The bleak bog that was Ibrox Park yesterday was hopeless for play, and there was no alternative but to call off the Scotland-England "B" international which was to have been played there tonight. Water lay down the center of the field. Other parts were like marshland.
"We are looking around to see if a new date can be found, but no decision is possible, yet." S.F.A. Assistant Secretary, William Allan, told me yesterday. "We informed the England party in Lancs in good time to prevent them travelling north."
The England players were in the middle of a thirty-minute each-way practice match at Preston when their team-manager, Walter Winterbottom, learned that the game was off. He let them finish the practice game—against a scratch Preston side—before breaking the news.
    The England team lost 1—0, Preston's goal being scored by Foster, himself a former "B" international.
Afterwards the England party lunched together and then dispersed. Some travelled to Manchester nd the rest to London with Mr. Winterbottom. Before leaving Deepdale, Mr. Winterbottom expressed his disappointment that the match was off. "There is the consolation however, that we shall get a far truer idea of the progress of our young players by seeing them in better conditions later." he said.
The Scots team dispersed to their homes from Largs yesterday afternoon, disappointed at missing an international chance. Most realised, however, that a tough game in strength-sapping mud could have ruined expectations.