On This Day

1955

When Harry Scott was summoned to the manager’s office at the Manchester Engineering Works he assumed he had done something wrong – but it was to be told his boss had just taken a call to tell him that he had been drafted into the England XV for the weekend’s match against France after Nigel Gibbs pulled out. One of the smallest fullbacks to play for England – he was 5’6″ tall – it was to be his only cap.