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Played10 March 1888
Scotland
v
Ireland
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1888Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Charles Berry
  2. –TScotland try · David Macfarlan

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

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 15Henry ChambersFull-back
  2. Thomas IrvineForward
  3. AG MalcolmForward
  4. David MacfarlanThree-quarter
  5. David MortonForward
  6. Bunny Don WauchopeFly-half
  7. Thomas WhiteForward
  8. Henry StevensonThree-quarter
  9. Alfred DukeForward
  10. Charles BerryForward
  11. Charlie OrrFly-half
  12. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  13. Matthew McEwanForward
  14. Hugh KerForward
  15. Charles ReidForward

Ireland

  1. 15Robert MorrowFull-back
  2. William EkinForward
  3. A WalpoleThree-quarter
  4. Robert WarrenFly-half
  5. Victor le FanuForward
  6. Maxwell CarpendaleThree-quarter
  7. Malcolm MooreForward
  8. Ernest StokerForward
  9. James MoffattForward
  10. Harry NeillForward
  11. RH MayneForward
  12. James McLaughlinFly-half
  13. CR TillieThree-quarter
  14. Thomas ShanahanForward
  15. William MortonForward

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Context

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

Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests
Ireland 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.