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England 2-2 Scotland - April 18, 1953 / British Home Championship 1952/1953

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British Home Championship 1952/1953 - Round 3

Wembley Stadium - London - England

April 18, 1953

97 000

England

2 - 2

Scotland

Ivor Broadis

18'

Ivor Broadis

69'

54'

Lawrence Reilly

89'

Lawrence Reilly

logo England ENG

18' - Goal Ivor Broadis18

logo England ENG

54' - Goal Lawrence Reilly

69' - Goal Ivor Broadis69

89' - Goal Lawrence Reilly

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

2 - 2

Scotland

England Scotland

Team line-ups

England

Merrick

Gilbert Merrick

England

B.date26/01/1922

Age31 years

positionGoalkeeper

Smith

Lionel Smith

England

B.date23/08/1920

Age32 years

positionDefender

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date06/02/1924

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

Ramsey

Sir Alf Ramsey

England

B.date22/01/1920

Age33 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Barrass

Malcolm Barrass

England

B.date13/12/1924

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

Dickinson

Jimmy Dickinson

England

B.date24/04/1925

Age27 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Finney

Tom Finney

England

B.date05/04/1922

Age31 years

positionForward

Lofthouse

Nat Lofthouse

England

B.date27/08/1925

Age27 years

positionStriker

Broadis1869

Ivor Broadis

England

B.date18/12/1922

Age30 years

H1m75

positionForward

Froggatt

Redfern Froggatt

England

B.date23/08/1924

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Gilbert Merrick		31	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lionel Smith		32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sir Alf Ramsey		33	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Malcolm Barrass		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Dickinson		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Finney		31	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nat Lofthouse		27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivor Broadis	1869	30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Redfern Froggatt		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Scotland

Farm

George Farm

Scotland

B.date13/07/1924

Age28 years

positionGoalkeeper

Young

George Young

Scotland

B.date27/10/1922

Age30 years

positionRight central defender

Cowie

Douglas Cowie

Scotland

B.date05/05/1926

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Docherty

Tommy Docherty

Scotland

B.date24/04/1928

Age24 years

positionDefender

Brennan

Frank Brennan

Scotland

B.date23/04/1924

Age28 years

positionDefender

Cox

Samuel Cox

Scotland

B.date13/04/1924

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

Reilly5489

Lawrence Reilly

Scotland

B.date28/10/1928

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Johnstone

Bobby Johnstone

Scotland

B.date07/09/1929

Age23 years

positionRight Winger

Steel

William Steel

Scotland

B.date01/05/1923

Age29 years

positionForward

Wright

Thomas Wright

Scotland

B.date20/01/1928

Age25 years

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Farm		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Young		30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Douglas Cowie		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tommy Docherty		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Frank Brennan		28	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Samuel Cox		29	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lawrence Reilly	5489	24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Johnstone		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	William Steel		29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Wright		25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ivor Broadis

Roy Bentley

OUT

Malcolm Barrass

Billy Elliott

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Douglas Cowie

George Aitken

OUT

Tommy Docherty

Jimmy Logie

OUT

Bobby Johnstone

James Scoular

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Walter Winterbottom

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

64 %

Winterbottom vs Scotland

3 victories

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on April 18, 1953

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Referee

Thomas Mitchell

4 victories	2 draws	1 loss	England7 matches	General total	Scotland3 matches	0 victory	2 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	England1 match	Season total	Scotland1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 18, 1964					Latest figure on April 03, 1954

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Key figures

Lawrence Reilly scored 5 goals vs England in British Home Championship with Scotland

It's the first time in his career that Ivor Broadis scores at least 2 goals during the same game in his professional career with England

End of streak for Scotland after 7 consecutive wins away from home in British Home Championship (since 23/10/1948). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 13/04/1889 (6 matches)

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

1	England	4 pts	3 rd
2	Scotland	4 pts	3 rd
3	Northern Ireland	2 pts	3 rd
4	Wales	2 pts	3 rd

General ranking

1	England	4 pts	3 rd
2	Scotland	4 pts	3 rd
3	Northern Ireland	2 pts	3 rd
4	Wales	2 pts	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEngland 5-2 Portugal19/05/1951

