Scotland; 1 V Austria; 1 (1956)

Hampden Park, Glasgow. Start of the international football match between Austria and Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow. SCU. Two captains, Ernest Ocwirk of Austria and George Young of Scotland exchanging flags and they shake hands. Referee and two linesmen are with them (title super over). GV. Massed crowd. LV. Scotland in the dark shirts kicks off. Austria in the white shirts. Hugh Baird turns round and passes the ball back to a half back. He flicks it back to Baird who tries to set an attack in motion. Austria intercepts and the ball is passed to Wagner who turns round and kicks it down the right wing. SV. An Austrian receives, passes the ball forward and beats Young. Grohs fools John Hewie and centres the ball across the Scottish goal area where an Austrian receives it and shoots. Tom Younger does a dive and grabs the ball. He gets up and kicks up-field. SCU. Small boys watching. SV. Mike Cullen with ball just outside the Austrian goal area. He kicks it across the goal where Johnny McKenzie taps the bal
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