S C O T L A N D - Internationals 1956



(Match 246)  14th April 1956  (British Championship)
SCOTLAND - ENGLAND  1-1  (0-0)
Referee:   Leo Callaghan (Wales)
Crowd:     132.817, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Goals:     1-0 Leggat (60), 1-1 Haynes (89)
SCOTLAND:
Thomas Younger			(7/Hibernian) -
Alexander Hershaw Parker	(6/Falkirk)
John Davidson Hewie		(1/Charlton Athletic) -
Robert Evans			(25/Celtic)
George Lewis Young (Captain)	(46/Rangers)
Archie Glen			(2/Aberdeen) -
Graham Leggat			(1/Aberdeen)
Robert Johnstone		(17/Manchester City)
Lawrence Reilly			(33/Hibernian)
John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan	(5/Airdrieonians)
Gordon Smith			(15/Hibernian)

ENGLAND:  (Manager:  Walter Winterbottom)
Reginald D.Matthews - Jeffrey James Hall, Roger William Byrne - James William Dickinson,
William Ambrose Wright (Captain), Duncan Edwards - Thomas Finney, Thomas Taylor, Nathaniel 
Lofthouse, John Norman Haynes, William Perry.

NOTES:	
	For the first time in the 72 year history of the British Championship, all 4 Countries
	finished level on points.		
			

(Match 247) 2nd May 1956 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - AUSTRIA 1-1 (1-1) Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Holland) Crowd: 80.509, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Conn (12), 1-1 Wagner (14) SCOTLAND: Thomas Younger (8/Hibernian) - Alexander Hershaw Parker (7/Falkirk) John Davidson Hewie (2/Charlton Athletic) - Robert Evans (26/Celtic) George Lewis Young (Captain) (47/Rangers) Douglas Cowie (14/Dundee) - John Archie Mackenzie (9/Partick Thistle) Alfred Conn (1/Heart of Midlothian) Lawrence Reilly (34/Hibernian) Hugh Baird (1/Airdrieonians) Michael Joseph Cullen (1/Luton Town) AUSTRIA: (Coach: Josef Argauer) Bruno Engelmeier - Paul Halla, Leopold Barschandt - Ernst Ocwirk, Walter Kollman, Karl Koller - Herbert Grohs, Theodor Wagner, Gerhard Hanappi, Alfred Korner, Walter Haummer.
(Match 248) 20th October 1956 (British Championship) WALES - SCOTLAND 2-2 (2-2) Referee: Robert Mann (England) Crowd: 60.000, Ninian Park, Cardiff Goals: 1-0 Ford (6), 1-1 Fernie (28), 2-1 Medwin (31), 2-2 Reilly (35) WALES: (Manager: Jimmy Murphy) Alfred John Kelsey - Alfred Thomas Sherwood, Melvyn Hopkins - Alan Charles Harrington, William Raymond Daniel, Derrick Sullivan, Terry Cameron Medwin - William (John) Charles, Trevor Ford, Ivor John Allchurch, Clifford William Jones. SCOTLAND: Thomas Younger (9/Liverpool) - Alexander Hershaw Parker (8/Falkirk) John Davidson Hewie (3/Charlton Athletic) - John Miller (Ian) McColl (6/Rangers) George Lewis Young (Captain) (48/Rangers) Douglas Cowie (15/Dundee) - Graham Leggat (2/Aberdeen) John Knight Mudie (1/Blackpool) Lawrence Reilly (35/Hibernian) Robert Young Collins (9/Celtic) William Fernie (6/Celtic)
(Match 249) 7th November 1956 (British Championship) SCOTLAND - NORTHERN IRELAND 1-0 (1-0) Referee: Reginald J. Leafe (England) Crowd: 62.035, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goal: 1-0 Scott (25) SCOTLAND: Thomas Younger (10/Liverpool) - Alexander Hershaw Parker (9/Falkirk) John Davidson Hewie (4/Charlton Athletic) - John Miller (Ian) McColl (7/Rangers) George Lewis Young (Captain) (49/Rangers) Douglas Cowie (16/Dundee) - Alexander Silcock Scott (1/Rangers) John Knight Mudie (2/Blackpool) Lawrence Reilly (36/Hibernian) James Wardhaugh (2/Heart of Midlothian) William Fernie (7/Celtic) NORTHERN IRELAND: Henry Gregg - William Edward Cunningham, Alfred McMichael - Robert Dennis (Danny) Blanchflower, John (Jackie) Blanchflower, Thomas Casey - William Laurence Bingham, James McIlroy, Robert (James) Shields, Thomas Dickson, Peter James McParland.
(Match 250) 21st November 1956 (Friendly match) SCOTLAND - YUGOSLAVIA 2-0 (1-0) Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Holland) Crowd: 55.500, Hampden Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 Mudie (36), 2-0 Baird (55) SCOTLAND: Thomas Younger (11/Liverpool) - Alexander Hershaw Parker (10/Falkirk) John Davidson Hewie (5/Charlton Athletic) - John Miller (Ian) McColl (8/Rangers) George Lewis Young (Captain) (50/Rangers) Thomas Henderson Docherty (13/Preston North End) - Alexander Silcock Scott (2/Rangers) John Knight Mudie (3/Blackpool) Lawrence Reilly (37/Hibernian) Samuel Baird (1/Rangers) William Fernie (8/Celtic) YUGOSLAVIA: (Coach: Aleksandar Tirnanic) Vladimir Beara - Bruno Belin, Branko Stankovic - Lazar Tasic, Ivan Horvat, Vujadin Boskov - Aleksandar Petakovic, Milos Milutinovic, Tihomir Ognjanov, Bernard Vukas, Branko Zebec. Notes: George Young was the first player to reach 50 Caps for Scotland.