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Played14 February 1880
Scotland
v
Ireland
Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, ScotlandHead-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Malcollm Cross
  2. –TScotland try · William Masters
  3. –TScotland try · EN Ewart
  4. –TScotland try · EN Ewart
  5. –DScotland drop goal · Ninian Finlay
  6. –DScotland drop goal · Ninian Finlay

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 15Bill MaclaganFull-back
  2. Ninian FinlayThree-quarter
  3. EN EwartForward
  4. Malcollm CrossThree-quarter
  5. Nathaniell BrewisForward
  6. David McCowanForward
  7. Charles StewartForward
  8. William MastersFly-half
  9. Alexander PetrieForward
  10. James GrahamForward
  11. JB BrownForward
  12. Sorley BrownFly-half
  13. Robert AinslieForward
  14. Robert IrvineForward
  15. John TaitForward

Ireland

  1. 15RB WalkingtonFull-back
  2. William WallisForward
  3. Arthur ForrestForward
  4. Hugh KellyForward
  5. WT HeronFly-half
  6. Abraham CronynForward
  7. George ScrivenForward
  8. Robert HughesForward
  9. Meredith JohnstonFly-half
  10. John CuppaidgeForward
  11. John BagotThree-quarter
  12. A MillarForward
  13. Tom HarrisonThree-quarter
  14. William FinlayForward
  15. John TaylorForward

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Context

All-time, Scotland 55–72 Ireland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests
Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests

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.