Football World Cup 1954 / Scotland
This article covers the Scottish national football team at the 1954 World Cup .
qualification
The group was also the British Home Championship from 1953–1954.
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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11: 4 | 6th |
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8: 8 | 3 |
3 |
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4: 7 | 2 |
3 |
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5: 9 | 1 |
Northern Ireland | - | Scotland | 1: 3 |
Scotland | - | Wales | 3: 3 |
Scotland | - | England | 2: 4 |
Scottish contingent
The Scottish Federation allowed only 13 players to travel to the tournament, Anderson, Henderson, Mathers, Wilson, Binning, Combe, Copland and McMillan stayed at home on call. Originally part of the 13-man squad, Johnstone left injured and was replaced by Hamilton.
No. | Surname | Club at the beginning of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates |
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goalkeeper | |||||||||
1 | Fred Martin |
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05/13/1929 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
14th | John Anderson |
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December 8, 1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Willie Cunningham |
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02/22/1925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | Jock Aird |
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02/18/1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
4th | Bobby Evans |
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07/16/1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | Tommy Docherty |
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08/24/1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
18th | Alex Wilson |
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October 29, 1933 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
midfield player | |||||||||
6th | Jimmy Davidson |
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11/08/1925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
7th | Doug Cowie |
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05/01/1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
13 | Willie Ormond |
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02/23/1927 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
17th | David Mathers |
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10/23/1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
20th | Bobby Combe |
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01/29/1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
22nd | Ian McMillan |
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03/18/1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
striker | |||||||||
8th | John MacKenzie |
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09/04/1925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | George Hamilton |
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December 07, 1917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | Allan Brown |
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October 12, 1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
11 | Neil Mochan |
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04/06/1927 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
12 | Willie Fernie |
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11/22/1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
15th | Bobby Johnstone |
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07.09.1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | Jackie Henderson |
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January 17, 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
19th | Jimmy Binning |
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July 25, 1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
21st | Ernie Copland |
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04/15/1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Trainer | |||||||||
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08/11/1913 |
Scottish team games
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
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1 | ![]() |
6-0 | 4th |
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9-0 | 4th |
3 |
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0: 7 | 0 |
4th |
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0: 8 | 0 |
Spectators: 30,000
Referee: Franconia ( Belgium )
Goals: 1-0 Probst (33rd)
Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium ( Basel )
Spectators: 43,000
Referee: Orlandini ( Italy )
Goals: 1-0 Borges (17th), 2-0 Míguez (30th), 3-0 Borges (47th), 4-0 Abbadie (54th), 5-0 Borges (57th), 6-0 Míguez (83.), Abbadie (85.) 7-0
The reigning world champion Uruguay was able to assert itself as expected in Group III as second. 2-0 against the Czechoslovaks and a 7-0 against the overwhelmed Scots were enough for the group victory. Even the strong Austrians left nothing to be desired. Scotland were defeated 1-0 and Czechoslovakia 5-0. As group winners Austria was naturally also in the quarter-finals.