TheBreakdown
Played4 March 1882
England
v
Scotland
Whalley Range, Manchester, EnglandHead-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TScotland try · Robert Ainslie
  2. –TScotland try · Robert Ainslie

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

Line-ups

England

  1. Teddy BeswickThree-quarter
  2. Herbert FullerForward
  3. James HuntForward
  4. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  5. Henry VassallForward
  6. Albert HornbyBack
  7. John PayneFly-half
  8. George ThomsonForward
  9. Edward GurdonForward
  10. Hugh RowleyForward
  11. Charles CoatesForward
  12. Henry TaylorFly-half
  13. Charles GurdonForward
  14. Philip NewtonForward
  15. William TathamForward

Scotland

  1. David CasselsForward
  2. James VeitchBack
  3. William WallsForward
  4. Tom AinslieForward
  5. David McCowanForward
  6. Robert MaitlandForward
  7. Bunny Don WauchopeFly-half
  8. JB BrownForward
  9. Sorley BrownFly-half
  10. Robert AinslieForward
  11. Archibald WalkerForward
  12. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  13. Andrew PhilpThree-quarter
  14. James WalkerForward
  15. Charles ReidForward

Match officials

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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

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.