Once he had determined Deciding from his captives the state of defences in Manila , that the treasure ship had been unloaded at Cavite and that the Spanish squadron was undergoing Process_start extensive repairs and thus unavailable for operations , he sent Sending a raiding party against a squadron of gunboats in the mouth of the Pasig River .

Unfortunately a few of the leading West Indies players were unavailable and the team that eventually sailed Self_motion for England was a little weaker than had been anticipated .

Despite Scotland having the advantage in the group , thanks to a superior goal difference , they went Forming_relationships into the game as underdogs due to a number of their senior players being unavailable due to either injury or suspension , and because they had lost Earnings_and_losses to Wales in the return fixture at Hampden Park in Glasgow the previous March .