Full time28 February 1953
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1953Head-to-head
Ireland won by 18 points.
Scoring
- –CScotland conversion · Ian Thomson2–0
- –PScotland penalty · Ian Thomson5–0
- –TScotland try · John Henderson8–0
- –CIreland conversion · Robin Gregg8–2
- –CIreland conversion · Robin Gregg8–4
- –CIreland conversion · Robin Gregg8–6
- –CIreland conversion · Robin Gregg8–8
- –TIreland try · Seamus Byrne8–11
- –TIreland try · Jim McCarthy8–14
- –TIreland try · Maurice Mortell8–17
- –TIreland try · James Kavanagh8–20
- –TIreland try · Seamus Byrne8–23
- –TIreland try · Seamus Byrne8–26
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Bruce ThomsonProp
- 2Gurth Hoyer-MillarHooker
- 3John WilsonProp
- 4John HendersonSecond row
- 5John HegartySecond row
- 6Alec ValentineFlanker
- 7Keith McMillanFlanker
- 8Edwin HenriksonNumber 8
- 9Kenneth SpenceScrum-half
- 10Logie Bruce-LockhartFly-half
- 11Doug SmithWing
- 12Donald CameronCentre
- 13Angus CameronCentre
- 14Thomas WeatherstoneWing
- 15Ian ThomsonFull-back
Ireland
- 1Frederick AndersonProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3William O'NeillProp
- 4James BradySecond row
- 5Thomas ReidSecond row
- 6William BellFlanker
- 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
- 8James KavanaghNumber 8
- 9John O'MearaScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Maurice MortellWing
- 12Kevin QuinnCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Seamus ByrneWing
- 15Robin GreggFull-back
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: 23 February 1952, Scotland 8–12 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 27 February 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.