Written by Thomas Esamie and Greg Stock. Thanks to Kevin Christopher for the use of his personal material. For more details see credits.
| In 1967 the Scottish national side toured Australia for a series of three matches against the national team. There was much criticism of the Scottish squad after a number of their best players had elected to stay behind because of their clubs commitments in Europe. The squad thus comprised a number of players who had played for Scotland at under 23 level and would form the nucleus of their 1970 world cup campaign. Because of this reduced squad the Scottish FA did not recognise these matches as A internationals and so for the purposes of this archive they are recognised as B internationals. | ||||
| Played : May 28 1967 | Venue : Sydney Showground, Australia | |||
| Australia Peter Fuzes, George Nuttall, Alan Marnoch, John Watkiss, Billy Cook, Pat Hughes, Alan Westwater, Ron Giles (John Giacometti), John Warren, Ray Baartz, Archie Blue |
0 | - | 1 | Scotland Thomson, Callaghan, Colquhuon, Jim Townsend, Anderson, Fraser, Morgan, Hope, McCalliog, Alex Ferguson, Hood Goal : Ferguson |
| Referee : W Hosie (South Australia) Attendance : 34,792 Coach : Joe Venglos (Australia) | ||||
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| This was the second match of the three match series played in Adelaide. The Australians had not been outclassed in the first game and it was thought had a good chance to square the series in the second match. | ||||
| Played : May 31 1967 | Venue : Norwood Oval, Adelaide, Australia | |||
| Australia Bill Rorke, Cliff van Blerk, Alan Marnoch, Billy Cook, Nigel Shepherd, Pat Hughes, Alan Westwater, Hammy McMeechan (inj, sub. Archie Blue), John Watkiss, Ray Baartz, Giacometti Goal : Ray Baartz |
1 | - | 2 | Scotland Cruickshank, Callaghan, Jim Townsend, Anderson, McGrory, Fraser, McLean, Hope, McCalliog, Alex Ferguson, Morgan. Goals : Townsend 30, Morgan |
| Referee : D Maitland (Victoria) Attendance : 12,500 Coach : Joe Venglos (Australia) | ||||
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| The third match of the series was played in Melbourne and saw Scotland take the series 3-0. | ||||
| Played : June 3 1967 | Venue : Olympic Park, Melbourne, Australia | |||
| Australia Peter Fuzes (inj. sub Bill Rorke 65), Cliff van Blerk, Alan Marnoch, Billy Rice, Nigel Shepherd, Pat Hughes, John Warren, John Watkiss, Atti Abonyi, Alan Westwater, Bruce Morrow (John Giacometti) |
0 | - | 2 | Scotland Cruickshank, Callaghan (Penman), Jim Townsend, Anderson, McGrory, Fraser (Tinney), McLean, Hope, McCalliog, Alex Ferguson, Morgan Goals : Ferguson x2 |
| Referee : Tony Boskovic (NSW) Attendance : 22,000 Coach : Joe Venglos (Australia) | ||||
| Squad listings | ||||
| Following Australias participation in the Vietnam National Day Soccer Tournament the national team played a number of friendlies in South East Asia region. Following a match against the Indonesian national team the Australians played against a Jakarta XI. This match has been referred to by some statisticians as an A international saying that the Jakarta XI was in fact the Indonesian national side. Without substantial evidence for this, this match has been placed in the B archive. | ||||
| Played November 19 1967 | Venue : Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
| Jakarta XI (Lineup incomplete) Judo Hadijanto, Liem Soei Liang, Bob Matthias, Komor Goal : Komor 67 |
1 | - | 3 | Australia Ron Corry, Gary Wilkins, Stan Ackerley, Frank Micic, Manfred Scahefer, Ray Loyd, Billy Vojtek, Ray Richards, John Warren, Ray Baartz (Alan Westwater), Ted De Lyster Goals : Vojtek 1, 78, own goal 8 |
| Referee : Tony Boskovic Coach : Joe Vlatsis (Australia) Attendance : 35,000 | ||||
| Following Australias participation in the Vietnam National Day Soccer Tournament the national team played a number of friendlies in South East Asia against Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. After the match against Singapore the national side played a friendly game against a Combined Services XI. | ||||
| Played November 1967 | Venue : Singapore | |||
| Combined Services (Lineup and Scorer unavailable) |
1 | - | 8 | Australia Roger Romanowicz, Gary Wilkins, Stan Ackerley, Frank Micic, Manfred Schaefer (Dick van Alphen), Ray Lloyd, Billy Vojtek, Atti Abonyi, Ray Richards, Alan Westwater, Tommy McColl (Ted De Lyster) Goals : Abonyi x2, Vojtek x2, Schaefer, Westwater, McColl, Richards |
| Attendance : 1,000 Coach : Joe Vlatsis (Australia) | ||||