See also

Main index

Scottish tour 1921

Scottish FA tour 1935

Scottish FA tour 1939

Scottish FA tour 1949

Kilmarnock FC tour 1930

Rangers FC tours of 1928 & 1930

Celtic FC tour 1931

Many thanks to Colin Jose who researched and supplied these details.

Players: Tom Hamilton (Rangers), T. Scott (Falkirk), Willy McStay (Celtic), Danny Blair (Clyde), J. Buchanan (Morton), Tommy Muirhead (Rangers), Jimmy McStay (Celtic), Tom Craig (Rangers), T. Morrison (St. Mirren), A. Swallow (St. Johnstone), Alex Archibald (Rangers), Patsy Gallagher (Falkirk), J. Munro (St. Johnstone), Andy Cunningham (Rangers), Adam McLean (Celtic), J, Simpson (Dundee United), J. Hunter (Falkirk), W. Cook (Dundee).

Note: Danny Blair played for Willys Overland and Davenport Albion in the Toronto and District League before returning to Scotland in the summer of 1926.  Tommy Muirhead was player-coach of the Boston Wonder Workers of the American Soccer League in the summer of 1924 returning to Scotland at Christmas.

May  24    Montreal  2:  Scottish F.A.  3 in Montreal, Quebec

May  26    Hamilton  1: Scottish F.A.  6 in Hamilton, Ontario

May  28    Toronto  3: Scottish F.A  2 in Toronto, Ontario

June    1    New Ontario  1: Scottish F.A.  6 in Fort William, Ontario

June    4    Manitoba  2: Scottish F.A.  5 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

June    6    Regina  0: Scottish F.A.  4 in Regina, Saskatchewan

June    8    Saskatoon  0: Scottish F.A.  9 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

June  12    Calgary  0: Scottish F.A.  6 in Calgary, Alberta

June  13    Lethbridge  0: Scottish F.A.  4 in Lethbridge, Alberta

June  16    Vancouver  2: Scottish F.A.  9 in Vancouver, B.C.

June  18    Upper Island  0: Scottish F.A.  5 in Nanaimo, B.C.

June  22    Victoria  1: Scottish F.A.  4 in Victoria, B.C.

June  26    British Columbia  0: Scottish F.A.  6 in Vancouver, B.C.

June  27    Edmonton  1: Scottish F.A.  10 in Edmonton, Alberta

June  29    Hakoah (Vienna)  1: Scottish F.A.  4 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

July    1     Northern Ontario  1: Scottish F.A.  7 in Timmins, Ontario

July    4     Windsor  2: Scottish F.A.  4 in Windsor, Ontario

July   10    Ontario  0: Scottish F.A.  10 in Toronto, Ontario

July   11    Toronto Ulster  0: Scottish F.A.  3 in Toronto, Ontario

July   15    Montreal  2: Scottish F.A.  4 in Montreal, Quebec

May 24, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec

Scottish F.A.  3 (Cunningham 2, Gallagher)

Montreal All-Stars  2 (Baillie, Renfrew)

HT:           Att: 10,000      Ref: Horace S. Lyons (Quebec)

  Scots: Hamilton – Scott, W. McStay – Muirhead, J. McStay, Craig – Archibald, Gallagher, Munro, Cunningham, McLean.

  Montreal: Brown (Maroons) – Harry Barnes (CNR), Bob McAuley (Carsteel) – Jimmy Bardell (CPR), Pete Miller (Carsteel), Sinclair (Gurney) – Bill Westwater (Carsteel), Jack Green (Carsteel), Jack Renfrew (CNR), Dave McKenzie (Carsteel), Jimmy Baillie (CNR)

Note: CNR – Canadian National Railway

          CPR  - Canadian Pacific Railway

Bob McAuley of Carsteel later played for Rangers, Chelsea and Scotland.

May 26, 1927 at Scott Park in Hamilton, Ontario.

Scottish F.A.  6 (Simpson 3, Cook, Archibald, Cunningham)

Hamilton and District All-Stars  1 (Munro)

HT:           Att: 7,000       Ref: Alex McCulloch (Hamilton)

  Scots: Hamilton – W. McStay, Blair – Morrison, J. McStay, Swallow – Archibald, Cunningham, Simpson, Hunter, Cook.

