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 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | England | 11: 4 | 6th |
2 | Scotland | 8: 8 | 3 |
3 | Northern Ireland | 4: 7 | 2 |
3 | Wales | 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 | Aberdeen FC | 05/13/1929 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
14th | John Anderson | Leicester City | December 8, 1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Defender | |||||||||
2 | Willie Cunningham | Preston North End | 02/22/1925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | Jock Aird | Burnley FC | 02/18/1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
4th | Bobby Evans | Celtic Glasgow | 07/16/1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | Tommy Docherty | Preston North End | 08/24/1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
18th | Alex Wilson | Portsmouth FC | October 29, 1933 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
midfield player | |||||||||
6th | Jimmy Davidson | Partick Thistle | 11/08/1925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
7th | Doug Cowie | Dundee FC | 05/01/1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
13 | Willie Ormond | Hibernian Edinburgh | 02/23/1927 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
17th | David Mathers | Partick Thistle | 10/23/1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
20th | Bobby Combe | Hibernian Edinburgh | 01/29/1924 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
22nd | Ian McMillan | Airdrieonians FC | 03/18/1931 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
striker | |||||||||
8th | John MacKenzie | Partick Thistle | 09/04/1925 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | George Hamilton | Aberdeen FC | December 07, 1917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | Allan Brown | Blackpool FC | October 12, 1926 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
11 | Neil Mochan | Celtic Glasgow | 04/06/1927 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
12 | Willie Fernie | Celtic Glasgow | 11/22/1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
15th | Bobby Johnstone | Hibernian Edinburgh | 07.09.1929 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
16 | Jackie Henderson | Portsmouth FC | January 17, 1932 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
19th | Jimmy Binning | Queen of the South | July 25, 1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
21st | Ernie Copland | Raith Rovers | 04/15/1927 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Trainer | |||||||||
Andy Beattie | 08/11/1913 |
Scottish team games
Preliminary round
rank | country | Gates | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Austria | 6-0 | 4th |
2 | Uruguay | 9-0 | 4th |
3 | Czechoslovakia | 0: 7 | 0 |
4th | Scotland | 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.