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Full time2 March 1985
Scotland
21–25
Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

Wales won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Peter Dods2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Peter Dods4–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods7–0
  4. –TScotland try · Iain Paxton11–0
  5. –TScotland try · Iain Paxton15–0
  6. –DScotland drop goal · John Rutherford18–0
  7. –DScotland drop goal · John Rutherford21–0
  8. –CWales conversion · Mark Wyatt21–2
  9. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt21–5
  10. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt21–8
  11. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt21–11
  12. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt21–14
  13. –TWales try · David Pickering21–18
  14. –TWales try · David Pickering21–22
  15. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Davies21–25

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Gerry McGuinnessProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alister CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Gordon HunterScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Keith MurrayCentre
  14. 14Peter StevenWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 16Norrie RowanBench
  17. 17Gary CallanderBench
  18. 18John JeffreyBench
  19. 19RJ HogarthBench
  20. 20Doug WyllieBench
  21. 21Jim PollockBench

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Ian EidmanProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Martyn MorrisFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Dick MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Phil LewisWing
  12. 12Mark RingCentre
  13. 13Rob AckermanCentre
  14. 14Mark TitleyWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Howell DaviesBench
  17. 17Bleddyn BowenBench
  18. 18Dai BishopBench
  19. 19Ian StephensBench
  20. 20M RichardsBench
  21. 21Gareth RobertsBench

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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

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.