  Hamilton: Joe Scanlon (City) – Bobby Lodge (Thistles), Arthur Vickers (City) – George Totten (City), Billy Gilvear (City), Slater (Thistles) – Bill Barclay (Thistles), George Munro (Thistles), Art Fell (Guelph), Hughie Aird (Brantford Cockshutts), Allan Ashthorpe (City)

(Note: City – Hamilton City and Thistles – Hamilton Thistles)

May 28, 1927 in Toronto, Ontario.

Scottish F.A.  2 (Gallagher, McLean)

Toronto All-Stars  3 (Graham 2, Faulkner)

HT:           Att:             Ref: W. Mitchell (Toronto)

  Scots: Hamilton – W. McStay, Blair – Morrison, J. McStay, Swallow – McLean, Gallagher, Buchanan, Cunningham, Cook.

  Toronto: Art Halliwell (Scottish) – Bob Calder (Bell Telephone), Bert Herring (Willys Overland) – McCrone (48^th Highlanders), Fred Williams (Ulster), Jimmy Matthews (Craigavon) – Roy Faulkner (Ulster), Bob Lavery (Craigavon), George Graham (Ulster), Joe Clulow (Ulster), Jimmy Moir (Ulster).

(Note: Bob Calder later played for Rangers and Cardiff City)

June 1, 1927 in Fort William, Ontario

Scottish F.A.  6 (Hunter 4, McLean, Archibald)

New Ontario All-Stars 1 (McKee pen)

HT:           Att:             Ref:

  Scots: Hamilton – Scott, Blair – Swallow, Simpson, Craig – McLean, Hunter, Munro, Muirhead, Archibald.

  New Ontario: Skinner – McCreadie, Ross – Young, Barker, Brown – Jones, Hodgson, Mckee, McKissock, Grant.

June 4, 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Scottish F.A.  5 (Craig, Simpson, Cook, Hunter, Morrison)

Manitoba All-Stars  2 (Johnstone 2)

HT:           Att: 12,000      Ref: Sandy McMahon (Winnipeg)

  Scots: Hamilton – Scott, W. McStay – Morrison, J. McStay, Craig – Archibald, Cunningham, Simpson, Hunter, Cook.

  Manitoba: Anderson – Dan King, Lennon – Smillie, McKay, McNeil – W. Lang, Munro, Johnstone, J. Lang, McAdam.

June 6, 1927 at Park Hughes in Regina, Saskatchewan

Scottish F.A.  4 (Munro 2, Muirhead 2)

Regina All-Stars  0

HT:1-0        Att:             Ref: Bill Heatherington (Regina)

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, Blair – Swallow, Simpson, Craig – McLean, Hunter, Munro, Muirhead, Archibald.

  Regina: Davidson (Leader Post) – Cameron (Scottish), Tommy Taylor (Scottish) – F. Hallam (Leader Post),  Lang (Leader Post), Bobby Laing (Leader Post) – R. Taylor (Nationals), A. Smith (Moose Jaw CPR), Richardson (Leader Post), Jack Rogers (Leader Post), Jimmy McDill (Leader Post).

(Note: Leader Post is the daily paper in Regina and ran a team in those days)

June 8, 1927 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Scottish F.A.  9 (Simpson 3, Munro 2, McLean 3, Gallagher)

Saskatoon All-Stars  0

HT:           Att: 2,000       Ref: L.D. Anderson

  Scots: Hamilton – Scott, Blair – Swallow, Buchanan, Craig – McLean, Munro, Simpson, Gallagher, Cook.

  Saskatoon: Tom Valentine (Sons of England) – Howard (Thistle), Stewart (Thistle) – Stone (Sons of England), Fred Garrett (Colonsay), Jack Fraser (Thistle), Reid (Thistle), Carson (Callies), Duncan (Callies), Jack Rivett (Sons of England), Clark (Thistle).

June 12, 1927 at Victoria Park in Calgary, Alberta.

Scottish F.A.  6 (Munro 4, Cunningham, Hunter)

Calgary All-Stars  0

HT:           Att:             Ref: Tim Lewis

  Scots: Hamilton – Scott, W. McStay – Muirhead, J. McStay, Craig – Archibald, Cunningham, Munro, Hunter, McLean.

