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Saturday, 12 April 1924
Home International Championship 1923-24 (36th) Match

England 1 Scotland 1 [0-1]
 

Match Summary
England Party

Scotland Party

The British Empire Exhibition Stadium, Wembley Park, Wembley, Middlesex
Attendance: 37,250;
Kick-off: tbc GMT

Scotland - Eddie Taylor (Clunas' free-kick came to Cowan, whose shot hit the post, and rebounded of Taylor's knee, or back, for an own goal 40)
England - Billy Walker (Buchan headed across the goal, Smith's header was half-hearted for Walker to score easily 60)
Results 1919-30

England won the toss, Scotland kicked-off.

 

Match Summary

Officials

England

Type

Scotland

Referee - Thomas R. Dougray
Bellshill, Scotland

Linesmen - J. Fleming, Scotland and R.T. Bradshaw, Leicester.


  Goal Attempts  
  Attempts on Target  
  Hit Bar/Post  
  Corner Kicks Won  
  Offside Calls Against  
  Fouls Conceded  
  Possession  

England Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 10th
Colours: The 1923 uniform - White collared jerseys and dark club shorts
Capt: Frank Moss, only captaincy Selectors: The fourteen-man FA International Selection Committee, following the inter-league match, on Monday, 31 March 1924.
107th match, W 70 - D 22 - L 15 - F 331 - A 104.
England Lineup
Taylor, Edward 36 7 March 1887 G Huddersfield Town AFC 6 8 GA
  Smart, Thomas 27 20 September 1896 RB Aston Villa FC 3 0
  Wadsworth, Samuel J. 27 13 September 1896 LB Huddersfield Town AFC 5 0
  Moss, Frank 28 17 April 1895 RH Aston Villa FC 5 0
  Spencer, Charles W. 24 4 December 1899 CH Newcastle United FC 1 0
  Barton, Percy A. 31 20 January 1893 LH Birmingham FC 6 0
  Butler, William 24 27 March 1900 OR Bolton Wanderers FC 1 0
  Jack, David B.N. 24 3 April 1898 IR Bolton Wanderers FC 2 0
  Buchan, Charles M. 32 22 September 1891 CF Sunderland AFC 6 4
Walker, William H. 26 29 October 1897 IL Aston Villa FC 7 4
  Tunstall, Fred 26 29 May 1897 OL Sheffield United FC 4 0

reserves:

Originally Charlie Buchan, replaced with Bob Kelly (Burnley FC), and George Blackburn (Aston Villa FC).

team notes:

Liverpool FC's Harry Chambers was the original named inside-left. On 9 April, after Chambers was declared unfit, Charlie Buchan was brought in as centre-forward, the position originally handed to Billy Walker, who slipped into the vacant inside-left position.
 
2-3-5 Taylor -
Smart, Wadsworth -
Moss, Spencer, Barton -
Butler, Jack, Buchan, Walker, Tunstall.

Averages:

Age 27.8 Appearances/Goals 4.2 0.6

England teams v. Scotland:

1923:

Taylor Longworth Wadsworth Kean Wilson Tresadern Chedgzoy Kelly Watson Chambers Tunstall

1924:

Taylor Smart Wadsworth Moss Spencer Barton Butler Jack Buchan Walker Tunstall

 

Scotland Team

 

Rank:

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 5th
Colours: Dark blue shirts with white collars, white shorts
Capt: Jimmy McMullan Selectors:
Trainer: G.T. Livingstone (Rangers FC)
The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the inter-league match, on Wednesday, 2 April 1924.
Scotland Lineup
  Harper, William 27 19 January 1897 G Hibernian FC 6 5 GA
  Smith, John nk not known RB Ayr United FC 1 0
  McCloy, Philip 27 19 April 1896 LB Ayr United FC 1 0
  Clunas, William 24 29 April 1899 RH Sunderland AFC, England 1 0
  Morris, David 24 21 August 1899 CH Raith Rovers FC 3 1
  McMullan, James 29 26 March 1895 LH Partick Thistle FC 6 0
  Archibald, Alexander 26 6 September 1897 OR Rangers FC 6 1
  Cowan, William D. 27 9 August 1896 IR Newcastle United FC, England 1 0
  Harris, Neil L. 29 30 October 1894 CF Newcastle United FC, England 1 0
  Cunningham, Andrew 33 30 January 1891 IL Rangers FC 8 4
  Morton, Alan L. 30 24 April 1893 OL Rangers FC 11 2

