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Full time26 February 1955
Scotland
12–3
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1955Head-to-head

Scotland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Michael Elgie3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Michael Elgie6–0
  3. –TScotland try · Ian Swan9–0
  4. –DScotland drop goal · Angus Cameron12–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Seamus Kelly12–3

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Hugh McLeodProp
  2. 2William RelphHooker
  3. 3Tom ElliotProp
  4. 4Ernest MichieSecond row
  5. 5Hamish KempSecond row
  6. 6Ian MacGregorFlanker
  7. 7Adam RobsonFlanker
  8. 8James GreenwoodNumber 8
  9. 9James NicholScrum-half
  10. 10Angus CameronFly-half
  11. 11Ian SwanWing
  12. 12Robert ChartersCentre
  13. 13Michael ElgieCentre
  14. 14Arthur SmithWing
  15. 15Robin ChisholmFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Patrick O'DonoghueProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Frederick AndersonProp
  4. 4Thomas ReidSecond row
  5. 5Michael MaddenSecond row
  6. 6David MacSweeneyFlanker
  7. 7Martin CunninghamFlanker
  8. 8Robin ThompsonNumber 8
  9. 9Sean McDermottScrum-half
  10. 10Seamus KellyFly-half
  11. 11Richard RocheWing
  12. 12Noel HendersonCentre
  13. 13Tony O'ReillyCentre
  14. 14Alex PedlowWing
  15. 15William TectorFull-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.