Full time25 February 1939
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1939Head-to-head
Ireland won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Henry McKibbin
- –TIreland try · Frederick Moran
- –TIreland try · Desmond Torrens
- –DIreland drop goal · Herbert Sayers
- –TScotland try · John Innes
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Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Thomas HeadonProp
- 2Charles TeehanHooker
- 3Herbert SayersProp
- 4James RyanSecond row
- 5David O'LoughlinSecond row
- 6Robert MayneFlanker
- 7Robert AlexanderFlanker
- 8John IrwinNumber 8
- 9George MorganScrum-half
- 10George CromeyFly-half
- 11Frederick MoranWing
- 12Henry McKibbinCentre
- 13Desmond TorrensCentre
- 14Victor LyttleWing
- 15Cornelius MurphyFull-back
Scotland
- 1Ian HendersonProp
- 2Ian GrahamHooker
- 3William PurdieProp
- 4George HorsburghSecond row
- 5Allan RoySecond row
- 6George ShawFlanker
- 7WB YoungFlanker
- 8Donald MackenzieNumber 8
- 9Thomas DorwardScrum-half
- 10Rab Bruce-LockhartFly-half
- 11Kenneth FyfeWing
- 12Robert ShawCentre
- 13Duncan MacraeCentre
- 14John InnesWing
- 15William PenmanFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 26 February 1938, Ireland 14–23 Scotland
- Next meeting on record: 22 February 1947
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.