DEngland 2-2 France03/10/1951

VEngland 2-0 Northern Ireland14/11/1951

DEngland 2-2 Austria28/11/1951

VEngland 5-2 Wales12/11/1952

VEngland 5-0 Belgium26/11/1952

Overall

DItaly 1-1 England18/05/1952

VAustria 2-3 England25/05/1952

VSwitzerland 0-3 England28/05/1952

DNorthern Ireland 2-2 England04/10/1952

VEngland 5-2 Wales12/11/1952

VEngland 5-0 Belgium26/11/1952

Current form

Away

VBelgium 0-5 Scotland20/05/1951

LAustria 4-0 Scotland27/05/1951

VNorthern Ireland 0-3 Scotland06/10/1951

VDenmark 1-2 Scotland25/05/1952

LSweden 3-1 Scotland30/05/1952

VWales 1-2 Scotland18/10/1952

Overall

LScotland 1-2 England05/04/1952

VScotland 6-0 United States30/04/1952

VDenmark 1-2 Scotland25/05/1952

LSweden 3-1 Scotland30/05/1952

VWales 1-2 Scotland18/10/1952

DScotland 1-1 Northern Ireland05/11/1952

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	7	13
Drawless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	12	17
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	9	0
Scoring streak	4	6
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	2
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	1
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

7	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
5-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nat Lofthouse	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Billy Liddell
Nat Lofthouse	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Billy Liddell
Nat Lofthouse	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Lawrence Reilly

Historical head to head

Home

35 matches

13 v

9 d

13 l

67 gf

64 ga

Away

34 matches

9 v

7 d

18 l

44 gf

64 ga

Total

69 matches

22 v

16 d

31 l

111 gf

128 ga

Historical head to head

Home

34 matches

18 v

7 d

9 l

64 gf

44 ga

Away

35 matches

13 v

9 d

13 l

64 gf

67 ga

Total

69 matches

31 v

16 d

22 l

128 gf

111 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 17, 1888
Home	3 - 0	April 14, 1934

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 12, 1881
Away	6 - 1	March 12, 1881

Latest head to head

April 05, 1952 - British Home Championship 1951/1952

Scotland

1 - 2

England

April 14, 1951 - British Home Championship 1950/1951

England

2 - 3

Scotland

April 15, 1950 - British Home Championship 1949/1950

Scotland

0 - 1

England

April 09, 1949 - British Home Championship 1948/1949

England

1 - 3

Scotland

April 10, 1948 - British Home Championship 1947/1948

Scotland

0 - 2

England

Best historical scorers against Scotland

Steve Bloomer	8 goals	1895 - 1907
Edward Bambridge	6 goals	1879 - 1885
John Goodall	5 goals	1888 - 1894
Robert Kelly	4 goals	1920 - 1928
Frederic Dewhurst	3 goals	1887 - 1888
Victor Watson	3 goals	1923 - 1930

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1873. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England

George Ker	7 goals	1880 - 1882
John Smith	7 goals	1879 - 1884
John McDougall	4 goals	1878 - 1879
Alexander Jackson	4 goals	1926 - 1928
Henry McNeil	4 goals	1875 - 1878
William McKinnon	4 goals	1876 - 1879

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/03/1873. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Scotland

Robert Crompton	12 matches	1902 - 1914
Steve Bloomer	10 matches	1895 - 1907
Norman C Bailey	10 matches	1878 - 1887
Jesse Pennington	9 matches	1907 - 1920
Edward Bambridge	8 matches	1879 - 1887
William I Bassett	8 matches	1889 - 1896

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1872. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Alan Morton	11 matches	1921 - 1932
Robert Walker	11 matches	1900 - 1913
Andy Aitken	10 matches	1901 - 1911
Charles Campbell	10 matches	1874 - 1886
Walter Arnott	10 matches	1884 - 1893
William McKinnon	8 matches	1872 - 1879

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/11/1872. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

April 15, 1953

Northern Ireland

2 3

Wales

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	England	4	3	1	2	0	9	6	+3
2	Scotland	4	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
3	Northern Ireland	2	3	0	2	1	5	6	-1
4	Wales	2	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3

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England 2-2 Scotland - April 18, 1953 / British Home Championship 1952/1953

England

2 - 2

Scotland

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Winterbottom vs Scotland

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Scotland

Best historical scorers against England

Players with most games played vs Scotland

Players with most games played vs England

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking