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Full time29 February 1908
Ireland
16–11
Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1908Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · William Hinton2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Jim Parke4–0
  3. –TIreland try · Harry Thrift7–0
  4. –TIreland try · Gerald Beckett10–0
  5. –TIreland try · Charles Thompson13–0
  6. –TIreland try · Harry Thrift16–0
  7. –CScotland conversion · Kenneth MacLeod16–2
  8. –PScotland penalty · Kenneth MacLeod16–5
  9. –TScotland try · Kenneth MacLeod16–8
  10. –TScotland try · Hugh Martin16–11

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 15William HintonFull-back
  2. Hugh WilsonForward
  3. Gerald BeckettThree-quarter
  4. Charles ThompsonThree-quarter
  5. Harry ThriftThree-quarter
  6. Fred GardinerForward
  7. Thomas HarpurForward
  8. Ernie CaddellFly-half
  9. Tommy SmythForward
  10. Hercules KnoxForward
  11. Bethal SolomonsForward
  12. George HamletForward
  13. Jim ParkeThree-quarter
  14. Frank SmarttFly-half
  15. Alf TedfordForward

Scotland

  1. 15Douglas SchulzeFull-back
  2. George SandersonForward
  3. John MacCallumForward
  4. George CunninghamFly-half
  5. Kenneth MacLeodThree-quarter
  6. JA BrownForward
  7. John WilsonForward
  8. Hugh MartinThree-quarter
  9. ABHL PurvesThree-quarter
  10. Louis SpeirsForward
  11. John ScottForward
  12. Louis GreigFly-half
  13. George FrewForward
  14. David Bedell-SivrightForward
  15. Maurice WalterThree-quarter

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Context

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

Ireland going in
Scotland 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.