Full time3 February 1973
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head
Scotland won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –CScotland conversion · Dougie Morgan2–0
- –TScotland try · Billy Steele6–0
- –TScotland try · Colin Telfer10–0
- –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett10–3
- –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett10–6
- –PWales penalty · John Taylor10–9
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Robert ClarkHooker
- 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
- 4Alistair McHargSecond row
- 5Peter BrownSecond row
- 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
- 7John MillicanFlanker
- 8Gordon StrachanNumber 8
- 9Dougie MorganScrum-half
- 10Colin TelferFly-half
- 11David SheddenWing
- 12Ian ForsythCentre
- 13Ian McGeechanCentre
- 14Billy SteeleWing
- 15Andy IrvineFull-back
- 16Arthur TurkBench
- 17Alistair CranstonBench
- 18Alan LawsonBench
- 19Duncan MadsenBench
- 20Robert BryceBench
- 21Bill WatsonBench
Wales
- 1Glyn ShawProp
- 2Jeff YoungHooker
- 3John LloydProp
- 4Delme ThomasSecond row
- 5Derek QuinnellSecond row
- 6Dai MorrisFlanker
- 7John TaylorFlanker
- 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
- 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
- 10Phil BennettFly-half
- 11John BevanWing
- 12Arthur LewisCentre
- 13Roy BergiersCentre
- 14Gerald DaviesWing
- 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
- 16Jim ShanklinBench
- 17IM LewisBench
- 18Clive ShellBench
- 19Bobby WindsorBench
- 20Mike RobertsBench
- 21Tommy DavidBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 49–74 Wales, 2 drawn in 125 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
Wales going in
- Previous meeting: 5 February 1972, Scotland 12–35 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 19 January 1974
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.