S C O T L A N D - Internationals 1931



(Match 152)  21st February 1931  (British Championship)
NORTHERN IRELAND - SCOTLAND  0-0
Referee:   H.E. Hull (England)
Crowd:     27.000, Windsor Park, Belfast
N.IRELAND:
A.Gardiner - J.McNinch, R.P.Fulton - W.McCleery, J.Jones, T.Sloan - H.Blair, E.Falloon,
F.C.Roberts, J.Geary, J.H.McCaw.

SCOTLAND:
John Thomson			(3/Celtic) -
James Sermagour Crapnell	(5/Airdrieonians)
Joseph Nibloe			(5/Kilmarnock) -
Peter Wilson			(3/Celtic)
George Walker			(2/St Mirren)
Frank Robert Hill		(3/Aberdeen) -
John Livingstone Murdoch	(1/Motherwell)
Peter Scarff			(1/Celtic)
Benjamin Collard (Benny) Yorston(1/Aberdeen)
Robert Low McPhail		(3/Rangers)
Alan Lauder Morton (Captain)	(27/Rangers)
		

(Match 153) 28th March 1931 (British Championship) SCOTLAND - ENGLAND 2-0 (0-0) Referee: Alfred James Atwood (Wales) Crowd: 129.810, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 George Stevenson 61' 2-0 James Edward McGrory 64' SCOTLAND: John Thomson (4/Celtic) - Daniel Blair (3/Clyde) Joseph Nibloe (6/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan McNab (2/Dundee) David Ditchburn Meiklejohn (Captain) (12/Rangers) John Miller (1/St Mirren) - Alexander Archibald (7/Rangers) George Stevenson (7/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (2/Celtic) Robert Low McPhail (4/Rangers) Alan Lauder Morton (28/Rangers) ENGLAND: Henry Edward Hibbs - Frederick Roy Goodall (Captain), Ernest Blenkinsop - Alfred Henry Strange, Herbert Roberts, Austin Fenwick Campbell - Samuel Dickinson Crooks, Gordon Hodgson, William Ralph (Dixie) Dean, Harry Burgess, John Forsyth Crawford. NOTES: Scotland and England shared the British Home Championship.
(Match 154) 16th May 1931 (Friendly match) AUSTRIA - SCOTLAND 5-0 (2-0) Referee: Paul Ruoff (Switzerland) Crowd: 40.000, Hohe Warte, Vienna Goals: Karl Zischek (2), Matthias Sindelar, Anton Schall, Adolf Vogel for Austria. AUSTRIA: (Coach: Dr.Hugo Meisl) Rudolf Hifen - Roman Schramseis, Josef Blum - Georg Braun, Josef Smistik, Karl Gall - Karl Zischek, Friedrich Geschweidl, Matthias Sindelar, Anton Schall, Adolf Vogel. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (1/Partick Thistle) - Daniel Blair (Captain) (4/Clyde) Joseph Nibloe (7/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan McNab (3/Dundee) James McDougall (1/Liverpool) George Walker (3/St Mirren) - Andrew Robb Love (1/Aberdeen) James Paterson (1/Cowdenbeath) James Ferrier Easson (1/Portsmouth) James Robertson (1/Dundee) Daniel Hamilton Sneddon Liddle (1/East Fife)
(Match 155) 20th May 1931 (Friendly match) ITALY - SCOTLAND 3-0 (2-0) Referee: Dr.Peco Bauwens (Germany) Crowd: 25.000, Stadio Nazionale, Rome Goals: 1-0 Raffaele Costantino 2-0 Giuseppe Meazza 3-0 Raimondo Orsi ITALY: (Coach: Vittorio Pozzo) Gianpiero Combi - Eraldo Monzeglio, Umberto Caligaris - Attilio Ferraris IV, Fulvio Bernardini, Luigi Bertolini - Raffaele Costantino, Renato Cesarini, Giuseppe Meazza, Giovanni Ferrari, Raimondo Orsi. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (2/Partick Thistle) - Daniel Blair (5/Clyde) Joseph Nibloe (8/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan McNab (4/Dundee) James McDougall (Captain) (2/Liverpool) John Miller (2/St Mirren) - Andrew Robb Love (2/Aberdeen) James Paterson (2/Cowdenbeath) William Gillespie Boyd (1/Clyde) James Robertson (2/Dundee) Daniel Hamilton Sneddon Liddle (2/East Fife)