reserves:

reserves not known
 
2-3-5 Harper -
Smith, McCloy -
Clunas, Morris, McMullan -
Archibald, Cowan, Harris, Cunningham, Morton

Averages:

Age 25.1 Appearances/Goals 4.1 0.7

 

    Match Report by Glen Isherwood

Wales had already won the British Championship, for only the third time, winning all three of their games, including a 2-0 win over Scotland, at Ninian Park and a 2-1 win over England, at Ewood Park. England had also lost 2-1 to Ireland at Windsor Park and needed to win, to avoid finishing bottom, for the first time. Scotland, the British Champions for the previous three years, needed a point to finish runners-up.

The Scots took the lead just before the interval. A Clunas free-kick came to Cowan, whose shot hit the post, rebounded against goalkeeper Ted Taylor and went in.

On the hour England were level, when Buchan headed across goal, for Billy Walker to score the equaliser.

Scotland were to regain the British Championship, the following year, and keep it for a further three years. England had to wait until 1927 to beat Scotland again, but not before finishing bottom again, in 1926.

    Football League

Football League Division One
12 April 1924
Team P Pts
Sunderland 38 50
Huddersfield Town 35 49
Cardiff City 37 49
Bolton Wanderers 40 48
Sheffield United 38 45
Blackburn Rovers 40 45
Aston Villa 39 43
Everton 39 43
Newcastle United 39 42
West Ham United 37 38
Birmingham 38 38
Notts County 38 38
Liverpool 38 36
Manchester City 36 35
West Bromwich Albion 37 34
Tottenham Hotspur 37 33
Burnley 36 32
Nottingham Forest 38 30
Arsenal 36 30
Preston North End 38 29
Chelsea 38 24
Middlesbrough 40 21

 

Division One matches played on 12 April 1924:

ARSENAL 2-0 SUNDERLAND
Woods, Haden
18,000 (Highbury, London)

Sunderland were without Buchan, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley, and Clunas, who was playing for Scotland.

BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-1 BOLTON WANDERERS
McKay, Harper, Finney o.g. (Smith)
12,000
(Ewood Park, Blackburn)

Bolton were without Butler (making his only international appearance) and Jack, who were playing against Scotland at Wembley.

CARDIFF CITY 2-0 BURNLEY
Evans, Davies

10,000 (Ninian Park, Cardiff)

Burnley were without Bob Kelly, who was a reserve against Scotland at Wembley.

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1-1 MANCHESTER CITY
Brown (Roberts)

10,000 (
Leeds Road, Huddersfield)

Huddersfield were without Taylor (who scored an own goal) and Wadsworth, who were playing against Scotland at Wembley.

LIVERPOOL 3-1 MIDDLESBROUGH
McKinlay, Walsh 2 (Elliott pen.)

20,000 (
Anfield, Liverpool)

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-1 CHELSEA
Keating, Seymour (Wilding)
20,000 (
St James' Park, Newcastle)

Newcastle were without Spencer, who was making his international debut, against Scotland at Wembley, and Cowan and Harris, who were each making their only international appearances, for Scotland.

NOTTINGHAM FOREST 0-0 ASTON VILLA
12,000 (City Ground, Nottingham)

Villa were without Moss, Smart and Walker (who scored the equaliser), who were playing against Scotland at Wembley, and Blackburn, who was a reserve against Scotland.

