WHAT a night for wing half Jimmy Gabriel! Shortly before he turned out for Scotland's Under-23 team here at Ibrox, Gabriel was transferred from Dundee to Everton for £22,500. A matter of minutes later Gabriel began the move that led to Scotland's first goal. By half-time, he had helped the Scots to a 3—1 lead. The game was barely started when skipper Maurice Setters announced his presence with a crunching tackle on Denis Law, the Scots captain.
   That was a mistake! Denis tumbled head over heels on the wet turf, rose, shook himself, and then set about the Englishmen.
He sprayed passes to all points of attack. He sized up weaknesses unerringly, pin-pointing English left back Tony Allen as a weak link. He went back deep in defence when needed. He tackled vigorously and profitably. The first goal came in the twenty-fifth minute. Gabriel lobbed, Law jumped with goalkeeper Gordon Marshall and harried him into fumbling. The ball dropped to the ground and St John netted. In the thirty-eighth minute, Cousin dashed through on a St John pass and scored a second goal. A minute later, Law baffled Setters with a sudden thrust of his body and moved off towards goal.
   But he was pulled up sharply by the fingers of the Englishman holding on to his jersey. A penalty!
Duncan Mackay converted smoothly. Just before half-time, Jimmy Greaves, in a one-man foray that carried him swerving past three opponents in a dazzling run, scored a goal for England. Gabriel made Scotland's fourth goal, too. He crossed a free-kick into the goalmouth, and St John headed it in. Then Jimmy Greaves, the Chelsea match-winner, who was at Ibrox only because Joe Baker couldn't be there, scored the second England goal.
   It was a replica of his first—a race through the middle, and a swerve past defenders, even the goalkeeper.
It seemed he had run too far, but his deft finishing touch from an acute angle completed a wonderful goal. Eighteen minutes from the end, Greaves completed his hat-trick, and George Eastham headed a sensational equaliser ten minutes from the finish.
  

For long periods pla was dominated by Scotland who at one stage took a 4-1 lead. Goals were scored by St John, Cousins, and McKay. Then Greaves, at his best, scored the first of three great individual goals. St John made it 4-1, but then England was allowed to fight back and eventually equalise with the two further goals by Greaves and one by Eastham. For Scotland, Law was outstanding, but England, with the exception of Greaves, were below form.