Match Summary

England Team

Scotland Team

SCOTLAND WIN A POOR GAME

After some disappointing football, Scotland beat England by one goal to none in the last international fixture of the season, played on the ground of the Aston Villa Football Club, on Saturday.

This match was the first won by Scotland on an English ground since 1903, and the success of the visitors brought the records for the series to 20 wins for Scotland against 14 for England, with 12 games drawn. It also gave Scotland the Championship.

The unsettled weather and the increased prices of admission probably accounted for the comparatively small attendance of 34,000, but the international has never aroused the enthusiasm which always marks the fixture at Glasgow, where an attendance of over 100,000 is usually seen when England are the visitors. Fortunately the wet morning was followed by a fine afternoon, and with the turf in good order and an absence of wind, the conditions could not be blamed for the indifferent quality of the football, which was in direct contrast to the brilliant play seen at Sheffield two years ago, when England won by 5 goals to 4 on a rain-soaked pitch, after being two goals behind at the interval.

The international games this season have been marked by play of very moderate quality, and Saturday's match was no exception to the rule. Presumably the best forwards in the two countries were engaged, and between them they managed to score one goal, and that in the nature of a fluke. Modern forward play is in a bad way if Saturday's display may be taken as a criterion, for there were scarcely half-a-dozen decent shots made during the match, and both sides missed many excellent scoring openings by indecision or inaccuracy. The best football came from Scotland and, although their goal was a lucky one, they were fully entitled to win. They were the quicker on the ball, and there was method in their movements, but it could not be claimed that either side played football worthy of the occasion...

The goal which won the match was scored when 17 minutes of the second half had expired. Dawson had saved a centre by Archibald, but in clearing a second shot-kicked the ball against one of the Scottish forwards, from whom it rebounded to Wilson, who turned it into the open goal. - The Times - Monday 10th April, 1922

Football League Division One 8 April 1922
Team	P	Pts
Liverpool	36	50
Tottenham Hotspur	36	44
Burnley	36	44
Aston Villa	36	43
Bolton Wanderers	36	42
Cardiff City	36	42
Middlesbrough	35	40
Manchester City	36	39
Newcastle United	36	38
Sunderland	37	37
West Bromwich Albion	36	37
Chelsea	36	36
Sheffield United	37	34
Huddersfield Town	35	32
Blackburn Rovers	37	32
Preston North End	35	32
Birmingham	36	30
Bradford City	36	30
Oldham Athletic	36	30
Everton	35	28
Arsenal	36	28
Manchester United	37	24

 

Division One matches played on 8 April 1922:

BOLTON WANDERERS 1-0 MANCHESTER UNITED
Jack 81
28,000 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

United were without Neil McBain, who was making his international debut, for Scotland against England at Birmingham.

BURNLEY 4-2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Richardson 13, 54, 62, Anderson 73 (Davies 72, 75)
8,900 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

Burnley were without Dawson and Kelly, who were playing against Scotland at Birmingham.

CARDIFF CITY 1-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED
L.Davies 15
25,000 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Cardiff were without Jimmy Blair, who was playing for Scotland against England at Birmingham.

EVERTON 2-3 CHELSEA
Reid 37, Spencer 83 (Cock 28, 35, Sharp 43)
30,000 (Goodison Park, Liverpool)

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1-2 BRADFORD CITY
Mann 62 (Chalmers 43, Logan 90)
12,000 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without Smith and Wadsworth (making his international debut), who were playing against Scotland at Birmingham.

MANCHESTER CITY 2-2 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Browell 8, 53 (Gillespie 13, 32)
12,000 (Hyde Road, Manchester)

MIDDLESBROUGH 4-2 ARSENAL
Elliott Pen. 12, 13, 47, Urwin 30 (White 22, Baker 42)
20,000 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

Middlesbrough were without Marshall and Wilson, who were playing for Scotland against England at Birmingham, with Wilson scoring the only goal.

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 4-0 LIVERPOOL
J.Marshall 28, 55, 68, Butler 85
10,360 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

Liverpool were without Tom Bromilow, who was playing against Scotland at Birmingham.

