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Played17 February 1883
Ireland
v
Scotland
Ormeau, Belfast, Northern Ireland · Home Nations 1883Head-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Bill Maclagan
  2. –TScotland try · Charles Reid
  3. –TScotland try · David Somerville

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 15Robert MorrowFull-back
  2. William WallisForward
  3. Stewart BruceForward
  4. Henry KingForward
  5. William PikeThree-quarter
  6. Augustus WhitestoneFly-half
  7. Samuel CollierFly-half
  8. George ScrivenForward
  9. Robert McLeanThree-quarter
  10. Robert HughesForward
  11. Frederick HeustonForward
  12. Frank MooreForward
  13. Robert NelsonForward
  14. John TaylorForward
  15. James McDonaldForward

Scotland

  1. 15James VeitchFull-back
  2. John JamiesonForward
  3. GR AitchisonFly-half
  4. William PeterkinForward
  5. David CasselsForward
  6. William WallsForward
  7. David SomervilleForward
  8. Tom AinslieForward
  9. Patrick SmeatonFly-half
  10. David McCowanForward
  11. Marshall ReidThree-quarter
  12. JB BrownForward
  13. Archibald WalkerForward
  14. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  15. Charles ReidForward

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Context

All-time, Ireland 72–55 Scotland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests

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.