SCOTLAND FOREVER!

Chronicle (Levin), 15 April 1946, Page 5

SCOTLAND FOREVER!

SOCCER AND RUGBY TRIUMPH OVER ENGLAND Received Sunday, 8.5 p,m. LONDON, April 14. Confounding pracfcically every critic "sonth of the border" wfio forecast that England would win b.oth Rugby and soccer international matches, Scotland surprised the football world by triumphing in borh. One hundrod ancl thirty three thousand persons crowded into Hampden Fark to see Scotlaad gain a ssnsational soccer victory — the first in i'our years — when, in the last minutc, they secured a goal from a free kick. Scottish Rugby players at Murrayville extracted revenge i'or the Twickenham defeat, by overwhelming England with six tries, of which three were converted, and a penalty goal, to Engli'nd's nii. It is the biggest margin "between the two countries. England was unl'ortunate to lose their fullback after ten minutes' play but Scotland was superior in every department. Among the soccer cup iinalists, Derby is as good as out of the League sonth race, Astonvilla virtually ending their hopes of the League Cup ■ doubie when they dei'eated them on successive Saturdays by one goal to nil. The top four now are Birmingham, played thirty -tive games, tifty-three points; Astonvilla, 35, 52; Charlton 34, 51; Derbv 36. 40.

In League, North Sheffield United played thirty-seven games, fifty-five points, and Everton 37, 53, have an unassailable lead over their opponents.