England Match No. 140 - Scotland - 12 April 1924

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139 vs. Wales 140 141 vs. France	Saturday, 12 April 1924 Home International Championship 1923-24 (36th) Match England 1 Scotland 1 [0-1]		Match Summary England Party Scotland Party
		The British Empire Exhibition Stadium, Wembley Park, Wembley, Middlesex Attendance: 37,250; Kick-off: tbc GMT
		Scotland - Eddie Taylor (Clunas' free-kick came to Cowan, whose shot hit the post, and rebounded of Taylor's knee, or back, for an own goal 40) England - Billy Walker (Buchan headed across the goal, Smith's header was half-hearted for Walker to score easily 60)
Results 1919-30		England won the toss, Scotland kicked-off.

Match Summary

Officials	England	Type	Scotland
Referee - Thomas R. Dougray Bellshill, Scotland Linesmen - J. Fleming, Scotland and R.T. Bradshaw, Leicester.		Goal Attempts
		Attempts on Target
		Hit Bar/Post
		Corner Kicks Won
		Offside Calls Against
		Fouls Conceded
		Possession

England Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 10th	Colours:		The 1923 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt:	Frank Moss, only captaincy	Selectors:		The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the inter-league match, on Monday, 31 March 1924. 107th match, W 70 - D 22 - L 15 - F 331 - A 104.
England Lineup
	Taylor, Edward	36	7 March 1887	G	Huddersfield Town AFC	6	8 GA
	Smart, Thomas	27	20 September 1896	RB	Aston Villa FC	3	0
	Wadsworth, Samuel J.	27	13 September 1896	LB	Huddersfield Town AFC	5	0
	Moss, Frank	28	17 April 1895	RH	Aston Villa FC	5	0
	Spencer, Charles W.	24	4 December 1899	CH	Newcastle United FC	1	0
	Barton, Percy A.	31	20 January 1893	LH	Birmingham FC	6	0
	Butler, William	24	27 March 1900	OR	Bolton Wanderers FC	1	0
	Jack, David B.N.	24	3 April 1898	IR	Bolton Wanderers FC	2	0
	Buchan, Charles M.	32	22 September 1891	CF	Sunderland AFC	6	4
	Walker, William H.	26	29 October 1897	IL	Aston Villa FC	7	4
	Tunstall, Fred	26	29 May 1897	OL	Sheffield United FC	4	0
reserves:		Originally Charlie Buchan, replaced with Bob Kelly (Burnley FC), and George Blackburn (Aston Villa FC).
team notes:		Liverpool FC's Harry Chambers was the original named inside-left. On 9 April, after Chambers was declared unfit, Charlie Buchan was brought in as centre-forward, the position originally handed to Billy Walker, who slipped into the vacant inside-left position.

2-3-5		Taylor - Smart, Wadsworth - Moss, Spencer, Barton - Butler, Jack, Buchan, Walker, Tunstall.
Averages:		Age	27.8	Appearances/Goals		4.2	0.6

England teams v. Scotland:
1923:	Taylor	Longworth	Wadsworth	Kean	Wilson	Tresadern	Chedgzoy	Kelly	Watson	Chambers	Tunstall
1924:	Taylor	Smart	Wadsworth	Moss	Spencer	Barton	Butler	Jack	Buchan	Walker	Tunstall

Scotland Team

Rank:	No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th	Colours:		Dark blue shirts with white collars, white shorts
Capt:	Jimmy McMullan	Selectors: Trainer: G.T. Livingstone (Rangers FC)		The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the inter-league match, on Wednesday, 2 April 1924.
Scotland Lineup
	Harper, William	27	19 January 1897	G	Hibernian FC	6	5 GA
	Smith, John	nk	not known	RB	Ayr United FC	1	0
	McCloy, Philip	27	19 April 1896	LB	Ayr United FC	1	0
	Clunas, William	24	29 April 1899	RH	Sunderland AFC, England	1	0
	Morris, David	24	21 August 1899	CH	Raith Rovers FC	3	1
	McMullan, James	29	26 March 1895	LH	Partick Thistle FC	6	0
	Archibald, Alexander	26	6 September 1897	OR	Rangers FC	6	1
	Cowan, William D.	27	9 August 1896	IR	Newcastle United FC, England	1	0
	Harris, Neil L.	29	30 October 1894	CF	Newcastle United FC, England	1	0
	Cunningham, Andrew	33	30 January 1891	IL	Rangers FC	8	4
	Morton, Alan L.	30	24 April 1893	OL	Rangers FC	11	2
reserves:		reserves not known

2-3-5		Harper - Smith, McCloy - Clunas, Morris, McMullan - Archibald, Cowan, Harris, Cunningham, Morton
Averages:		Age	25.1	Appearances/Goals		4.1	0.7

Match Report by Glen Isherwood

Wales had already won the British Championship, for only the third time, winning all three of their games, including a 2-0 win over Scotland, at Ninian Park and a 2-1 win over England, at Ewood Park. England had also lost 2-1 to Ireland at Windsor Park and needed to win, to avoid finishing bottom, for the first time. Scotland, the British Champions for the previous three years, needed a point to finish runners-up.

The Scots took the lead just before the interval. A Clunas free-kick came to Cowan, whose shot hit the post, rebounded against goalkeeper Ted Taylor and went in.

On the hour England were level, when Buchan headed across goal, for Billy Walker to score the equaliser.

Scotland were to regain the British Championship, the following year, and keep it for a further three years. England had to wait until 1927 to beat Scotland again, but not before finishing bottom again, in 1926.

