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Played3 March 1873
Scotland
v
England
Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, ScotlandHead-to-head

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

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. John MacfarlaneForward
  2. Charles BryceForward
  3. Thomas WhittingtonForward
  4. HW AllenForward
  5. William GrantFly-half
  6. Alexander WoodForward
  7. Peter AntonForward
  8. Thomas MarshallFly-half
  9. Robert WilsonForward
  10. Alexander PetrieForward
  11. James MeinForward
  12. GB McClureForward
  13. James SandersonBack
  14. Robert IrvineForward
  15. John DavidsonForward
  16. William BrownBack
  17. Edward BannermanForward
  18. Charles CathcartForward
  19. Francis MoncreiffForward
  20. Thomas ChalmersBack

England

  1. Harold FreemanThree-quarter
  2. Murray MarshallForward
  3. Cyril RickardsForward
  4. Ernest ChestonForward
  5. Alfred HamersleyForward
  6. Stephen FinneyFly-half
  7. Henry MarshForward
  8. Frederick StokesForward
  9. Charles VandersparBack
  10. James MackinlayForward
  11. Cecil BoyleFly-half
  12. Sydney MorseFly-half
  13. James BushForward
  14. William FletcherBack
  15. Henry LawrenceForward
  16. Ernest StillForward
  17. James BodyForward
  18. Dawson TurnerForward
  19. Francis LuscombeForward
  20. Frederick MillsBack

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Context

All-time, Scotland 45–71 England, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests
England 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.