THIS was the first England international since that dreadful day in February 1958 when the country lost so many talented players through the Munich air disaster. Gone forever were Roger Byrne, Tommy Taylor, David Pegg, and probably one of the finest players England had ever produced, Duncan Edwards. We would now never know what heights that lad would have reached and, indeed, the England side with those great stars included.

And so, it was with a saddened heart and not without a tear or two that Billy Wright led his team out for his 89th international. Into the side for the first time came Bobby Charlton, a survivor of that terrible tragedy and now seeking to emulate his illustrious predecessors in the white shirt of England. The 19-year-old went into the game knowing many eyes were upon him, but he need not have worried as the guiding words of Billy Wright and Tom Finney saw him through magnificently. Now his talents were set  before the rest of the world.

England's recent record at Hampden Park has been phenomenal and a whole generation of Scots has grown up without seeing a home victory against the Auld Enemy. There was never a chance of that changing in this match as England dominated from start to finish.

Bryan Douglas was again in fine form and gave hi marker, Haddock, a torrid time. The full-back must have cursed his luck because in 1955 the same player had been given the runaround by Stanly Matthews at Wembley It was Douglas that made the breakthrough in the 12th minute. A free-kick taken by Charlton on the right was met superbly by Douglas and his header flashed past the startled Younger. Eleven minutes later, Derek Kevan made it 2-0 to England with a firm shot after another splendid run by Douglas had set up the chance.

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England, with Johnny Haynes in another of his dominant moods, swept forward relentlessly and shortly afterwards came the goal of the match. Tom Finney picked up the ball and attacked Parker down the left flank.  The full-back was totally bemused by the pace and skill of the Preston winger. A shimmy of the hips and a shrug of the shoulders gave Finney the opening to get past his marker and to the goal-line. His brilliant cross then swept into the middle, where it was met by the young Charlton full on the volley on the penalty spot. Poor Younger never even saw it. Even the partisan Scottish crowd rose to that goal and it will be long remembered by all who were there.

So, at half-time, as against France, the game was effectively over. The Hampden roar had been silenced and the mood of the crowd sank even further into depression when Mudie's header struck the England crossbar. The incident drained any last remaining fight from the Scotland players and their usual passion was certainly missing from their game.

The second half was practically a non-event and by the time Kevan scored his second and England's fourth goal 15 minutes from the end many of the crowd had begun to make their way home. The goal was a good one ending a lovely move involving Haynes, Charlton and Bill Slater.

It was another impressive performance by England, whilst Scotland were left with many problems to solve before the World Cup in Sweden the following June.
  

Bobby Charlton, a Munich survivor, electrified the first of his 106 England appearances with a classical goal when he connected with a Tom Finney cross on the volley to send it flashing into the Scotland net from the edge of the penalty area. His wonder strike came in the sixty-second minute after Bryan Douglas had headed England into a first-half lead and then laid on the first of two goals for Derek Kevan. Fulham's Jim Langley made a commendable debut in place of the sadly missed Roger Byrne, with Wolverhampton's Bill Slater taking on the impossible job of following Duncan Edwards. The nearest Scotland came to scoring was when a Jackie Mudie header hit the bar midway through the second-half, by which time England were sitting on a cushion of three goals. Kevan wrapped it up for England fifteen minutes from the end after Johnny Haynes, Bobby Charlton and Bill Slater had cut open the Scottish defence with a procession of precise passes.
  

In their first game after the Munich disaster, which meant the loss of three members of the team, England achieved an overwhelming victory at Glasgow, even if it was generally agreed that the Scottish play was not up to standard. Douglas again had a fine game on the right wing and, indeed, none of the England team could really be faulted. Scotland were at their best in the early stages, and Mudie succeeded in hitting the bar, but once England had taken the lead through a Douglas header midway through the first half, the Scots deteriorated badly. Ten minutes from half-time, Kevan scored a second, shooting in from a Douglas pass, but the goal of the match came after twenty minutes of the second half, when Charlton magnificently volleyed home Finney's dropping centre. The fourth was scored by Kevan following another fine England move, and the match ended with England toying with the opposition.