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Saturday, 2 April 1927
Home International Championship 1926-27 (39th) Match

Scotland 1 England 2 [0-0]
 

 Match Summary
Scotland Party
England Party

Hampden Park, Kinghorn Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Lanarkshires
Attendance: 111,214; Receipts: £7,100; Kick-off 3.00pm GMT;
 Live on Glasgow Radio only

Scotland - Alan Morton (McLean took a neat pass from McPhail to centre for Morton, who bundled the ball into the net 53)
England - Bill Dean (a powerful shot after outpacing Thomson, from an Edwards pass 69, raced through and rounded Harkness 88)
Results 1919-30

? won the toss, ? kicked-off.
 

Match Summary

Officials

Scotland

Type

England
Referee - Arthur Ward
 Kirkham, Lancashire, England

Linesmen - A. Josephs, Durham, and not known

England had not won in Scotland since 1904, desperate to bring that run to an end, Tim Paton, the Yorkshire cotton millionaire, offered the England players £10 bonus should they win, plus another £10 per goal score. - England Expects: James Corbett, p.47

   Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

Scotland Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 2nd to 3rd		 Colours: Dark blue shirts with white collars, white shorts
Capt: Billy McStay Selectors: The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the inter-league match, on Wednesday, 23 March 1927.
Scotland Lineup
  Harkness, John D. 19 27 September 1907 G Queen's Park FC 2 2 GA
  McStay, William 32 21 April 1894 RB The Celtic FC 11 0
  Thomson, Robert 23 24 October 1903 LB Falkirk FAC 1 0
  Morrison, Thomas nk not known RH St. Mirren FC 1 0
  Gibson, James D. 25 12 June 1901 CH Partick Thistle FC 4 0
  McMullan, James 32 26 March 1895 LH Manchester City FC, England 11 0
  McLean, Adam 27 27 April 1899 OR The Celtic FC 4 1
  Cunningham, Andrew 36 30 January 1891 IR Rangers FC 12 5
  Gallacher, Hugh K. 24 2 February 1903 CF Newcastle United FC, England 10 9
  McPhail, Robert L. 21 25 October 1905 IL Airdrieonians FC 1 0
Morton, Alan L. 33 24 April 1893 OL Rangers FC 16 5

reserves:

 John Hutton (Aberdeen FC), Tom Craig (Rangers FC), Bob Gillespie (Queen's Park FC) and Jimmy Crawford (Queen's Park FC)

team notes:

 Jimmy Gibson is the son of Neilly Gibson, who played for Scotland against England between 1895 and 1900.
 
2-3-5 Harkness -
McStay, Thomson -
Morrison, Gibson, McMullan -
McLean, Cunningham, Gallacher, McPhail, Morton.

Averages:

 Age 27.2 Appearances/Goals 6.6 1.7

 

England Team
 

Rank:

 No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 12th to 10th		 Colours: The 1923 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: Jack Hill, first captaincy Selectors:
In charge: Arthur G. Kingscott		 The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the inter-league match, on Monday, 28 March 1927.
120th match, W 77 - D 25 - L 18 - F 360 - A 125.
England Lineup
  Brown, John H. 28 19 March 1899 G The Wednesday FC 2 4 GA
  Goodall, F. Roy, injured 24 31 December 1902 RB Huddersfield Town FC 2 0
  Jones, Herbert 30 3 December 1896 LB Blackburn Rovers FC 1 0
  Edwards, Willis 23 28 April 1903 RH Leeds United AFC 5 0
  Hill, John H., injured 30 2 March 1897 CH/OR Burnley FC 4 0
  Bishop, Sidney M. 27 10 February 1900 LH/CH Leicester City FC 1 0
  Hulme, Joseph H.A. 22 26 August 1904 OR/IL The Arsenal FC 1 0
  Brown, George 23 22 June 1903 IR Huddersfield Town AFC 3 0
Dean, William R. 20 22 January 1907 CF Everton FC 2 4
  Rigby, Arthur 26 7 June 1900 IL/LH Blackburn Rovers FC 1 0
  Page, Louis A. 28 27 March 1899 OL Burnley FC 2 0

reserves:

 Fred Kean (The Wednesday FC) and Bob Kelly (Huddersfield Town FC)

team notes:

 "ENGLISH CAPTAIN'S PLUCK Jack Hill had three stitches put in a gash over his left eye and was advised not to resume, but insisted on returning. The wound broke out afresh early in the second half, but Hill again went out, despite earnest persuasions not to do so." Scotland's only goal came whilst Hill was receiving treatment.
It was against Roy Goodall's head that Hill cut his own head against, Goodall himself needed treatment, as did Joe Hulme, who became lame for parts of the second half.
 
