THE PLAY DESCRIBED.
  Thomson won the toss for Scotland, and decided to play with wind and sun behind him. The wind was blowing straight down the ground with considerable force. Hardinge and Wall, working together, made good headway. but Law intervened and sung across to Templeton. The latter eluded Ducat, and when Crompton essayed to tackle him he fell, leaving the outside left with a clear run into goal, but he hesitated, and the chance was lost. The next moment the English forwards, well led by Parkinson, were careering up the field, and the Liverpool centre concluded a dash, with a hard, low shot that almost beat Brownlie, the goalkeeper just reaching it by throwing himself full length. The home team began to tackle, kick, and pass with more confidence and accuracy. Thomson being especially prominent in spoiling several well-meant efforts by the English forwards.
  During the first ten minutes the exchanges were certainly in favour of the visitors, whose forwards flattered only to subsequently deceive, and the halves held the opposing attack in clever fashion. The clever Celtic pair on the right first threatened serious danger on the English position, and Hardy was called upon to save a fine shot by McMenemy. Brownlie at the other end being seen to great advantage a mater later in repelling a powerful drive by Hardinge. Next Parkinson, Hibbert, and Bond outwitted the halves and backs, but the centre-forward in seeking to provide Hibbert with an easy opening put too far forward, and Brownlie dashed out and kicked away.
   Play now veered round strongly in favour of the home country. Their forwards started the kind of game that enabled them to achieve such a fine victory at Blackburn, and the English defence did not meet it in the proper way. Templeton, one of the most showy players in the four countries, found a partner exactly to his liking in Higgins, while on the other wing Bennett and McMenemy were working with a precision that kept the English defence constantly on the qui vive.
   After Hibbert had broken through and shot wide, Templeton again delighted the crowd with his elaborate movements, but he frequently overdid the the gallery work, and consequently enabled the the English defence to drop back and deal with any attempts to score that followed his centres. Hardy, however, was more than once called upon, and he did not field so smartly as usual. At then end of twenty minutes the first disaster befel England, Bond was taking the ball up the right wing when he was tackled, and McWilliam, getting possession, sent on to Quinn, with the result that Pennington missed his kick, and Crompton, in endeavoring to clear slipped and fell. Quinn went on, and Hardy rushed out and intercepted the shot, but went down in doing so, and ere he could rise to his feet McMenemy pounced on the ball, and quietly directed it towards the net, Ducat, who made a great dash across the goal, having the mortification to miss reaching it by about a foot, and Scotland consequently took the lead.
   From this point England were really a beaten team. They tried hard to equalise, but there was no sting in their finish, and in the open the smart combination which was so encouraging in the opening stages was not reproduced. Thomson, at centre-half, was playing a great game for the home country, and he held Parkinson as securely as Wedlock held Quinn, but as the home centre could not make such progress, the wings were assiduously fed, and they were as smart, and adapted themselves so thoroughly to each other's play that Ducat and Makepeace, and behind them, Crompton and Pennington, had scarcely a moment's rest.
   Over ten minutes of the first half remained when an exultant about from the crowd heralded a second goal for Scotland. It occurred in this way: McWilliam sent across to the centre when Thomson was beaten, and robbing Hardinge, went off on his own, and then sought to give a long pass to Bennett, who was standing in an offside position. Pennington lunged at the ball, but only diverted it straight to the waiting Bennett, who made tracks for goal. Crompton rushed across, and Bennett pashed to Quinn, who attempted to get through. There was a mix-up in the goal-mouth, and with Hardy on the ground Quinn had only to touch the ball into the net and the home country had a two goals lead. Encouraged by their success, the Scottish forwards played with boundless energy, and their mathematically accurate passing kept the English defence busy. It held out, however, and Scotland left the field at the interval a couple of goals to the good.
   The second half opened auspiciously for England, as with the wind in their favour they promptly dashed down, but Brownlie was not seriously troubled. The ball did not long remain in the vicinity of the Scottish goal, as Law come to the rescue, and Bennett and McMenemy opened up an attack that was ended by Higgins putting past the post from a square centre by the outside right. The next incident of interest was a free kick for the home country, following which various shots were directed at the English goal, but they were not really dangerous, though once Hardy cleared in half-hearted fashion, and he had to follow the ball well into the field to prevent McMenemy taking a pot shot at goal. There was an improvement on the part of the visitors, and both Bond and Parkinson flashed in rising oblique shots that cleared the bar by a foot, but the wished-for goal would not materialise.
   For a period of about ten minutes the representatives of the Rose more than held their own, but their was always a lack of incisiveness when in the neighbourhood of Brownlie, and also a woful lack of determination. A couple of corners were not improved upon, and a trio of similar concessions to Scotland at the other end were also fruitless, although Quinn got his head to a delightful flag-kick by Bennett, and the ball missed the posts by only a few feet. Once more England essayed to reduce the lead against them, a well-sustained attack, in which Wedlock and Ducat bore a prominent part, taxing the resources of the Scottish defence, but the latter prevailed. It appeared likely the next minute that the scoring would be at the other end, as Templeton rounded Crompton, and with only Hardy to beat steadied himself and then shot a dozen yards wide.
   The concluding stages were somewhat tame, but there were incidents that kept interest alive until the end. There was some really excellent wing to wing passing on the part of the English forwards, and this provided Wall with an opening. He secured the ball, dashed in, and shot hard and straight at Brownlie, who cleared in nonchalant fashion. There was a rally towards the close on behalf of England by Hibbert and Bond, but they were beaten off, and Scotland had two corners, neither of which was improved upon. In the final two minutes the home country kept the ball in the England half of the ground, and the end came.
   

The 39th annual match between England and Scotland was played at Hampden-park, Glasgow, on Saturday and resulted in a win for the Scottish team by two goals to none...
The game was fast and interesting from the start, and for nearly 20 minutes neither side could claim any marked advantage. Everything up to that point suggested a close and even fight, but then Scotland scored, and a great change came over the play. The Scottish side, encouraged by their success, played with fine dash and confidence, whereas the limitations of the English defence, suggested even in the early stages of the match, became more and more marked. A second goal for Scotland followed rather more than half an hour from the start, and afterwards there was never any doubt about the result...
The attendance was estimated at 100,000, and the gate receipts amounted to £4,417.