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Full time2 February 1974
Scotland
16–14
England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1974Head-to-head

Scotland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine2–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine5–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine8–0
  4. –TScotland try · Andy Irvine12–0
  5. –TScotland try · Wilson Lauder16–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old16–3
  7. –TEngland try · Fran Cotton16–7
  8. –TEngland try · Tony Neary16–11
  9. –DEngland drop goal · Peter Rossborough16–14

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Duncan MadsenHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7Wilson LauderFlanker
  8. 8Bill WatsonNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Colin TelferFly-half
  11. 11Lewis DickWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Drew GillWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16WD AitchisonBench
  17. 17Alistair CranstonBench
  18. 18Ian McCraeBench
  19. 19RF BalfourBench
  20. 20AC WilsonBench
  21. 21Ian BarnesBench

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Nigel HortonSecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Jan WebsterScrum-half
  10. 10Alan OldFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Geoff EvansCentre
  13. 13David RoughleyCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
  16. 16Tony JordenBench
  17. 17Martin CooperBench
  18. 19FA AndersonBench
  19. 20Peter WheelerBench
  20. 21John WatkinsBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 45–71 England, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
England going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.