From the first a splendid pace was maintained, and each side had attacked in turn when, two minutes from the kick off, G. Stewart came down the right wing in great style, and finished with a splendid shot. Hardy might possibly have cleared, but Crompton, rushing back with two Scottish forwards almost on him, directed the ball into the net, and so gave Scotland a goal.
  One or two breaks away by England followed, but the visitors' goal was not seriously threatened, and then Walker tried a long shot, which A. Wilson nearly headed through. Raisbeck was very prominent thus early, but Bloomer more than once gained ground, and from a pass by Hardman Bloomer headed past McBride, only to have the point disallowed for off-side.
   Scotland, however, were having the larger share of the play, and G. Stewart got in a rare shot, Hardy saving cleverly, but at the expense of a corner—the first of the match—twenty minutes after the start. For some time longer Scotland pressed.
    However, Veitch at length hit the post, and the ball coming out to Rutherford the latter for England's first corner. Just afterwards came two narrow escapes for England. A. Wilson getting in two stinging shots—one high, which Hardy tipped over the bar, and the other low, which Hardy gathered cleanly. Then followed a marked improvement in the home team.
   After a corner which Sharp had to concede Bloomer shot over, but then, with the ball dropped up to him by Veitch Bloomer equalised in great style. He had two or three Scotsmen close at hand, and took the ball facing his own goal, but whipped round and, without a moment's hesitation to steady himself, drove hard and low wide of McBride, but just inside the post. Thus the interval arrived with the score at one goal all.
   There is not much to add about the second half. Directly after the start Bloomer forced a corner, Warren shooting into McBride, and then Hardy once more cleverly put over the bar from a very dangerous shot.
    Soon the Scotsmen gained the upper hand, but their forwards had lost their combination, and with Crompton kicking very strongly only on occasions were England in serious trouble. G. Wilson, however, tested Hardy, and so did Raisbeck, the English goalkeeper being charged by A. Wilson after he had cleared, and meeting with some hurt.
   At the other end McBride saved from Rutherford, for whom Woodward had made a good opening, but play was soon back in the English half. Very few minutes remained when Scotland looked certain of a goal, A. Wilson getting through with only Hardy to beat. The latter, however, dashed out, and robbed the Scottish centre of the ball.
   Still the visitors worked desperately hard, Crompton conceding a corner, and Sharp dropping the ball well up, while in another attack Pennington was injured on the head. Try as they might , however, the Scotsmen could not get through, and the game ended.
   

The 36th meeting between England and Scotland took place on Saturday, on the ground of the Newcastle United Club, and ended in a draw of one goal all.
A considerable amount of dissatisfaction arose in Scotland when the Scottish Football Selection Committee decided to have only two players in their team identified with Scotch club football, and more especially was this the case in Glasgow, when for the first time in the history of the game that city was unrepresented. As birth is the qualification for international honours in Association football, the Association were quite justified in selecting nine players from English clubs ; but it is certain that if this course is carried on in the future this match will lose much of its true international character. From the Scottish point of view this is the great match of the year, and as there are still a large number of first-class professionals in Scotland, the disappointment there is quite easily understood.
Although Scotland had rather the better of the game at Newcastle, there was not much to choose between the sides, as England seemed rather more dangerous than their opponents when near goal, and the point secured by Scotland was due to Crompton, the English full back, putting the ball through his own goal. This was two minutes after the start...
A few minutes before change of ends Woodward passed neatly to Bloomer, and the famous forward sent in a low hard shot from quite 25 yards out, and McBride was completely beaten, and so, rather unexpectedly, the sides crossed over with the score one goal all...
In international matches this year Wales have the best record, having won two games and drawn one. England come second with one win and two drawn games.
  

Several minor casualties were reported among the crowds in the Newcastle streets after the England v. Scotland international game. Joseph Metcalfe, a Newburn miner, and James Foley, sustained broken legs from falls, while Robert Reid, a riveter, of Newcastle, also had his leg broken through being jammed between two electric cars. One fatality occurred to a Glasgow excursionist, who was taken ill on slighting from a train in the morning, and died a few minutes later. He has since been identified as G. G. Geddes, of 119, Dalmarnock-road, Glasgow. He had been ill on Friday evening, and his sister had tried to persuade him not to travel.