Football League

Football League Division One
12 April 1924

Team P Pts

Sunderland 38 50

Huddersfield Town 35 49

Cardiff City 37 49

Bolton Wanderers 40 48

Sheffield United 38 45

Blackburn Rovers 40 45

Aston Villa 39 43

Everton 39 43

Newcastle United 39 42

West Ham United 37 38

Birmingham 38 38

Notts County 38 38

Liverpool 38 36

Manchester City 36 35

West Bromwich Albion 37 34

Tottenham Hotspur 37 33

Burnley 36 32

Nottingham Forest 38 30

Arsenal 36 30

Preston North End 38 29

Chelsea 38 24

Middlesbrough 40 21

Division One matches played on 12 April 1924:

ARSENAL 2-0 SUNDERLAND
Woods, Haden
18,000 (Highbury, London)

Sunderland were without Buchan, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley, and Clunas, who was playing for Scotland.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-1 BOLTON WANDERERS
McKay, Harper, Finney o.g. (Smith)
12,000 (Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Bolton were without Butler (making his only international appearance) and Jack, who were playing against Scotland at Wembley.

CARDIFF CITY 2-0 BURNLEY
Evans, Davies
10,000 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Burnley were without Bob Kelly, who was a reserve against Scotland at Wembley.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1-1 MANCHESTER CITY
Brown (Roberts)
10,000 (Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without Taylor (who scored an own goal) and Wadsworth, who were playing against Scotland at Wembley.

LIVERPOOL 3-1 MIDDLESBROUGH
McKinlay, Walsh 2 (Elliott pen.)
20,000 (Anfield, Liverpool)

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-1 CHELSEA
Keating, Seymour (Wilding)
20,000 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

Newcastle were without Spencer, who was making his international debut, against Scotland at Wembley, and Cowan and Harris, who were each making their only international appearances, for Scotland.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0-0 ASTON VILLA
12,000 (City Ground, Nottingham)

Villa were without Moss, Smart and Walker (who scored the equaliser), who were playing against Scotland at Wembley, and Blackburn, who was a reserve against Scotland.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0-2 BIRMINGHAM
(Bradford, Linley)
8,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

United were without Fred Tunstall, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley, as was Birmingham's Percy Barton.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-5 EVERTON
Lindsay, Walden (Cock 2, Chadwick, Chedgzoy, Irvine)
14,606 (White Hart Lane, London)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5-0 NOTTS COUNTY
Jones, James 2, Wilson 2, 1 pen.
8,003 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

WEST HAM UNITED 3-1 PRESTON NORTH END
Watson, Moore, Edwards (Marquis)
18,000 (Upton Park, London)

Sunderland were running out of games at the top, with only four left to play. Cardiff and Huddersfield were closing in, with games in hand. Neither side had won the title before and it was Huddersfield that held their nerve to win it on goal average by an incredibly tight margin of 0.024 (or just over 1/40) of a goal.

Football League Division Two
12 April 1924

Team P Pts

Leeds United 37 49

Bury 38 47

Blackpool 37 44

Stoke 38 44

Derby County 37 43

Oldham Athletic 37 42

Southampton 37 40

South Shields 37 40

Stockport County 37 38

Leicester City 37 37

Clapton Orient 36 37

The Wednesday 37 37

Barnsley 37 37

Manchester United 37 36

Bradford City 38 34

Coventry City 38 33

Crystal Palace 36 33

Port Vale 37 32

Hull City 37 31

Nelson 37 29

Fulham 37 28

Bristol City 37 25

Division Two matches played on 12 April 1924:

BRADFORD CITY 2-1 HULL CITY
Rhodes, Rigby (Mills)
10,000 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

BURY 5-0 THE WEDNESDAY
Robbie 2, Bullock 2, Stage
12,936 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

FULHAM 0-0 CLAPTON ORIENT
10,000 (Craven Cottage, London)

LEEDS UNITED 1-1 DERBY COUNTY
Whipp (Storer)
20,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

LEICESTER CITY 1-2 BLACKPOOL
Chandler (Butler, Bedford)
15,000 (Filbert Street, Leicester)

MANCHESTER UNITED 5-1 CRYSTAL PALACE
Spence 4, Smith (Hand)
8,000 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

NELSON 1-3 PORT VALE
Cameron (Page, Briscoe, Kirkham)
6,000 (Seedhill Ground, Nelson)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0-0 BRISTOL CITY
5,870 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

SOUTH SHIELDS 4-2 COVENTRY CITY
Guyan, Smith 2, Thompson (Pynegar, Dougall)
6,000 (Horsley Hill, South Shields)

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2-3 SOUTHAMPTON
Woodcock, Sambrook (Rawlings, Shelley, Dominy)
11,000 (Edgeley Park, Stockport)

STOKE 2-0 BARNSLEY
Sellars 2
9,799 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

If the league title race was tight, the race for promotion was, incredibly, even closer, with Derby's 4-0 win against Leicester City in their final game ending a goal short and Bury finished runners-up to Leeds by a winning margin of 0.014 (or just over 1/71) of a goal over Derby.

Division Three on 12 April 1924:

Rochdale led the northern section by a point from Wolverhampton Wanderers, but had played a game more and Wolves were to pip them to the title, and promotion straight back to the second division. Millwall led the southern section by two points from Portsmouth, but had also played a game more. but they lost three of their last four games and Portsmouth were champions, winning promotion for the first time.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 11 April 1924 that Jimmy Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies addressed the workers at Wembley to thank them for agreeing to work overtime in the next eleven days to ensure that the Empire Exhibition would be a credit to the country when it was opened by the King on St George's Day.

Source Notes

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
Glen Isherwood's Wembley: The Complete Record (SportsBooks Limited, Cheltenham, U.K., 2006)
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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