Full time14 January 1956
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head
Scotland won by 12 points.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Arthur Smith3–0
- –PScotland penalty · Angus Cameron6–0
- –TScotland try · Hamish Kemp9–0
- –TScotland try · Hamish Kemp12–0
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Hugh McLeodProp
- 2Bob MacEwenHooker
- 3Tom ElliotProp
- 4Ernest MichieSecond row
- 5Hamish KempSecond row
- 6Ian MacGregorFlanker
- 7Adam RobsonFlanker
- 8James GreenwoodNumber 8
- 9Norman CampbellScrum-half
- 10Malcolm GrantFly-half
- 11Ian SwanWing
- 12Keith MacdonaldCentre
- 13Angus CameronCentre
- 14Arthur SmithWing
- 15Robin ChisholmFull-back
France
- 1Amedee DomenechProp
- 2Robert VigierHooker
- 3Rene BienesProp
- 4Bernard ChevalierSecond row
- 5Gerard RoucariesSecond row
- 6Jean CarrereFlanker
- 7Robert BaulonFlanker
- 8Michel CelayaNumber 8
- 9Gerard DufauScrum-half
- 10Jacques BouquetFly-half
- 11Serge TorreillesWing
- 12Guy StenerCentre
- 13Andre BonifaceCentre
- 14Jean DupuyWing
- 15Michel VannierFull-back
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Context
All-time, Scotland 41–61 France, 4 drawn in 106 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 8 January 1955, Scotland 0–15 France
- Next meeting on record: 12 January 1957
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.