TheBreakdown
Full time22 November 1947
Scotland
7–16
Australia
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1947Head-to-head

Australia won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Charles McDonald3–0
  2. –DScotland drop goal · Derek Hepburn7–0
  3. –CAustralia conversion · Brian Piper7–2
  4. –CAustralia conversion · Brian Piper7–4
  5. –TAustralia try · Kenny Kearney7–7
  6. –TAustralia try · Arthur Tonkin7–10
  7. –TAustralia try · Max Howell7–13
  8. –TAustralia try · Graham Cooke7–16

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Robert BruceProp
  2. 2George LyallHooker
  3. 3Ian HendersonProp
  4. 4Leslie CurrieSecond row
  5. 5James Cooper DawsonSecond row
  6. 6Douglas ElliotFlanker
  7. 7Alexander WattFlanker
  8. 8James LeesNumber 8
  9. 9William AllardiceScrum-half
  10. 10Derek HepburnFly-half
  11. 11Charles McDonaldWing
  12. 12Thomas WrightCentre
  13. 13John InnesCentre
  14. 14Thomas JacksonWing
  15. 15Ian LumsdenFull-back

Australia

  1. 1Eric TweedaleProp
  2. 2Kenny KearneyHooker
  3. 3Eric DavisProp
  4. 4Graham CookeSecond row
  5. 5Donald KraefftSecond row
  6. 6Douglas KellerFlanker
  7. 7Colin WindonFlanker
  8. 8Arthur BuchanNumber 8
  9. 9Cyril BurkeScrum-half
  10. 10Neville EmeryFly-half
  11. 11Terence MacBrideWing
  12. 12Max HowellCentre
  13. 13Trevor AllanCentre
  14. 14Arthur TonkinWing
  15. 15Brian PiperFull-back

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Context

All-time, Scotland 13–22 Australia in 35 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
Australia 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.