S C O T L A N D - Internationals 1949



(Match 202)  9th April 1949  (British Championship)
ENGLAND - SCOTLAND  1-3  (0-1)
Referee:   Benjamin Mervyn Griffiths (Wales)
Crowd:     98.188, Wembley Stadium, London
Goals:     0-1 	James Mason 			28' 
	   0-2 	William	Steel 			52' 
	   0-3  Lawrence Reilly 		61' 
	   1-3  John E.T.Milburn 		75'
ENGLAND:  (Manager:  Walter Winterbottom)
Frank Victor Swift - John Aston, John Robert Howe - William Ambrose Wright (Captain), 
Cornelius (Neil) F.Franklin, Henry Cockburn - Stanley Matthews, Stanley Harding 
Mortensen, John Edward Thompson Milburn, Stanley Pearson, Thomas Finney.

SCOTLAND:
James Clews Cowan		(5/Greenock Morton) -
George Lewis Young (Captain)	(12/Rangers)
Samuel Richmond Cox		(1/Rangers) -
Robert Evans			(3/Celtic)
William Alexander Woodburn	(6/Rangers)
George Gilbert Miller Aitken	(1/East Fife) -
William Waddell			(4/Rangers)
James Mason			(3/Third Lanark)
William Houliston		(2/Queen of the South)
William Steel			(10/Derby County)
Lawrence Reilly			(2/Hibernian)

NOTES:	
	Scotland won the British Home Championship title for the 18th time.


(Match 203) 27th April 1949 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - FRANCE 2-0 (1-0) Referee: William Ling (England) Crowd: 125.683, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 William Steel 37' 2-0 William Steel 80' SCOTLAND: James Clews Cowan (6/Greenock Morton) - George Lewis Young (Captain) (13/Rangers) Samuel Richmond Cox (2/Rangers) - Robert Evans (4/Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (7/Rangers) George Gilbert Miller Aitken (2/East Fife) - William Waddell (5/Rangers) William Thornton (5/Rangers) William Houliston (3/Queen of the South) William Steel (11/Derby County) Lawrence Reilly (3/Hibernian) FRANCE: Rene Vignal - Marcel Salva, Roger Marche - Robert Jonquet, Roger Mindonnet, Louis Hon - Roger Gabet, Antoine Cuissard, Jean Baratte, Albert Batteux (Captain), Pierre Flamion.
(Match 204) 1st October 1949 (British Championship & World Cup Qualifying Group 5) NORTHERN IRELAND - SCOTLAND 2-8 (0-5) Referee: R.E.Mortimer (England) Crowd: 50.000, Windsor Park, Belfast Goals: 0-1 Henry Miller Morris 2' 0-2 William Waddell 5' 0-3 William Steel 23' 0-4 Lawrence Reilly 24' 0-5 William Waddell 31' Penalty 1-5 Samuel Smyth 50' 2-5 Samuel Smyth 60' 2-6 Henry Miller Morris 70' 2-7 James Mason 80' 2-8 Henry Miller Morris 88' NORTHERN IRELAND: Patrick Kelly - Gerard Columba Bowler, Alfred McMichael - Robert Dennis (Danny) Blanchflower, John Joseph (Jack) Vernon, Raymond Osborn Ferris - David Cochrane, Samuel Smyth, Robert Anderson Brennan, Edward Crossan, John McKenna. SCOTLAND: James Clews Cowan (7/Greenock Morton) - George Lewis Young (Captain) (14/Rangers) Samuel Richmond Cox (3/Rangers) - Robert Evans (5/Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (8/Rangers) George Gilbert Miller Aitken (3/East Fife) - William Waddell (6/Rangers) James Mason (4/Third Lanark) Henry Miller Morris (1/East Fife) William Steel (12/Derby County) Lawrence Reilly (4/Hibernian)
(Match 205) 9th November 1949 (British Championship & World Cup Qualifying Group 5) SCOTLAND - WALES 2-0 (1-0) Referee: S.K.Law (England) Crowd: 73.782, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 John McPhail 25' 2-0 Alexander Bryce Linwood 78' SCOTLAND: James Clews Cowan (8/Greenock Morton) - George Lewis Young (Captain) (15/Rangers) Samuel Richmond Cox (4/Rangers) - Robert Evans (6/Celtic) William Alexander Woodburn (9/Rangers) George Gilbert Miller Aitken (4/East Fife) - William Beveridge Liddell (6/Liverpool) John McPhail (1/Celtic) Alexander Bryce Linwood (1/Clyde) William Steel (13/Derby County) Lawrence Reilly (5/Hibernian) WALES: Keith B.Jones - Walley Barnes, Alfred Thomas Sherwood - Ivor Verdun Powell, Thomas George Jones, William Arthur (Ronald) Burgess (Captain) - William M.Griffiths, Royston Paul, Trevor Ford, Royston James Clarke, George Edwards.