wim Anderiesen, Gerardus "Puck" van Heel [c] - Frank Wels, Henk van Spaandonck, Leendert Vente, Frans van der Veen, Bertus de Harder. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (11/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson (21/Heart of Midlothian) James Carabine (1/Third Lanark) - Thomas Boyd McKillop (1/Rangers) James Dykes (1/Heart of Midlothian) George Clark Phillips Brown [c] (19/Rangers) - Alexander Dewar Munro (3/Blackpool) Thomas Walker (16/Heart of Midlothian) Francis O'Donnell (6/Blackpool) Andrew Black (2/Heart of Midlothian) Francis Murphy (1/Celtic)
(Match 185) 8th October 1938 (51st Home International Championship) IRELAND (IFA) - SCOTLAND 0-2 (0-1) Referee: Reginald Andrew Mortimer (England) Crowd: 36.000, Windsor Park, Belfast Goals: 0-1 Delaney (34), 0-2 Walker (49) IRELAND (IFA): Thomas Breen - William Edward Hayes, William Cook [c] - Walter S.McMillen, Matthew Augustine O'Mahoney, Robert James Browne - John Brown, James McAlinden, David Kirker Martin, Alexander Ernest Stevenson, John Coulter. SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (12/Rangers) - James Carabine [c] (2/Third Lanark) Andrew Beattie (5/Preston North End) - William Shankly (2/Preston North End) James Dykes (2/Heart of Midlothian) George Paterson (1/Celtic) - James Delaney (8/Celtic) Thomas Walker (17/Heart of Midlothian) John Crum (2/Celtic) John Divers (1/Celtic) Torrance Gillick (3/Everton)
(Match 186) 9th November 1938 (51st Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - WALES 3-2 (1-1) Referee: Thomas Thompson (England) Crowd: 34.810, Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh Goals: 0-1 Astley (17), 1-1 Gillick (38), 2-1 Walker (83), 3-1 Walker (84), 3-2 L.Jones (85) SCOTLAND: John Bell Brown (1/Clyde) - Andrew Smellie Anderson [c] (22/Heart of Midlothian) Andrew Beattie (6/Preston North End) - William Shankly (3/Preston North End) Robert Denholm Baxter (1/Middlesbrough) Archibald Miller (1/Heart of Midlothian) - James Delaney (9/Celtic) Thomas Walker (18/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (6/Derby County) Robert Beattie (1/Preston North End) Torrance Gillick (4/Everton) WALES: William Ronald John - William John Whatley, William Marshall Hughes - Donald John Dearson, Thomas George Jones, David Thomas Richards - Idris Morgan Hopkins, Leslie Jenkin Jones, David John Astley, Brynmor Jones, Reginald [Horace] Cumner.
(Match 187) 7th December 1938 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - HUNGARY 3-1 (3-0) Referee: Harry Nattrass (England) Crowd: 23.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Walker (19) penalty, 2-0 Black (26), 3-0 Gillick (29), 3-1 Sarosi (72) penalty SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (13/Rangers) - Andrew Smellie Anderson [c] (23/Heart of Midlothian) Andrew Beattie (7/Preston North End) - William Shankly (4/Preston North End) Robert Denholm Baxter (2/Middlesbrough) James [Scotland (Scot)] Symon (1/Rangers) - Alexander McLuckie McSpadyen (1/Partick Thistle) Thomas Walker (19/Heart of Midlothian) David McCulloch (7/Derby County) Andrew Black (3/Heart of Midlothian) Torrance Gillick (5/Everton) HUNGARY: (Coach: Dr.Karoly Dietz) Antal Szado - Lajos Koranyi, Sandor Biro - Gyula Polgar, Jozsef Turay, Janos Dudas - Pal Titkos, Laszlo Cseh II, Dr.Gyorgy Sarosi [c], Geza Toldi, Laszlo Gyetvai. Notes: Thomas Walker's 19th minute penalty kick equalled Andrew Wilson's record of scoring in five consecutive matches.
(Match 188) 15th April 1939 (51st Home International Championship) SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 1-2 (1-0) Referee: William R.Hamilton (Ireland - IFA) Crowd: 149.269, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Dougal (20), 1-1 Beasley (67), 1-2 Lawton (88) SCOTLAND: James "Jerry" Dawson (14/Rangers) - James Carabine (3/Third Lanark) George Wilfred Cummings (9/Aston Villa) - William Shankly (5/Preston North End) Robert Denholm Baxter [c] (3/Middlesbrough) Alexander McNab (2/West Bromwich Albion) - Alexander McLuckie McSpadyen (2/Partick Thistle) Thomas Walker (20/Heart of Midlothian) James Dougal (1/Preston North End) Alexander Venters (3/Rangers) John Vance Milne (2/Middlesbrough) ENGLAND: Victor Robert Woodley - William Walter Morris, Edris Albert Hapgood [c] - Charles Kenneth Willingham, Stanley Cullis, Joseph Mercer - Stanley Matthews, George William Hall, Thomas Lawton, Leonard Arthur Goulden, Albert "Pat" Beasley. Notes: Weather conditions were so bad that both teams changed their shirts at half-time, with England borrowing a set from Queen's Park. Scotland, England and Wales shared the home title. The Home International Championships between 1939-40 to 1945-46 inclusive were not held due to the Second World War.


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