Scotland national football team 1940–1959 results

This article lists the results for the Scotland national football team between 1940 and 1959.

Contents

1 1940s
- 1.1 1946
- 1.2 1947
- 1.3 1948
- 1.4 1949
2 1950s
- 2.1 1950
- 2.2 1951
- 2.3 1952
- 2.4 1953
- 2.5 1954
- 2.6 1955
- 2.7 1956
- 2.8 1957
- 2.9 1958
- 2.10 1959
3 Notes
4 References

1940s

1946

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
23 January	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–2^[2]	Friendly	Jimmy Delaney (2)
15 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–1^[2]	Friendly	Billy Liddell (2), Jimmy Delaney
19 October	The Racecourse, Wrexham (A)	Wales	1–3	BHC	Willie Waddell
27 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	0–0	BHC

1947

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
12 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–1	BHC	Andrew McLaren
18 May	Stade Heysel, Brussels (A)	Belgium	1–2	Friendly	Billy Steel
24 May	Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City (A)	Luxembourg	6–0	Friendly	Billy Steel (2), Andrew McLaren (2), Robert Flavell (2)
4 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	0–2	BHC
12 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–2	BHC	Andrew McLaren

1948

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
10 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–2	BHC
28 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–0	Friendly	Bobby Combe, David Duncan
17 May	Wankdorf Stadion, Berne (A)	Switzerland	1–2	Friendly	Leslie Johnston
23 May	Stade Olympique, Paris (A)	France	0–3	Friendly
23 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Willie Waddell (2), Hugh Howie
17 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Ireland	3–2	BHC	Billy Houliston (2), Jimmy Mason

1949

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
9 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–1	BHC	Jimmy Mason, Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly
27 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	2–0	Friendly	Billy Steel (2)
1 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Ireland	8–2	BHC	Henry Morris (3), Willie Waddell (2), Billy Steel, Jimmy Mason, Lawrie Reilly
9 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	BHC	John McPhail, Alec Linwood

1950s

1950

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
15 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–1	BHC
26 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–1	Friendly	Willie Bauld, Robert Campbell, Allan Brown
21 May	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	2–2	Friendly	Willie Bauld, Allan Brown
27 May	Stade Olympique, Paris (A)	France	1–0	Friendly	Allan Brown
21 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–1	BHC	Lawrie Reilly (2), Billy Liddell
1 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	6–1	BHC	Billy Steel (4), John McPhail (2)
13 December	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	0–1	Friendly

1951

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
14 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	3–2	BHC	Robert Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly, Billy Liddell
12 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Denmark	3–1	Friendly	Billy Steel, Lawrie Reilly, Bobby Mitchell
16 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	France	1–0	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly
20 May	Stade Heysel, Brussels (A)	Belgium	5–0	Friendly	George Hamilton (3), Jimmy Mason, Willie Waddell
27 May	Praterstadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	0–4	Friendly
6 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	3–0	BHC	Tommy Orr, Robert Johnstone (2)
14 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	0–1	BHC

1952

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
5 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–2	BHC	Lawrie Reilly
30 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	United States	6–0	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly (3), John McMillan (2), John O'Connell (o.g.)
25 May	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen (A)	Denmark	2–1	Friendly	Willie Thornton, Lawrie Reilly
30 May	Råsunda Stadion, Stockholm (A)	Sweden	1–3	Friendly	Billy Liddell
18 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–1	BHC	Allan Brown, Billy Liddell
3 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–1	BHC	Lawrie Reilly

1953

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
18 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–2	BHC	Lawrie Reilly (2)
6 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Sweden	1–2	Friendly	Robert Johnstone
3 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	3–1	BHC / WCQ	Charlie Fleming (2), Jackie Henderson
4 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	3–3	BHC / WCQ	Allan Brown, Robert Johnstone, Lawrie Reilly

1954

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
3 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	2–4	BHC / WCQ	Allan Brown, Willie Ormond
5 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Norway	1–0	Friendly	George Hamilton
19 May	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo (A)	Norway	1–1	Friendly	John Mackenzie
25 May	Olympiastadion, Helsinki (A)	Finland	2–1	Friendly	Willie Ormond, Robert Johnstone
16 June	Hardturm Stadion, Zurich (N)	Austria	0–1^[3]	WCG3
19 June	St. Jakob-Park, Basle (N)	Uruguay	0–7^[4]	WCG3
16 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	1–0	BHC	Paddy Buckley
3 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	BHC	Jimmy Davidson, Robert Johnstone
8 December	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	2–4	Friendly	Tommy Ring, Robert Johnstone

1955

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
2 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–7	BHC	Lawrie Reilly, Jimmy Davidson
4 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Portugal	3–0	Friendly	Tommy Gemmell, Billy Liddell, Lawrie Reilly
15 May	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade (A)	Yugoslavia	2–2	Friendly	Lawrie Reilly, Gordon Smith
19 May	Praterstadion, Vienna (A)	Austria	4–1	Friendly	Archie Robertson, Gordon Smith, Billy Liddell, Lawrie Reilly
29 May	Nepstadion, Budapest (A)	Hungary	1–3	Friendly	Gordon Smith
8 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	1–2	BHC	Lawrie Reilly
9 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	2–0	BHC	Robert Johnstone (2)

1956

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
14 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	1–1	BHC	Graham Leggat
2 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	1–1	Friendly	Alfie Conn
20 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	2–2	BHC	Willie Fernie, Lawrie Reilly
7 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	1–0	BHC	Alex Scott
21 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Yugoslavia	2–0	Friendly	Jackie Mudie, Sammy Baird

1957

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
6 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	1–2	BHC	Tommy Ring
8 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Spain	4–2	WCQG9	Jackie Mudie (3), John Hewie
19 May	St. Jakob-Park, Basel (A)	Switzerland	2–1	WCQG9	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
22 May	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart (A)	West Germany	3–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins (2), Jackie Mudie
26 May	Bernabeu, Madrid (A)	Spain	1–4	WCQG9	Gordon Smith
5 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	1–1	WCQG9	Graham Leggat
6 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Switzerland	3–2	WCQG9	Archie Robertson, Jackie Mudie, Alex Scott
13 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	BHC	Bobby Collins

1958

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
19 April	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–4	BHC
7 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Hungary	1–1	Friendly	Jackie Mudie
1 June	Dziesieciolecia Stadion, Warsaw (A)	Poland	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins (2)
8 June	Arosvallen, Västerås (N)	Yugoslavia	1–1	WCG2	Jimmy Murray
11 June	Idrottsparken, Norrköping (N)	Paraguay	2–3	WCG2	Jackie Mudie, Bobby Collins
15 June	Eyravallen, Örebro (N)	France	1–2	WCG2	Sammy Baird
18 October	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–0	BHC	Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
5 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	2–2	BHC	David Herd, Bobby Collins

1959

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[1]	Competition	Scotland scorers
11 April	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	0–1	BHC
6 May	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	West Germany	3–2	Friendly	Andy Weir, John White, Graham Leggat
27 May	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam (A)	Netherlands	2–1	Friendly	Bobby Collins, Graham Leggat
3 June	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon (A)	Portugal	0–1	Friendly
3 October	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	4–0	BHC	Graham Leggat, John Hewie (pen.), John White, George Mulhall
4 November	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–1	BHC	Graham Leggat

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Scotland's score is shown first.
^ ^a ^b Caps and goals awarded by Scottish FA [1] but not recognised by FIFA as an official international match [2]
^ First World Cup appearance
^ Biggest ever defeat to date

References

Scotland national football team results

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