SHEFFIELD UNITED 0-2 BIRMINGHAM
(Bradford, Linley)
8,000 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)

United were without Fred Tunstall, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley, as was Birmingham's Percy Barton.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2-5 EVERTON
Lindsay, Walden (Cock 2, Chadwick, Chedgzoy, Irvine)
14,606 (White Hart Lane, London)

WEST BROMWICH ALBION 5-0 NOTTS COUNTY
Jones, James 2, Wilson 2, 1 pen.

8,003 (The Hawthorns, West Bromwich)

WEST HAM UNITED 3-1 PRESTON NORTH END
Watson, Moore, Edwards (Marquis)
18,000 (Upton Park, London)

Sunderland were running out of games at the top, with only four left to play. Cardiff and Huddersfield were closing in, with games in hand. Neither side had won the title before and it was Huddersfield that held their nerve to win it on goal average by an incredibly tight margin of 0.024 (or just over 1/40) of a goal.

Football League Division Two
12 April 1924
Team P Pts
Leeds United 37 49
Bury 38 47
Blackpool 37 44
Stoke 38 44
Derby County 37 43
Oldham Athletic 37 42
Southampton 37 40
South Shields 37 40
Stockport County 37 38
Leicester City 37 37
Clapton Orient 36 37
The Wednesday 37 37
Barnsley 37 37
Manchester United 37 36
Bradford City 38 34
Coventry City 38 33
Crystal Palace 36 33
Port Vale 37 32
Hull City 37 31
Nelson 37 29
Fulham 37 28
Bristol City 37 25

 

Division Two matches played on 12 April 1924:

BRADFORD CITY 2-1 HULL CITY
Rhodes, Rigby (Mills)
10,000
(Valley Parade, Bradford)

BURY 5-0 THE WEDNESDAY
Robbie 2, Bullock 2, Stage

12,936 (Gigg Lane, Bury)

FULHAM 0-0 CLAPTON ORIENT
10,000
(Craven Cottage, London)

LEEDS UNITED 1-1 DERBY COUNTY
Whipp (Storer)
20,000 (Elland Road, Leeds)

LEICESTER CITY 1-2 BLACKPOOL
Chandler (Butler, Bedford)

15,000
(Filbert Street, Leicester)

MANCHESTER UNITED 5-1 CRYSTAL PALACE
Spence 4, Smith (Hand)
8
,000 (Old Trafford, Manchester)

NELSON 1-3 PORT VALE
Cameron (Page, Briscoe, Kirkham)
6,000 (Seedhill Ground, Nelson)

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0-0 BRISTOL CITY
5,870 (Boundary Park, Oldham)

SOUTH SHIELDS 4-2 COVENTRY CITY
Guyan, Smith 2, Thompson (Pynegar, Dougall)
6,000 (Horsley Hill, South Shields)

STOCKPORT COUNTY 2-3 SOUTHAMPTON
Woodcock, Sambrook (Rawlings, Shelley, Dominy)
11,000 (Edgeley Park, Stockport)

STOKE 2-0 BARNSLEY
Sellars 2

9,799 (Victoria Ground, Stoke)

If the league title race was tight, the race for promotion was, incredibly, even closer, with Derby's 4-0 win against Leicester City in their final game ending a goal short and Bury finished runners-up to Leeds by a winning margin of 0.014 (or just over 1/71) of a goal over Derby.

Division Three on 12 April 1924:

Rochdale led the northern section by a point from Wolverhampton Wanderers, but had played a game more and Wolves were to pip them to the title, and promotion straight back to the second division. Millwall led the southern section by two points from Portsmouth, but had also played a game more. but they lost three of their last four games and Portsmouth were champions, winning promotion for the first time.

IN OTHER NEWS...

It was on 11 April 1924 that Jimmy Thomas, the Secretary of State for the Colonies addressed the workers at Wembley to thank them for agreeing to work overtime in the next eleven days to ensure that the Empire Exhibition would be a credit to the country when it was opened by the King on St George's Day.

Source Notes

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
Glen Isherwood's Wembley: The Complete Record (SportsBooks Limited, Cheltenham, U.K., 2006)

original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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