ENGLAND B rocked the Scots here tonight with an explosive burst of power football that brought them three goals in the first twenty-two minutes. Number one—a real sensation—came almost from kick-off.
   It caught the Scots with their guard down and their defence spreadeagled.
Outside left Brian Pilkington, the wee man from Burnley, was the scorer. He smashed the ball in first time from the edge of the penalty area after centre forward Brian Clough and inside right Tommy Thompson had carved out the chance. Twenty-one-year-old Clough who had spent most of the day having ice pack treatment to reduce a swelling over his right eye, got the second.
   What an impressive start to his first representative game.
England skipper, Tony Marchi. of Spurs, started it with a long ball up the left wing. Alf Stokes, his club colleague, at inside-left, chased it, caught it on the by-line and pulled it back to Clough's poised right foot. Scotland looked in danger of being overwhelmed completely. Their centre-forward Ian Gardiner was being snuffed out with contemptuous ease by Trevor Smith. Occasionally they staged breakaways—little islands of action in a sea of English superiority.
   And ironically it was one of these breakaways that led directly to England's third goal.
Right half Charlie Aitken, following up an attack crashed in a tremendous shot to bring out an equally tremendous save from goalkeeper Fred Else. Else's clearance found his Preston club-mate, Thompson, alone on the halfway line.
   This was the starting point for a hazy-mazy dribble that took him past centre half Danny Malloy and round right back Bob Kirk to slam the ball in.
It could easily have been a five-goal lead by half-time. Outside right Harry Hooper had a shot blocked; Brian Clough had one tipped over the bar; and Marchi had another well saved. The few efforts that Else had to save came from long range and gave him no trouble.
   Scotland found some semblance of order in the second half, and they hit back with a goal from Gardiner after seventy-two minutes.
Wardhaugh beat two men on the left, passed to Scott, and from his neat centre Gardiner headed through. Just before this Simpson made one of the luckiest saves of his career when Stokes tried a first-time shot. Simpson went the wrong way but stuck out a foot to deflect the ball over the bar. A few minutes after Scotland's goal Hopper made it 4—1 for England from the penalty spot. And this was only justice for Hooper was flashing through on his own when he was brought down. Referee Kingston at first signalled a free-kick, but after examining skid marks awarded a penalty instead.
  

A brilliant forward line scored a goal for England in the first minute of this 'B' International under the Birmingham floodlights and from that moment the Scottish defence went to pieces. In a sea of mud, Pilinkington volleyed home the first goal, Clough the second, and Thompson the third, all in the first 20 minutes of the game and all the result of outstanding team-work couple with brilliant finishing. After Scotland had made it 3-1 midway through the second half, Hooper converted a penalty for a foul on himself. On this display, England's reserves would seem to be extremely promising.