Full time18 February 1899
Inverleith, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1899Head-to-head
Ireland won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · William Donaldson3–0
- –TIreland try · Carl Reid3–3
- –TIreland try · Edward Campbell3–6
- –TIreland try · James Sealy3–9
Line-ups
Scotland
- 15James ReidFull-back
- Graham KerrForward
- Harry SmithForward
- Mark MorrisonForward
- Laurence HarveyForward
- George CampbellThree-quarter
- William McEwanForward
- Douglas MonypennyThree-quarter
- James CouperForward
- Robert NeilsonThree-quarter
- Ronald StevensonForward
- Tom ScottThree-quarter
- John MabonFly-half
- Andrew MackinnonForward
- William DonaldsonFly-half
Ireland
- 15PE O'Brien ButlerFull-back
- Louis MageeFly-half
- Jack RyanForward
- Ainsworth BarrFly-half
- Carl ReidThree-quarter
- Blucher DoranThree-quarter
- Tom McGowanForward
- Edward CampbellThree-quarter
- Andrew MearesForward
- James AllisonThree-quarter
- William ByronForward
- Mike RyanForward
- Tommy LittleForward
- 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: 19 February 1898, Scotland 8–0 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 24 February 1900
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.