  Calgary: Andy Wilson – Kirkpatrick, Stevens – Jimmy Moyes, Matt Nesbitt, Alex Pate – Stan Wakelyn, Bernie Cartwright, Strachan, Kirkwood, Bill Stenhouse.

June 13, 1927 at Adams Park in Lethbridge, Alberta.

Scottish F.A.  4 Cook, Muirhead 2, Simpson)

Lethbridge and District League  0

HT: 3-0       Att: 1,700       Ref: Jimmy Gurr

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, Blair – Morrison, Simpson, Swallow – Archibald, Muirhead, Munro, McLean, Cook.

  Lethbridge: Bert Sawyer (Fernie) – J. Jenkins (Michel), Jimmy Carrington (Vulcan) – W. Dunlop (Callies), G. Bakke (Vulcan), A. Pink (Callies) – M. McLuckie (Callies), A. Corett (Coal Creek), A. Heatherington (Vulcan), W. Beadie (Legion), Page (Coleman).

(Sub: R. Patterson (Medicine Hat) for Bakke)

June 16, 1927 at Athletic Park in Vancouver, B.C.

Scottish F.A.  9 (Cunningham 3, Simpson 3, Gallagher, Swallow, Cook)

Vancouver All-Stars 2 (Kerr, Smith)

HT:           Att: 7,200       Ref: Moore

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, W. McStay – Morrison, J. McStay, Swallow – Archibald, Gallagher, Simpson, Cunningham, Cook.

  Vancouver: King – MacDowell, Bert Dagger – George Russell, Les Rimmer, Frankoe O’Neill – Wilf Moffatt, Alex Cameron, Quene Yip, J. Smith, Adam Kerr.

June 18, 1927 in Nanaimo, British Columbia

Scottish F.A.  5 (McLean 2, Morrison, 2, Hunter)

Upper Island All-Stars  0

HT:           Att: 5,000       Ref: Jones

  Scots: Hamilton – Scott, W. McStay – Muirhead, J. McStay, Craig – Archibald, Morrison, Munro, Hunter, McLean.

  Upper Island: A. Orr – Len Perry, Alex Thomson – Jimmy Knight, Neil McFarlane, Dickie Stobbart – Nelson Wilson, John Sandland, Dave Cowie, “Tuffy” Davis, Alex Fowler.

June 22, 1927 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Scottish F.A.  4 (Munro 2, Cook, Hunter)

Victoria All-Stars  1 (Glancy)

HT:           Att:             Ref:

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, Blair – Muirhead, Simpson, Swallow – McLean, Gallagher, Munro, Hunter, Cook.

  Victoria: Tom Bridges – Bill Campbell, Alex Whyte – Hosmer, Bob Preston, John Peden – Archie Campbell, Johnny Watt, Danny Glancy, Ernie Warren, Alex Cameron.

June 26, 1927 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Scottish F.A.  6 (Munro 3, Cook 2, Swallow)

British Columbia All-Stars  0

HT:           Att: 6,000       Ref:

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, W. McStay – Swallow, J. McStay, Craig – Archibald, Cunningham, Munro, Hunter, Cook.

  B.C: Andy Roots – Bert Dagger, Vic Laven – George Russell, Neil McFarlane, Jimmy Heaps – Alex Cameron, Bob McDougall, Duff Davies, Dickie Stobbart, Adam Kerr.

June 27, 1927 at Renfrew Park in Edmonton, Alberta.

Scottish F.A.  10 (Munro 5, Morrison 2, Swallow, Simpson, Archibald)

Edmonton All-Stars  1 (McKay)

HT:           Att:             Ref: Billy Thompson

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, Blair – Morrison, Simpson, Swallow – Archibald, Craig, Munro, Hunter, McLean.

  Edmonton: Charlie Pinnell (CNR) – Teddy Geldart (CNR), Lamb (Legion) – Reid (Callies), Johnny Wilson (Legion), Dingley (Legion) – S. Patterson (CNR), Bobby Sneddon (Callies), Bill Findler (Shamrocks), Colin McKay (CNR), Tommy Minchin (Shamrocks).