SUNDERLAND 1-0 PRESTON NORTH END
Buchan 55
18,000 (Roker Park, Sunderland)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-1 BIRMINGHAM
Lindsay 8, Jones o.g. 61 (Hampton 4)
19,638 (White Hart Lane, London)

Tottenham were without Clay, who was playing against Scotland at Birmingham, and Seed who was a reserve against Scotland, as was Barton of Birmingham, who were also without Crosbie, who was playing for Scotland.

Liverpool suffered their heaviest defeat of the season, but their healthy lead ensured that it would not stop them winning the championship.

Football League Division Two 8 April 1922
Team	P	Pts
Nottingham Forest	36	49
Stoke	36	48
West Ham United	36	45
Fulham	36	43
Barnsley	37	43
Hull City	36	42
Leeds United	36	38
Leicester City	35	37
South Shields	36	37
Notts County	36	35
Derby County	36	35
Clapton Orient	36	35
The Wednesday	36	35
Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	34
Rotherham County	36	34
Bury	36	33
Crystal Palace	36	33
Port Vale	36	29
Blackpool	36	28
Bradford	35	27
Coventry City	36	26
Bristol City	35	24

 

Division Two matches played on 8 April 1922:

BLACKPOOL 4-0 SOUTH SHIELDS
Charles, Power, Mee, Bedford
5,000 (Bloomfield Road, Blackpool)

BRADFORD 2-1 BRISTOL CITY
McLean, Peel (Poulton)
7,000 (Park Avenue, Bradford)

CLAPTON ORIENT 1-2 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Tonner (Nelis, Spaven)
20,000 (Millfields Road, London)

CRYSTAL PALACE 1-0 LEICESTER CITY
McCracken
10,000 (Croydon Common Athletic Ground, London)

FULHAM 1-0 PORT VALE
Torrance
15,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

HULL CITY 2-0 COVENTRY CITY
Flood 2
8,000 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

LEEDS UNITED 4-0 BARNSLEY
Swan 2, Gittins o.g., Poyntz
10,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

NOTTS COUNTY 1-2 DERBY COUNTY
Hill (Storer, Paterson)
5,000 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

ROTHERHAM COUNTY 1-1 BURY
Lounds (Robbie)
4,000 (Millmoor, Rotherham)

STOKE 3-0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
Tempest, Broad 2
10,000 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

THE WEDNESDAY 2-1 WEST HAM UNITED
Lunn, Lofthouse (Tresadern)
4,000 (Hillsborough, Sheffield)

The Wednesday were without George Wilson, England's captain against Scotland at Birmingham.

Forest's win kept them in control in their ultimately successful bid to return to the top flight for the first time since 1911. Barnsley's crushing defeat seemingly ended their hope of promotion, but they only dropped one more point and very nearly snatched the runners-up position from Stoke.

Selected Division Three matches played on 8 April 1921:

NORTHAMPTON TOWN 1-3 PLYMOUTH ARGYLE
Lockett (Raymond, Baker, Corcoran)
5,000 (County Ground, Northampton)

SOUTHAMPTON 1-1 MERTHYR TOWN
Brown (Getgood o.g.)
9,000 (The Dell, Southampton)

Southampton were without Bill Rawlings, who was playing for England against Scotland at Birmingham.

Plymouth led the southern section by five points from Southampton, who had three games in hand and went on to only concede one goal (in losing at Plymouth) in their last nine games to take the title (and promotion) on goal average. It was the first season in an incredible run of six successive runners-up placings for Plymouth in an era when only the champions were promoted to the second division. Stockport County led the northern section by five points from Darlington. Two weeks later, they would be champions and returning to the second division after a season's absence.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 7 April 1922 that the first ever mid-air collision between two airliners occurred over France, with seven people killed. In foggy conditions, a British mail plane with two occupants from Croydon collided with a French plane with three passengers, a mechanic and the pilot, headed for Croydon.

Source Notes

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
Andy Mitchell
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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