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  • Scotland's 9th consecutive match without defeat
  • Hughie Gallacher set the goal scoring record for Scotland (21 goals)
  • Scotland vs Northern Ireland Head to Head: Scotland football team's 36th victory in 42 matches

Scotland vs Northern Ireland international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 22 February 1930, 15:00 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
Scotland
3-1
Northern Ireland
Referee:
Arnold Josephs, South Shields /
England
Attendance, venue:
31 808, Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow
Goals:
1-0 (32') Hughie Gallacher, 1-1 (39') Harold McCaw, 2-1 (61') Hughie Gallacher, 3-1 (72') George Stevenson
Scotland football team line-up in match Nr.148
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
1
26
Cowdenbeath FC, Cowdenbeath
6
25
Rangers FC, Glasgow
2
33
Queens Park FC, Glasgow
8
28
Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
10
29
Rangers FC, Glasgow
7
32
Rangers FC, Glasgow
15
24
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
3
24
Motherwell FC, Motherwell
17
27
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
6
28
Arsenal FC, London
24
36
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Northern Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.130
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
2
31
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
2
34
Bradford City AFC, Bradford
4
26
Rangers FC, Glasgow
1
27
Rangers FC, Glasgow
2
22
Linfield FC, Belfast
10
31
Linfield FC, Belfast
9
33
Bury FC, Bury
13
29
Portsmouth FC, Portsmouth
6
24
Linfield FC, Belfast
2
24
Ballymena FC, Ballymena
2
23
Linfield FC, Belfast
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Scotland
11
9.000
28.804
8
3
0
0
Northern Ireland
11
4.818
28.130
7
1
0
0
Historical data sources
The Glasgow Herald (Glasgow), №47, 24 Feb 1930; Google Newspapers
Belfast News-Letter (Belfast), №-, 24 Feb 1930; Irish Newspaper Archives
Daily Record and Mail (Glasgow), №25924, 24 Feb 1930; Newspapers.com
Comments
Scotland vs Northern Ireland post-match head-to-head
WP
89.3
P
42
W
36
D
3
L
3
GF
157
GA
33
GF/P
3.738
GA/P
0.786
Av attendance
18 097
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Scotland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1929-1930
Wales vs Scotland 2-4
Cardiff, Saturday 26 October 1929
Next match:
British Championship 1929-1930
England vs Scotland 5-2
Wembley, Saturday 5 April 1930
Northern Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1929-1930
Northern Ireland vs Wales 7-0
Belfast, Saturday 1 February 1930
Next match:
British Championship 1930-1931
England vs Northern Ireland 5-1
Sheffield, Monday 20 October 1930
Top Scotland goal scorers
1. Hughie Gallacher (1925 - 1930) - 21 goals
2. Robert Hamilton (1899 - 1911) - 15 goals
3. Robert McColl (1896 - 1900) - 13 goals
4. Andy Wilson (1920 - 1923) - 13 goals
... George Stevenson (1930) - 1 goal
(correct as of February 22, 1930)
Top Northern Ireland goal scorers
1. Billy Gillespie (1913 - 1926) - 13 goals
2. Olphie Stanfield (1887 - 1897) - 9 goals
3. Joe Bambrick (1928 - 1930) - 8 goals
4. Jack Peden (1887 - 1898) - 7 goals
... Harold McCaw (1930) - 1 goal
(correct as of February 22, 1930)
Brief match report
Sat. 22 Feb 1930
Celtic Park, Parkhead, Glasgow
Scotland 3-1 Northern Ireland
Goals: Gallacher 32, McCaw 39, Gallacher 61, Stevenson 72

Scotland: Middleton, Gray, Wiseman, Gibson, Meiklejohn (c), Craig, Jackson, Stevenson, Gallacher, James, Morton. Managed by selection committee.

Northern Ireland: Gardiner, Russell, Hamilton, McDonald, Jones, Sloan (c), Chambers, Irvine, Bambrick, McCambridge, McCaw. Managed by selection committee.

Att: 31 808,
Ref: Josephs (England)

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