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Full time26 February 1938
Scotland
23–14
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1938Head-to-head

Scotland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Wilfred Crawford2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Wilfred Crawford4–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Archibald Drummond7–0
  4. –TScotland try · John Forrest10–0
  5. –TScotland try · John Forrest13–0
  6. –TScotland try · Archibald Drummond16–0
  7. –TScotland try · Duncan Macrae19–0
  8. –DScotland drop goal · Thomas Dorward23–0
  9. –CIreland conversion · Samuel Walker23–2
  10. –TIreland try · George Cromey23–5
  11. –TIreland try · Frederick Moran23–8
  12. –TIreland try · George Morgan23–11
  13. –TIreland try · David O'Loughlin23–14

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1John BorthwickProp
  2. 2John HastieHooker
  3. 3William InglisProp
  4. 4George HorsburghSecond row
  5. 5Allan RoySecond row
  6. 6WB YoungFlanker
  7. 7Wilfred CrawfordFlanker
  8. 8Peter DuffNumber 8
  9. 9Thomas DorwardScrum-half
  10. 10Robert ShawFly-half
  11. 11John ForrestWing
  12. 12Duncan MacraeCentre
  13. 13Robert DickCentre
  14. 14Archibald DrummondWing
  15. 15George RobertsFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Edmund RyanProp
  2. 2Charles GravesHooker
  3. 3Hector KennedyProp
  4. 4David O'LoughlinSecond row
  5. 5Dennis TierneySecond row
  6. 6Robert AlexanderFlanker
  7. 7John IrwinFlanker
  8. 8Samuel WalkerNumber 8
  9. 9George MorganScrum-half
  10. 10George CromeyFly-half
  11. 11Joseph O'ConnorWing
  12. 12Laurance McMahonCentre
  13. 13Aidan BaileyCentre
  14. 14Frederick MoranWing
  15. 15Ronald CraigFull-back

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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

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.