2-3-5 Brown -
Goodall, Jones -
Edwards, Hill, Bishop -
Hulme, Brown, Dean, Rigby, Page
 After half-an-hour, Jack Hill returned to the field as outside-right. Bishop went into the centre, with Rigby becoming the new left-half.

Averages:

 Age 25.5 Appearances/Goals 2.2 0.2

England teams v. Scotland:

1926:

 Taylor Goodall Mort Edwards Hill Green York Puddefoot Harper Walker Ruffell

1927:

 J.Brown Goodall Jones Edwards Hill Bishop Hulme G.Brown Dean Rigby Page

 

    Match Report
England beat Scotland, for the first time since 1920, in the international match at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Saturday, by two goals to one. The last occasion on which England had beaten Scotland in Scotland was as far back as 1904. The official return showed that over 111,000 people watched the game on Saturday. Although England's success was to some extent aided by the ineffectiveness of the Scottish team, it was the result of a whole-hearted, and often skilful, display...

When the pressure was at its height Hill again had to leave the field, and he had hardly gone when Scotland's enterprise was rewarded. McLean, the outside right, sent over a perfect cross-pass which Morton met with his head, and, although Brown touched the ball, he was unable to stop it...

From a clearance upfield by Goodall, Dean gathered the ball, and, beating off Thomson, the Scottish left back, ran in and shot the ball strongly into the net...

The Englishmen were not to be denied, and four minutes from the end of the game Dean again raced through, and, although he was tackled by three Scots, shot the winning goal after Thomson had attempted to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper. England finished the game strongly, and were worthy winners. - The Times - Monday 4th April, 1927

    Football League
Football League Division One
2 April 1927
Team P Pts
Newcastle United 34 47
Huddersfield Town 35 46
Sunderland 37 44
West Ham United 35 41
Burnley 36 40
Leicester City 35 39
Aston Villa 36 39
Bolton Wanderers 34 37
Liverpool 35 35
Tottenham Hotspur 35 35
Sheffield United 35 35
Blackburn Rovers 35 34
Cardiff City 34 32
The Wednesday 36 32
Manchester United 35 32
Derby County 35 31
Arsenal 33 31
Birmingham 33 31
Everton 37 30
Bury 35 29
Leeds United 35 26
West Bromwich Albion 35 24

 

Division One matches played on 2 April 1927:

ARSENAL 0-2 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN
(Dent 2)
24,409 (Highbury, London)

Arsenal were without Joe Hulme, who was making his international debut against Scotland in Glasgow, whilst Huddersfield were without Brown and Goodall, who were also playing against Scotland, and Kelly, who was a reserve against Scotland.

ASTON VILLA 1-5 WEST HAM UNITED
Cook (Watson 2, Earle, Johnson, Ruffell)
22,413 (Villa Park, Birmingham)

BOLTON WANDERERS 3-2 THE WEDNESDAY
Blackmore, Marsden o.g., Butler (Trotter 2)
16,195 (Burnden Park, Bolton)

Wednesday were without Brown, who was in goal against Scotland in Glasgow, and Kean, who was a reserve against Scotland.

BURNLEY 0-2 BIRMINGHAM
(Bradford, Crosbie)
12,679 (Turf Moor, Burnley)

Burnley were without Hill (who was captain) and Page, who were playing against Scotland in Glasgow.

CARDIFF CITY 1-2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
Skitt o.g. (Handley, O'Callaghan)
13,384 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

DERBY COUNTY 0-0 EVERTON
18,012 (Baseball Ground, Derby)

Everton were without Bill Dean, who scored both goals against Scotland in Glasgow.

LEEDS UNITED 3-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Jennings 2, Wainscoat (Carter)
20,176 (Elland Road, Leeds)

Leeds were without Willis Edwards, who was playing against Scotland in Glasgow.

LIVERPOOL 1-2 SUNDERLAND
Chambers (Halliday 2)
20,086 (Anfield, Liverpool)

MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 LEICESTER CITY
Spence
17,119 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

Leicester were without Sid Bishop, who was making his international debut, against Scotland in Glasgow.

