Full time10 January 1953
Stade Colombes, Paris, France · Five Nations 1953Head-to-head
France won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –CFrance conversion · Pierre Bertrand2–0
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Bertrand5–0
- –TFrance try · Jean Bourdeu8–0
- –DFrance drop goal · Georges Carabignac11–0
- –CScotland conversion · Neil Cameron11–2
- –TScotland try · David Rose11–5
Line-ups
France
- 1Andre SanacProp
- 2Paul LabadieHooker
- 3Pierre BertrandProp
- 4Paul TignolSecond row
- 5Lucien MiasSecond row
- 6Jean PratFlanker
- 7Jean BourdeuFlanker
- 8Rene BienesNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Georges CarabignacFly-half
- 11Alain PorthaultWing
- 12Maurice PratCentre
- 13Jean DaugerCentre
- 14Michel PomathiosWing
- 15Jean RouanFull-back
Scotland
- 1Bruce ThomsonProp
- 2John KingHooker
- 3Robert WilsonProp
- 4John HendersonSecond row
- 5John HegartySecond row
- 6Alec ValentineFlanker
- 7Keith McMillanFlanker
- 8Donald MacdonaldNumber 8
- 9Arthur DorwardScrum-half
- 10James DavidsonFly-half
- 11David RoseWing
- 12Donald ScottCentre
- 13Donald SloanCentre
- 14Kenneth DalgleishWing
- 15Neil CameronFull-back
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Context
All-time, France 61–41 Scotland, 4 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
France going in
Scotland going in
- Previous meeting: 12 January 1952, France 13–11 Scotland
- Next meeting on record: 9 January 1954
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.