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WEDNESDAY MAY 2 1956 - KICK-OFF 6-30 Published by the Scottish Football Association, 48 Carlton Place, Glasgow Printed by Hedderwick Kirkwood Ltd., Glasgow, C.l When The flustrians Started A New Page HE Austrian story started in But the Austrians had other ideas. 1931—and thereafter it became They went into that game with all they T history, for it marked the ad had got, and emerged victors by four And here's vent of the Continental teams in clear goals. It was one of the roughest World football reckoning. Later internationals ever. It will be recalled the game spread to embrace a that Billy Steel was ordered off. much wider world, and we all This was the team that day—Cowan; another good team to follow know the result of that. Young and Cox; Scoular, Woodburn and Redpath; Waddell and Mason; On that day in 1931 the Scots got Hamilton; Steel and Reilly. one of the rudest shocks in their history. Three years later, in the World Cup They were trounced 5-0, and the tie at Zurich, the Scots again went down, galling part of it was that they were but this time by a solitary goal. Victory beaten by a side playing what has now against the Austrians seemed as remote come to be known as (although we see • ALEC YOUNG as ever. very little of it on our home grounds) The Zurich side was—Martin (Aber FOOTBALL'S MAfrS-IN-THE-KNOW the " traditional Scottish game deen); Cunningham (Preston) and Aird The pupil had become the master. A (Burnley); Evans (Celtic), Davidson new page in soccer history had been (Partick Thistle) and Cowie (Dundee); started. MacKenzie (Partick Thistle) and Fernie • ANDREW WALLACE A GOOD TEAM (Celtic); Mochan (Celtic); Brown WRITES WITH A PEN KICK The Scottish team that day was a ERNEST OCWIRK (Blackpool) and Ormond (Hibernian). good one. Johnny Jackson, of Partick A man with a " record " in more ways TURNING POINT Thistle and Chelsea, was in goal. than one. Ernst Ocwirk, the " George Danny Blair, of Clyde, and Joe Nibloe, Young " of Austria, has played 61 times for But the road of defeat had a turning. of Kilmarnock, were backs as good as his country and he is no stranger to the In Vienna last summer the Scots reversed • TOMMY PEARSON any we have fielded since. Colin Scottish style of play. expectations by whacking the Austrians SPORT IN THE NORTH McNab, of Dundee, and Jimmy Easson, 4-1. Let's lift our hats to the following— of Portsmouth, were others who shared Younger (Hibernian); Parker (Falkirk) in eating the humble pie. This was the Scottish team—Cowan and Kerr (Partick Thistle); Docherty The Austrians had been taught by (Morton); Young (Rangers) and (Preston), Evans (Celtic) and Cowie Scottish coaches, had proved apt pupils, McNaught (Raith Rovers); Evans (Celtic), (Dundee); Smith (Hibernian) and Collins • ALEX CAMERON had, indeed, improved on the tuition Woodburn (Rangers) and Forbes (Celtic); Reilly (Hibernian); Robertson MONDAY ON THE DOT by playing a typical Scottish game in a (Arsenal); Collins (Celtic) and Turnbull (Clyde) and Liddell (Liverpool). speeded-up fashion. Since then countries (Hibernian); McPhail (Celtic); Steel The goals were scored by Robertson, like Hungary have improved even on (Derby County and Dundee) and Smith, Reilly and Liddell. this. Liddell (Liverpool). That is the Austrian story to date— seven games played and the Scots have Was it a flash in the pan ? When the The Scots put up a great show, but we had only one success. • ANDREW CLUNIE Austrians came to Glasgow in 1933 the could not get on top. COVERS DIVISION B Scottish selectors picked the strongest possible side, in the belief that they A DISASTER SCOTLAND'S CAPTAIN would avenge the defeat. Yet they The next game, in Vienna in 1951, could only draw 2-2. was something of a disaster. On the The Scottish eleven that day was— way the Scots played Belgium and gave • JIM PARKINSON Kennaway (Celtic); Anderson (Hearts) them a lesson in football even more and McGonagle (Celtic); Meiklejohn pronounced than the 5-0 score indicates. (Rangers), Watson (Blackpool) and The prospects were, indeed, rosy. • WILLIE ROSS Brown (Rangers); Ogilvie (Motherwell) and Bruce (Middlesbrough); McFadyen (Motherwell); McPhail (Rangers) and Duncan (Derby County). IN GAY VIENNA The Scots travelled to Vienna in 1937— SCOTTISH Coronation year—but again they could only draw I -1. The team we fielded on all writing regularly that occasion would cost the entire Premium Bond issue—Dawson (Rangers); Anderson (Hearts) and Seattle (Preston); Massie (Hearts), Simpson (Rangers) and McNab (Sunder in the land); Delaney (Celtic) and Walker (Hearts); O'Donnell (Preston); Napier (Celtic) and Gillick (Rangers). Almost twenty years ago, yet Jimmy Delaney is still going strong. At Hampden in 1950 the Scots staged a valiant battle. A frostbound surface was believed to be in our favour. But GERHARD HANAPP we were defeated 0-1. Another Austrian man of many caps G. YOUNG, Rangers For Your Records Scotland's Reserves This is what the record book says— W. BROWN (Dundee) 1931—Austria 5 Scotland 0, at Vienna I. RAE (Falkirk) 1933—Scotland 2 Austria 2, at Glasgow T. DOCHERTY (Preston North end) 1937—Austria I Scotland I, at Vienna D. MALLOY (Cardiff City) 1950—Scotland 0 Austria I, at Glasgow J. GUMMING (Hearts) 1951—Austria 4 Scotland 0, at Vienna I. McMILLAN (Airdrie) M. CULLEN E. CROHS 1954 (World Cup)—Austria I Scot (Luton Town) S. BAIRD (Rangers) land 0, at Zurich 1955—Austria I Scotland 4, at Vienna D. COWIE Tabulated, these results read— L. BARSCHAND (Dundee) (F.C. Wiener) Austria—Won 4, lost I, drawn 2 H. BAIRD T. WAGNER Scotland—Won I, lost 4, drawn 2 (Airdrie) (F.C. Wacker) Dates To Note 1956—SCOTLAND AUSTRIA |. HEWIE E. KOSLICEK (Charlton) (F.C. Wacker) Saturday, October 20 WALES v. SCOTLAND Austria's Reserves T. YOUNGER C. YOUNG L RE ILLY C HANAPPI E. OCWIRK B. ENGELMAIER Wednesday, November 7 (Hibernian) (Rangers) (Hibernian) (F.C. Rapid) (F.C. Austria) (F.C. Vienna) SCOTLAND v. IRELAND WALTER KOLLMANN Wednesday, November 21 WALTER SCHLEGER A. PARKER K. STOTZ SCOTLAND v. YUGOSLAVIA (Falkirk) -— PELIKAN (F.C. Austria) Wednesday, March 13 A. CONN A. KOERNER (Hearts) (F.C. Rapid) ENGLAND ' B ' v. SCOTLAND ' B * R EVANS K. KOLLER Saturday, April 6 The improved " T " Football used in ENGLAND v. SCOTLAND this match was supplied by Sportsman's Saturday, April 20 Emporium Ltd., Glasgow, and manu |. McKENZIE W. HAUMMER SCOTTISH CUP FINAL factured by William Thomlinson Ltd., (Partick Thistle) Glasgow. *AA/VWWW^^WWW FOR YOUR PLEASURE! During the match . Linesmen: £K2sn,"2?'53&: ST. Holland VAN DOOR! to the kick-off^*® CHOCOLATES & SWEETS by WORLD CUP, 1958 be played in Sweden. Germany (winners of the Cup in 1954) and Sweden Scotland will play Switzerland and Spain in the eliminating rounds (the host country) are exempt from the preliminary competition. of the World Cup in 1958. The preliminary rounds will be played Fifty-three countries were in the draw which was made in four zones— between June I of this year and December, 1957. The final rounds will Europe, S. America, Central and N. America, and Asia and Africa. OBTAINABLE . and afterwards a visit to the EL FROM -B SELF-SERVICE =% LEADING Z CAFETERIA =: 17 RENFIELD STREET (Near Central Station) OPEN FROM 8 a.m. UNTIL 10-45 p.m. Something Old and Something vew Austrians Field A New Look Side LEOPOLD BARSCHAND KARL KOLLER THEODOR WAGNER H. BAIRD, Airdrie gets his big chance tonight and if he gets IRST reports—following on the PAUL HALLA—Made his name with Grazer that scoring foot into operation, he will A.K. and then joined the Rapid club. Has played TWO OF THE RESERVES A. CONN, Hearts defeat at the hands, or feet, of help to solve one of Scotland's problems. I I times for the A team, twice for the B, and four WALTER KOLLMANN—Born in 1932, F Brazil—indicated that the for his country's amateur side. Born 1931. quickly came to the fore when playing with FIVE of the players who partici Austrian selectors were determined Vorwaerts and then joined Sportsklub Wacker. KARL STOTZ—Graduated into the ranks of pated in Scotland's victorious Gordon Smith, who would have made on a " clean sweep " for the Scottish Has played in his country's major side eleven the championship team of F.C. Vienna from his times and three times in the B team. eleven at Vienna (see page three) it a round half-dozen, had to call off. game. Instead, they have picked a school club and in 1952 was transferred to F.K.