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  • Finland's 7th consecutive match without victory

Finland vs Scotland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Tuesday, 25 May 1954, 19:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Finland
1-2
Scotland
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Sten Ahlner, Stockholm /
Sweden
Attendance, venue:
21 685, Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals:
0-1 (7') Willie Ormond, 0-2 (47') Bobby Johnstone, 1-2 (86') Olavi Lahtinen
Finland football team line-up in match Nr.176
Managed by head coach Aatos Lehtonen
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Mauno Rintanen  Captain  48' 
7
29
HJK, Helsinki
48' Aarre Klinga  
4
24
KIF, Helsinki
1
26
VIFK, Vaasa
1
22
TuTo, Turku
6
26
HJK, Helsinki
2
22
KTP, Kotka
1
20
KTP, Kotka
3
21
KPT, Kuopio
6
23
TuPy, Turku
7
25
HJK, Helsinki
1
24
IF Drott, Pietarsaari
18
26
HIFK, Helsinki
Scotland football team line-up in match Nr.235
Managed by team manager Andy Beattie
Player
Caps
Age
Club
1
24
Leicester City FC, Leicester
1
20
Portsmouth FC, Portsmouth
3
29
Preston North End FC, Preston
17
26
Celtic FC, Glasgow
6
28
Dundee FC, Dundee
1
22
Partick Thistle FC, Glasgow
4
28
Partick Thistle FC, Glasgow
11
24
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
12
27
Blackpool FC, Blackpool
1
25
Celtic FC, Glasgow
3
28
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Finland
12
4.750
24.450
9
1
0
0
Scotland
11
5.455
26.054
8
2
0
0
Historical data sources
The Glasgow Herald (Glasgow), №124, 26 May 1954; Google Newspapers
Comments

pieterkooijman - posted on 10 March 2011 at 20:51:30

He played for Drott in Sweden. The club stil exists but has, since long, transfered in a handballclub.

According to Jalkapallokirja 2010 (yearbook 2010) issued by the Finnish FA.
Finland vs Scotland post-match head-to-head
WP
0.0
P
1
W
0
D
0
L
1
GF
1
GA
2
GF/P
1.000
GA/P
2.000
Av attendance
21 685
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Nordic Football Championship 1952-1955
Denmark vs Finland 6-1
Copenhagen, Sunday 4 October 1953
Next match:
Svenska Fotbollförbundet 50th Anniversary Tournament
Sweden vs Finland 6-0
Gothenburg, Friday 4 June 1954
Scotland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Norway vs Scotland 1-1
Oslo, Wednesday 19 May 1954
Next match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Austria vs Scotland 1-0
Zurich, Wednesday 16 June 1954
Top Finland goal scorers
1. Verner Eklöf (1920 - 1925) - 17 goals
2. Gunnar Åström (1927 - 1934) - 16 goals
3. Aulis Koponen (1924 - 1934) - 16 goals
4. William Kanerva (1924 - 1936) - 13 goals
5. Jorma Vaihela (1949 - 1953) - 13 goals
... Olavi Lahtinen (1953 - 1954) - 4 goals
(correct as of May 25, 1954)
Top Scotland goal scorers
1. Hughie Gallacher (1925 - 1930) - 23 goals
2. Lawrie Reilly (1949 - 1953) - 16 goals
3. Robert Hamilton (1899 - 1911) - 15 goals
... Bobby Johnstone (1951 - 1954) - 6 goals
... Willie Ormond (1954) - 2 goals
(correct as of May 25, 1954)
Brief match report
Tue. 25 May 1954
Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Finland 1-2 Scotland
Goals: Ormond 7, Johnstone 47, Lahtinen 86

Finland: Rintanen (c) (Klinga 48), Henrikson, Sundbäck, Lehtinen, Sommarberg, Vanhanen, Hiltunen, Forss, Lahtinen, Nygård, Lindman. Managed by Lehtonen.

Scotland: Anderson, Wilson, Cunningham (c), Evans, Cowie, Mathers, MacKenzie, Johnstone, Brown, Fernie, Ormond. Managed by Beattie.

Att: 21 685,
Ref: Ahlner (Sweden)

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