Full time20 February 1897
Powderhall, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1897Head-to-head
Scotland won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CScotland conversion · Thomas Scott2–0
- –PScotland penalty · Thomas Scott5–0
- –TScotland try · George Turnbull8–0
- –TIreland try · Larry Bulger8–3
Line-ups
Scotland
- 15Allan SmithFull-back
- Alexander LaidlawForward
- Mark MorrisonForward
- William NeilsonThree-quarter
- George CampbellThree-quarter
- Thomas ScottForward
- William McEwanForward
- Robert GreigFly-half
- Charles FlemingThree-quarter
- Ronald StevensonForward
- John DodsForward
- Tom ScottThree-quarter
- George TurnbullForward
- Matthew ElliotFly-half
- Robert MacMillanForward
Ireland
- 15PE O'Brien ButlerFull-back
- TH StevensonThree-quarter
- Louis MageeFly-half
- Andrew ClinchForward
- Lucius GwynnThree-quarter
- Edmund ForrestForward
- William GardinerThree-quarter
- John McIlwaineForward
- William ByronForward
- Gerald AllenFly-half
- Larry BulgerThree-quarter
- Mike RyanForward
- Charles RookeForward
- Jim LytleForward
- James SealyForward
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 55–72 Ireland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 15 February 1896, Scotland 0–0 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 19 February 1898
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.