Match Summary

Scotland Team

England Team

...IN INTERNATIONAL MATCH AT HAMPDEN PARK
   The Press Association understands that there is a possibility of players being numbered in the Scotland v. England international match at Hampden Park on April 17. The English F.A. are experimenting with numbered players in amateur international matches this season.
   Should this procedure be adopted at Hampden it will create football history for a full Association international match. - 2 February 1937

SCOTS REJECT NUMBERING PROPOSAL
   At yesterday's [3 February] meeting of the Scottish F.A. the Football Association's request that players should be numbered in the Scotland v. England match was refused. - 4 February 1937

NO NUMBERS AT HAMPDEN
   BUT F.A. OFFICIAL UPHOLDS SCHEME
   That the day is not far off when players in league matches will be numbered is the forecast given yesterday [4 February] by a prominent [Football] Association official.
   The refusal of the S.F.A. to agree to a suggestion by the [Football] Association that players be numbered in the Scotland-England match at Hampden in April has brought this idea once more into the limelight.
   It was while discussing the action of the S.F.A. that Mr. [Henry] J. Huband, treasurer of the F.A., made his prophecy.
   "I am definitely in favour of numbering players," he stated. "Surely there can be no objection to it. Some of the former opposition to the scheme is being broken down, and I think the league will adopt it very soon.
   "We have on our selection committee representatives of league clubs, and I know the committee are in favour of numbering players. Anyway, somebody must start it."
   The F.A. have been experimenting with the scheme this season. Players in the England v. Wales amateur international match at Portsmouth recently were numbered and the Irish F.A. have agreed to try numbers in the amateur international against England at Belfast to-morrow week. The experiment at Portsmouth was voted a big success. - Dundee Courier, 5 February 1937

ENGLAND-SCOTLAND BROADCAST UNLIKELY
   It is unlikely that the international between Scotland and England at Hampden Park in April will be broadcast.
   The B.B.C. approached the Scottish Football Association on the question, but as they wanted free facilities their request was refused.
   Mr. George Graham, secretary of the Scottish F.A., told a Press representative yesterday:-"We certainly have refused the B.B.C. permission. But if they want to talk business we are prepared to do so." - 5 February 1937

NATIONAL BROADCAST QUESTIONS
   When the minutes of the Selection Committee were submitted to the Council, Mr. McDavid asked whether that Committee had received authority to decide whether or not the international match with England should be broadcast. The Chairman remarked that arrangements for international matches were always left in the hands of the Selection Committee.
   During the discussion it was emphasised that clubs in country districts were hard hit by such broadcasting. One member pointed out that in a game in Aberdeenshire only 18s was drawn on the occasion of the last broadcast.
   Figures of a census taken in hospitals were given by the Chairman, who added that only 5 per cent of the inmates in these institutions were in favour of listening to the broadcasts. When questioned regarding the source of these statistics, the Chairman said they had been taken from the hospitals.
   Mr. Jamison—I have been in hospitals in various parts of Renfrewshire, and they are 99 per cent in favour of the broadcasts.
   Mr. W. Struth said the Committee had made a suggestion to the B.B.C. that they should make a contribution to the infirmaries in Glasgow, but they had promptly turned it down. It was not a question of the S.F.A, looking for finance. The B.B.C. would not listen to the suggestion.
   After further discussion it was moved that the matter be taken back for further consideration, but on a vote, the decision of the Committee not to allow the broadcast was approved.

As on many occasions, the Scottish entered the field to 'Scotland the Brave', whilst the English were cheered on to the strains of Heart of Oak'.
The Attendance of 149,407 is the minimum...that is the number of tickets issued, to be taken into consideration are the complimentary tickets, Press tickets, police tickets, etc...taking the total well over the 150,000 mark.
SFA paid £6750 to Queen's Park FC for the use of Hampden Park.

Source Notes

Scottish Football Association
Scotland - The Complete International Record: Richard Keir
London Hearts
original newspaper reports
FA Yearbooks 1950-60
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