Lawrie Reilly

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Lawrence "Lawrie" Reilly (born 28 October 1928, in Edinburgh) is a former Scottish football player.

He was one of the "Famous Five", the Hibernian forward line during the 1950s. The others were Bobby Johnstone, Gordon Smith, Eddie Turnbull, and Willie Ormond.

Reilly joined Hibs in 1945 at the age of 16, despite interest from their city rivals Hearts. He quickly established himself in the Hibernian team, scoring his first goal against Queen of the South. He netted the first of 18 hat-tricks for Hibs in 1947, again against Queen of the South.

By the early 1950s, Hibernian were the most feared force in Scottish football as they won back-to-back league championships in seasons 1950-51 and 1951-52, with Reilly instrumental in both, finishing top scorer in the 1951-52 triumph. Reilly was also now an established Scottish international, making his debut against Wales in 1948 and scoring the first of 5 goals in 5 matches at Wembley later that year.

In 1955-56, Reilly almost quit football after a row with Hibernian after they refused him a testimonial match - a matter which was eventually resolved by the SFA. Reilly, however, began to suffer from illness as pleurisy and pneumonia led him to miss much of the 1955-56 season.

Reilly made his final Scotland appearance against England in 1957 but failed to score at Wembley for the first time.

His last appearance for Hibs came in 1957-58 where he scored against Rangers.

Reilly is Hibernian's most capped player ever and is joint third in the Scotland national team's top ever goalscorers . He also boasts an international strike rate of 61%, greater than that of Kenny Dalglish, Denis Law and Joe Jordan, and second only to that of Hughie Gallacher amongst those capped more than 10 times.

He won a total 38 caps for Scotland, scoring 23 goals.

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 April 9, 1949 Wembley Stadium, London Flag of England England 3-0 3-1 BHC
2 October 1, 1949 Windsor Park, Belfast Flag of Ireland Ireland 4-0 8-2 BHC
3 October 21, 1950 Ninian Park, Cardiff Flag of Wales Wales 1-0 3-1 BHC
4 October 21, 1950 Ninian Park, Cardiff Flag of Wales Wales 2-0 3-1 BHC
5 April 14, 1951 Wembley Stadium, London Flag of England England 2-1 3-2 BHC
6 May 12, 1951 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of Denmark Denmark 2-1 3-1 Friendly
7 May 16, 1951 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of France France 1-0 1-0 Friendly
8 April 5, 1952 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of England England 1-2 1-2 BHC
9 April 30, 1952 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of the United States USA 1-0 6-0 Friendly
10 April 30, 1952 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of the United States USA 2-0 6-0 Friendly
11 April 30, 1952 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of the United States USA 4-0 6-0 Friendly
12 May 25, 1952 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Flag of Denmark Denmark 2-1 2-1 Friendly
13 November 3, 1952 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1-1 1-1 BHC
14 April 18, 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Flag of England England 1-1 2-2 BHC
15 April 18, 1953 Wembley Stadium, London Flag of England England 2-2 2-2 BHC
16 November 4, 1953 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of Wales Wales 3-1 3-3 BHC / WCQ
17 April 2, 1955 Wembley Stadium, London Flag of England England 1-2 2-7 BHC
18 May 4, 1955 Hampden Park, Glasgow Flag of Portugal Portugal 3-0 3-0 Friendly
19 May 15, 1955 Stadion Jugoslavenska Norodna Armia, Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1-1 2-2 Friendly
20 May 19, 1955 Praterstadion, Vienna Flag of Austria Austria 4-1 4-1 Friendly
21 October 8, 1955 Windsor Park, Belfast Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1-2 1-2 BHC
22 October 20, 1956 Ninian Park, Cardiff Flag of Wales Wales 2-2 2-2 BHC

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