"The Scottish selectors were so pleased with their B team's display they allowed the players to keep their jerseys. The Englishmen had to hand back their white shirts but were given permission to keep the badges." - Thursday, 12 March 1953, The Dundee Courier
   

Finally it ended up all square at two goals each, the "B" international between Scotland and England at Edinburgh yesterday. It took all the first half for the game to break out of its cellophane wrapper, into a lusty, competitive match, and while few reputations were enhanced, few were lost.
For Scotland, I should say that Dundee's Douglas Cowie is in for Wembley but only Portsmouth's Henderson of the remainder, can make an immediate claim for honours. The English defence looked unsteady in early Scottish attacks, and a free-kick struck by Henderson struck both the crossbar and Nethercott before scrambled clear.
The Scots defenders covered well, and their forwards settled down more quickly than the English. But in seventeen minutes England took the lead. Their forwards had settled down now, and the defence had steadied. 
    As Simpson advanced towards him, Lishman lobbed the ball over the goalkeeper's head. The lob was too high and struck the crossbar, but Holden running in, had an easy task to catch the rebound and head into the net.
The Scots thundered their way into the picture after this, but nearly every attack broke against the strong defensive play of Cummings. Henderson was the best forward, but Billy Moir, who with Adamson was injured in a collision inside the England penalty box, was not at his best in laying on the service. It was unlucky for the players that the crowd, no more than 22,000, was to small to create the tense 'atmosphere' of an international to goad the team into a thrilling game.
There was an explosion of goals in the second half to shake the game into rip-roaring life. Jackie Henderson put the match to the fuse when he pushed the ball through for McMillan to equalise for Scotland. Two minutes later, England went back into the lead when Grainger screwed in a pass from Holden. Before this one was dry, Morrison got Scotland's second from a corner by Henderson.
    That was three goals in three minutes! This was football!
After this the sting remained in the play, but there was little to chose between the teams, whose chief claim to fame was enthusiasm rather than brilliance.