Played23 February 1874
Kennington Oval, London, EnglandHead-to-head
No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.
Scoring
- –DEngland drop goal · Harold Freeman
- –TScotland try · James Finlay
The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.
Line-ups
England
- Harold FreemanThree-quarter
- Murray MarshallForward
- Roger WalkerForward
- Sydney ParkerForward
- Jacob GenthForward
- Ernest ChestonForward
- Alfred HamersleyForward
- Thomas BatsonForward
- John BattenBack
- William CollinsFly-half
- William MiltonFly-half
- Henry BrydenForward
- Edward KewleyForward
- Sydney MorseFly-half
- Foster CunliffeForward
- William StaffordForward
- Marshall BrooksBack
- Charles CrosseForward
- Henry LawrenceForward
- Dawson TurnerForward
Scotland
- G HeronForward
- Charles BryceForward
- William KidstonThree-quarter
- William GrantFly-half
- Alexander WoodForward
- Alexander StewartFly-half
- James ReidForward
- JK ToddForward
- Thomas MarshallThree-quarter
- T NeilsonForward
- Robert WilsonForward
- Alexander PetrieForward
- James MeinForward
- Hugh HamiltonThree-quarter
- Robert IrvineForward
- John DavidsonForward
- William BrownBack
- James FinlayForward
- Arthur YoungForward
- Thomas ChalmersBack
Match officials
Sample data- Referee
- Sample Referee
- Assistant referee
- Sample Assistant 1
- Assistant referee
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- TMO
- Sample TMO
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Context
All-time, England 71–45 Scotland, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
England going inno earlier scored Tests
Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests
- Next meeting on record: 1 March 1890
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.