NEWCASTLE UNITED 3-1 BURY
McKay, McDonald, Clark (Hughes)
20,000 (St James' Park, Newcastle)

Newcastle were without Hughie Gallacher, who was playing for Scotland against England in Glasgow.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 5-3 BLACKBURN ROVERS
A.Mercer 2, Tunstall 2 (1 pen), D.Mercer (Harper, Walter, Puddefoot)
17,009 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

Blackburn were without Jones and Rigby, who were making their international debuts, against Scotland in Glasgow.

Huddersfield put up a strong fight in their efforts to win their fourth successive title, but Newcastle held on to wrest it from their grasp, helped by beating them on Good Friday, two weeks later.

Football League Division Two
2 April 1927
Team P Pts
Middlesbrough 35 53
Portsmouth 34 45
Preston North End 35 45
Nottingham Forest 35 44
Chelsea 33 44
Manchester City 34 43
Hull City 35 42
Port Vale 35 37
Swansea Town 34 37
Southampton 33 36
Blackpool 35 34
Barnsley 34 32
Oldham Athletic 35 32
Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 29
South Shields 33 29
Grimsby Town 35 29
Notts County 35 29
Reading 32 28
Fulham 35 26
Darlington 35 22
Clapton Orient 34 20
Bradford City 35 18

 

Division Two matches played on 2 April 1927:

BRADFORD CITY 4-1 BLACKPOOL
Gascoigne, Burkinshaw 2, Hamilton (Tremelling)
 9,840 (Valley Parade, Bradford)

CHELSEA 0-0 READING
 35,424 (Stamford Bridge, London)

CLAPTON ORIENT 4-5 PORTSMOUTH
Gardner 2, Corkindale, Thomson (Forward, Cook, Haines 3)
14,081 (Millfields Road, London)

HULL CITY 5-1 BARNSLEY
Howieson 2, Whitworth, Martin 2 (Eaton)
8,671 (Anlaby Road, Hull)

MIDDLESBROUGH 3-1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
 McClelland, Camsell, Williams (Wellock)
 22,554 (Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough)

NOTTS COUNTY 3-1 DARLINGTON
Davis 2, Kelly (Henderson)
8,138 (Meadow Lane, Nottingham)

PORT VALE 7-1 FULHAM
Anstiss 3, Kirkham 4 (Smith)
7,552 (Old Recreation Ground, Stoke)

PRESTON NORTH END 4-0 SWANSEA TOWN
Robson 2, Morris, James
13,534 (Deepdale, Preston)

SOUTH SHIELDS 1-1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST
Oxberry (Gibson)
5,458 (Horsley Hill, South Shields)

SOUTHAMPTON 0-0 GRIMSBY TOWN
5,713 (The Dell, Southampton)

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 4-1 MANCHESTER CITY
Weaver, Chadwick 2, Harrington (Cowan)
11,361 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)

City were without Jimmy McMullan, who was playing for Scotland against England in Glasgow.

Middlesbrough had won eight of their last ten league games and were well on track for promotion. George Camsell had already smashed the Football League scoring record and netted his 52nd of the campaign against Oldham. He would go on to score 59. The second division championship and, with it, a return to the top flight, would also soon be theirs.

Division Three on 2 April 1927:

Stoke City led the northern section by four points from Rochdale, who beat them 4-0, but they would get no closer and Stoke went on to win the title, and promotion straight back to the second division. Bristol City led the southern section by six points from Brighton & Hove Albion, who had played a game more. City lost for the first time since November, at Northampton, and then Brighton completed the double over them by winning at Bristol, the following week, but City were too strong and still finished as champions.

IN OTHER NEWS...

In the last match of the rugby Five Nations Championship, France beat England for the first time, by 3-0 in Paris.

It was on 1 April 1927 that one of the greatest players of all time, Ferenc Puskás was born in Hungary. He scored 84 goals in 85 games for his country, captained them to the 1954 World Cup Final and to England's first home defeat to continental opposition, before scoring four times for Real Madrid in the 1960 European Cup Final and another hat-trick in the final, two years later, which they lost to Benfica.

Source Notes

This was England's first win at the 1908 rebuild of Hampden Park, and the first in Glasgow since 1904.

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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