(Match 156) 24th May 1931 (Friendly match) SWITZERLAND - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-2) Referee: Albino Carraro (Italy) Crowd: 10.000, Stades de Charmilles, Geneva Goals: A.Buche, M.Fauguel for Switzerland; James Ferrier Easson, William Gillespie Boyd, Andrew Robb Love for Scotland. SWITZERLAND: Charles Pasche - Severino Minelli, Rudolf Ramseyer - E.Loichot, O.Imhof, Gabriel Gilardoni - Edmond Kramer, A.Syrvet, A.Buche, Andre Abegglen, M.Fauguel. SCOTLAND: John Jackson (3/Partick Thistle) - James Sermagour Crapnell (Captain) (6/Airdrieonians) Joseph Nibloe (9/Kilmarnock) - Colin Duncan McNab (5/Dundee) George Walker (4/St Mirren) John Miller (3/St Mirren) - Andrew Robb Love (3/Aberdeen) James Paterson (3/Cowdenbeath) William Gillespie Boyd (2/Clyde) James Ferrier Easson (2/Portsmouth) Daniel Hamilton Sneddon Liddle (3/East Fife)
(Match 157) 19th September 1931 (British Championship) SCOTLAND - NORTHERN IRELAND 3-1 (2-1) Referee: Isaac Caswell (England) Crowd: 40.000, Ibrox Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 George Stevenson 5' 1-1 James Dunne 2-1 James Edward McGrory 34' 3-1 Robert Low McPhail 75' SCOTLAND: Robert Hepburn (1/Ayr United) - Daniel Blair (6/Clyde) Robert McAuley (1/Rangers) - Alexander Massie (1/Heart of Midlothian) David Ditchburn Meiklejohn(Captain) (13/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (2/Rangers) - James Crawford (1/Queen's Park) George Stevenson (8/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (3/Celtic) Robert Low McPhail (5/Rangers) James Connor (2/Sunderland) N.IRELAND: A.Gardiner - J.McNinch, Robert Hamilton - W.McCleery, J.Jones, W.A.Gowdy - H.Blair, R.W.M. Morley, James Dunne, J.Geary, J.Chambers. NOTES: David Meiklejohn missed a Penalty kick.
(Match 158) 31st October 1931 (British Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 2-3 (1-2) Referee: Isaac Caswell (England) Crowd: 10.860, The Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Goals: 1-0 Ernest Robert Curtis 12' Penalty 1-1 George Stevenson 1-2 Robert Austin Thomson 1-3 James Edward McGrory 54' 2-3 Ernest Robert Curtis WALES: Albert Gray - Aneurin Glyndwr Richards, Arthur Albert Lumberg - Thomas Edwards, Thomas Griffiths, Edward Lawrence - Thomas Percival Griffiths, Eugene O'Callaghan, Ernest Matthew Glover, Walter William Robbins, Ernest Robert Curtis. SCOTLAND: John Diamond Harkness (9/Heart of Midlothian) - Daniel Blair (7/Clyde) Robert McAuley (2/Rangers) - Alexander Massie (2/Heart of Midlothian) David Ditchburn Meiklejohn (Cap) (14/Rangers) George Clark Phillips Brown (3/Rangers) - Robert Austin Thomson (1/Celtic) George Stevenson (9/Motherwell) James Edward McGrory (4/Celtic) Robert Low McPhail (6/Rangers) Alan Lauder Morton (29/Rangers)