England Match No. 159 - Scotland - 31 March 1928 (original) (raw)
| Rank: | No official ranking system established; ELO rating 5th to 4th | Colours: | Dark bl ue shirts with white collars, white shorts | ||||
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| Capt: | Jimmy McMullan | Selectors:Trainer :J. Kerr (Rangers FC) | The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members, chosen, following the inter-league match, on Tuesday, 20 March 1928. | ||||
 Scotland Lineup |
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| Harkness, John D. | 20 | 27 September 1907 | G | Queen's Park FC | 3 | 3 GA | |
| Nelson, James | 27 | 7 January 1901 | RB | Cardiff City FC, Wales | 3 | 0 | |
| Law, Thomas | 19 | 1 April 1908 | LB | Chelsea FC, England | 1 | 0 | |
| Gibson, James D. | 26 | 12 June 1901 | RH | Aston Villa FC, England | 6 | 0 | |
| Bradshaw, Thomas | 24 | 7 February 1904 | CH | Bury FC, England | 1 | 0 | |
| McMullan, James | 33 | 26 March 1895 | LH | Manchester City FC, England | 13 | 0 | |
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Jackson, Alexander S. | 22 | 12 May 1905 | OR | Huddersfield Town FC, England | 10 | 6 |
| Dunn, James | 27 | 25 November 1900 | IR | Hibernian FC | 5 | 1 | |
| Gallacher, Hugh K. | 25 | 2 February 1903 | CF | Newcastle United FC, England | 12 | 10 | |
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James, Alexander W. | 26 | 14 September 1901 | IL | Preston North End FC, England | 2 | 2 |
| Morton, Alan L. | 34 | 24 April 1893 | OL | Rangers FC | 19 | 5 | |
| reserves: | Tom Craig (Rangers FC is the travelling reserve). William Robb (Hibernian FC), Billy McStay (The Celtic FC), Davie Meiklejohn (Rangers FC), Henry Ritchie (Hibernian FC), Lochhead, David McCrae (St. Mirren FC), George Stevenson (Motherwell FC) and Alex Troup (Everton FC). | ||||||
| team notes: | Jimmy Gibson is the son of Neilly Gibson, who played for Scotland against England between 1895 and 1900. "THE SCOTS' MIDGETS In view of the comments on the lack of inches in the Scottish attack for Wembley, the players' heights are interesting. Dunn is 5ft 6in, Gallacher 5ft 5in, James 5ft 6½in, Morton is 5ft 4½in and Jackson 5ft 10in." | ||||||
| 2-3-5 | Harkness -Nelson, Law -Gibson, Bradshaw, McMullan - Jackson, Dunn, Gallacher, James, Morton. | ||||||
| Averages: | Age | 25.7 | Appearances/Goals | 6.8 | 1.7 |
Football League Division One 31 March 1928 Team P Pts Huddersfield Town 33 44 Everton 35 41 Leicester City 35 39 Cardiff City 35 38 Bolton Wanderers 35 37 West Ham United 35 36 Derby County 35 35 Tottenham Hotspur 36 35 Blackburn Rovers 34 35 Burnley 36 35 Portsmouth 35 35 Newcastle United 34 34 Birmingham 35 34 Bury 36 34 Sunderland 33 33 Aston Villa 34 33 Arsenal 33 33 Liverpool 35 32 Middlesbrough 35 32 Sheffield United 33 31 Manchester United 34 29 The Wednesday 34 25 Division One matches played on 31 March 1928:
ARSENAL 2-2 BIRMINGHAM
Buchan 2 (Crosbie, Ellis)
13,990 (Highbury, London)Arsenal were without Joe Hulme, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley, whilst Birmingham were without Bradford, who was also playing against Scotland, and Briggs, who was a reserve against Scotland.
ASTON VILLA 3-1 MANCHESTER UNITED
Smart pen., Waring, Cook (Rawlings) 24,691 (Villa Park, Birmingham)Villa were without Jimmy Gibson, who was playing for Scotland against England at Wembley.
BURNLEY 5-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED Beel 2, Hill, Bruton, Page (Wilkinson)
12,454 (Turf Moor, Burnley)Newcastle were without Hughie Gallacher, who was playing for Scotland against England at Wembley.
BURY 2-3 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN Smith 2 (Wilson, Raw, Dent)
14,968 ( Gigg Lane, Bury)Bury were without Tom Bradshaw, who was making his only international appearance, for Scotland against England at Wembley, whilst Huddersfield were without Goodall (the captain), Kelly (who scored England's goal), Smith and Wilson (making his only international appearance), who were playing against Scotland, and Jackson, who scored a hat-trick for Scotland.
