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Played10 March 1879
Scotland
v
England
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, ScotlandHead-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –DScotland drop goal · Ninian Finlay
  2. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  3. –TEngland try · George Burton

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

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. Ninian FinlayThree-quarter
  2. EN EwartForward
  3. Malcollm CrossThree-quarter
  4. Nathaniell BrewisForward
  5. James CampbellFly-half
  6. Alexander PetrieForward
  7. James GrahamForward
  8. JB BrownForward
  9. JE JunorForward
  10. Henry NapierForward
  11. Robert AinslieForward
  12. Duncan IrvineForward
  13. Robert IrvineForward
  14. Bill MaclaganBack
  15. JA NeilsonFly-half

England

  1. Norman McLeodForward
  2. Roger WalkerForward
  3. Frank AdamsForward
  4. Herman SpringmanForward
  5. William PennyBack
  6. Wyndham EvansonFly-half
  7. Gillie HarrisonForward
  8. Hugh RowleyForward
  9. Frank FowlerForward
  10. Henry TaylorFly-half
  11. Henry HuthBack
  12. Jimmy BuddForward
  13. Lennard StokesThree-quarter
  14. Stuart NeameForward
  15. George BurtonForward

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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.