June 29, 1927 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Scottish F.A.  4 (Muirhead, Munro 2, Cunningham)

Hakoah (Vienna)  1 (Gruenwald)

HT:        Att: 10,000         Ref: Sandy McMahon (Winnipeg)

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, W. McStay – Morrison, J. McStay, Muirhead – Archibald, Cunningham, Munro, Hunter, McLean.

  Hakoah: Alexander Fabian – Scheur, Hans Tandler – Strohs, Bela Guttmann, Fried – Erno Schwarz, Moritz Haeusler, Hess, Max Gruenwald, Fischer.

(Note: Hakoah were an Austrian club touring North America at the time, and there were several Austian and Hungarian internationals in the team.  Most famous of all Bela Guttmann who coached Benfica in the 1960s.)

July 1, 1927 in Timmins, Ontario.

Scottish F.A.  7 (Craig 2, Gallagher 2, Swallow, Cook, Buchanan)

Northern Ontario  1 (Dougall)

HT: 5-0       Att: 2,000       Ref: Steve Lynn.

  Scots: Hamilton – Blair, Scott – Swallow, J. McStay, Buchanan – Cook, Craig, Morrison, Gallagher, Simpson.

  N.O: J. Elrick, J, Liddle, T. Ramsey – G. Cooper, L. Loberg, F. Rankin – H. Richmond, A. Hamilton, W. Parsons, E. Dougall, W. Carroll.

July 4, 1927 at Kelsey Park in Windsor, Ontario.

Scottish F.A.  4 (Muirhead 2, Cunningham, Cook)

Windsor All-Stars  2 (Mercer, Visser)

HT:           Att: 4,000       Ref: Dave Evans (Detroit)

  Scots: Hamilton – W. McStay, Blair – Morrison, Swallow, Craig – Archibald, Muirhead, Munro, Cunningham, Cook.

  Windsor: Orr (Canadian) - Robert Greig (Windsor), Maurice Fairhurst (Canadian) – Inglis (Canadian), Tommy McGowan (Windsor), Joe Spence (CNR) – Ponic (Windsor), Maurice Honeyman (CNR), Gerrit Visser (CNR), Jackson (CNR), Bobby Mercer (Windsor).

July 10, 1927 in Toronto, Ontario.

Scottish F.A.  10 (Munro 4, McLean 4, Cunningham, Hunter)

Ontario All-Stars  0

HT:           Att: 12,000      Ref: Art McNeilly

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, W. McStay – Morrison, J. McStay, Craig – Archibald, Cunningham, Munro, Hunter, McLean.

  Ontario: Art Halliwell (Scottish) – Bob Calder (Bell Telephone), Bert Herring (Willys Overland) – George McCrone (48^th Highlanders), Fred Williams (Ulster), Jimmy Matthews (Craigavon)  - Roy Faulkner (Ulster), Bob Lavery (Craigavon), George

Graham (Ulster), Jimmy Galloway (Ulster), Jimmy Moir (Ulster).   

(Note: This was the same eleven players from Toronto who beat the Scots 3-2 earlier in the tour)

July 11, 1927 in Toronto, Ontario.

Scottish F.A.  3 (Muirhead, Gallagher, Munro)

Toronto Ulster United  0

HT:2-0        Att: 10,000      Ref: Art McNeilly

  Scots: Hamilton – W. McStay, Blair – Muirhead, J. McStay, Swallow – McLean, Gallagher, Munro, Hunter, Cook.

  Ulster: Fraser – Dave Eadie, Walter Rankin – Grant, Fred Williams, Watt – Cowan, Jimmy Galloway, George Graham, Forrest, Jimmy Moir.

July 15, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec.

Scottish F.A.  4 (Munro, Archibald, McLean, Cook)

Montreal All-Stars  2 (Green, Renfrew)

HT: 2-0       Att:             Ref: Horace S. Lyons (Montreal)

  Scots: Hamilton – Buchanan, W. McStay – Morrison, J. McStay, Swallow – Archibald, McLean, Munro, Hunter, Cook.

  Montreal: Brown (Maroons) – Adams (…..), Bob McAuley (Carsteel) – Peter Miller (Carsteel), Dunlop (…..), Sinclair (Gurney) – Bill Westwater (Carsteel), Jack Green (Carsteel),  Jack Renfrew (CNR), Smith (…..), Jimmie Baillie (Carsteel).