DERBY COUNTY 7-1 CARDIFF CITY Bedford 4, Whitehouse 2, Crooks (Thirlaway)
15,565 ( Baseball Ground, Derby)Cardiff were without Jimmy Nelson, who was playing for Scotland against England at Wembley.
LEICESTER CITY 2-2 THE WEDNESDAY
Hine, Chandler (Prince, Trotter) 18,634 ( Filbert Street, Leicester)LIVERPOOL 1-1 MIDDLESBROUGH Hodgson (Millar)
26,840 (Anfield, Liverpool)PORTSMOUTH 1-0 BOLTON WANDERERS
Weddle 21,846 (Fratton Park, Portsmouth)SHEFFIELD UNITED 3-1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR Johnson 2, Phillipson (Handley)
17,495 (Bramall Lane, Sheffield)SUNDERLAND 0-2 EVERTON (Virr, Easton) 15,407 (Roker Park, Sunderland)
Everton were without Bill Dean, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley.
WEST HAM UNITED 4-3 BLACKBURN ROVERS Moore, Earle, Ruffell 2 (Roscamp 2, Thornewell) 12,504 (Upton Park, London)
West Ham were without Ted Hufton, who was in goal against Scotland at Wembley, whilst Blackburn were without Healless and Jones, who were also playing against Scotland.
Because of their international call-ups, Huddersfield fielded five players making their top-flight debuts and still won to maintain a three-point lead over Everton, with two games in hand. Two days later, they won through to the FA Cup Final, but then lost six of their next nine games, including the final. Everton won five of their next six games and the title was theirs.
Football League Division Two 31 March 1928 Team P Pts Leeds United 35 48 Chelsea 35 48 Preston North End 35 48 Manchester City 33 48 Stoke City 35 42 Oldham Athletic 34 40 West Bromwich Albion 35 38 Nottingham Forest 34 37 Port Vale 34 35 Swansea Town 34 35 Bristol City 36 35 Grimsby Town 36 35 Hull City 34 33 Reading 35 30 Barnsley 35 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 29 Notts County 35 28 Clapton Orient 34 28 Southampton 35 27 Fulham 35 27 Blackpool 36 27 South Shields 35 17 Division Two matches played on 31 March 1928:
BARNSLEY 0-0 NOTTS COUNTY 5,619 (Oakwell, Barnsley)
FULHAM 1-0 SOUTHAMPTON Smith
9,316 ( Craven Cottage, London)HULL CITY 1-1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
Howieson (Bromage) 7,964 (Anlaby Road, Hull)LEEDS UNITED 4-0 BLACKPOOL Wainscoat 2, Mitchell, Armand 19,630 (Elland Road, Leeds)
Leeds were without Willis Edwards, who was playing against Scotland at Wembley.
MANCHESTER CITY 5-3 CLAPTON ORIENT
Roberts 3, 1 pen., Horne, Brook (Turnbull 2, Batten) 38,272 ( Maine Road, Manchester)City were without Jimmy McMullan, who was playing for Scotland against England at Wembley.
NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-2 CHELSEA Townsend, Thompson pen. (Thompson, Jackson) 10,989 ( City Ground, Nottingham)
Chelsea were without Tommy Law, who was making his international debut, for Scotland against England at Wembley.
PORT VALE 2-2 GRIMSBY TOWN Calderwood o.g., Simms (Bestall, Robson) 9,125 (Old Recreation Ground, Stoke)
PRESTON NORTH END 5-1 BRISTOL CITY Robson 2, Cameron, Russell 2 (Keating) 14,744 (Deepdale, Preston)
Preston were without Alex James, who scored twice for Scotland against England at Wembley.
SOUTH SHIELDS 0-0 READING
3,301 (Horsley Hill, South Shields)SWANSEA TOWN 1-1 STOKE CITY
Lewis (Armitage)
10,893 (Vetch Field, Swansea)WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 3-1 OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Weaver 2, Chadwick (Taylor)
14,631 (Molineux, Wolverhampton)Four clubs, all level on points, were now competing for two promotion places. Manchester City had two games in hand and they would win the title, whilst Leeds were on a run of nine games without conceding a goal and it would take them to the runners-up spot behind City.
Division Threeon 31 March 1928:
Bradford led the northern section by ten points from Doncaster Rovers, whose game in hand would not be enough to catch them, despite them also completing the 'double' over the leaders. Millwall led the southern section by six points from Northampton Town, whose game in hand was never going to stop the Londoners from their first ever promotion.
IN OTHER NEWS ...
It was on 30 March 1928 that Thomas Boyle of County Clare in Ireland received a bronze medal for gallantry from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for leading a rescue of three men shipwrecked on a remote island. When their boat was swept ashore on the mainland, Boyle led two others in a canvas canoe in a strong gale to bring the men home after they had been lost for fifty hours without food.