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Played3 March 1883
Scotland
v
England
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1883Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TScotland try · Marshall Reid
  2. –TEngland try · Alan Rotherham
  3. –TEngland try · Wilfred Bolton

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

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. John JamiesonForward
  2. David CasselsForward
  3. William WallsForward
  4. David SomervilleForward
  5. Tom AinslieForward
  6. DW KidstonBack
  7. Patrick SmeatonFly-half
  8. David McCowanForward
  9. Marshall ReidThree-quarter
  10. JB BrownForward
  11. John MowatForward
  12. Sorley BrownFly-half
  13. Archibald WalkerForward
  14. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  15. Charles ReidForward

England

  1. Henry TristramBack
  2. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  3. Herbert FullerForward
  4. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  5. Gregory WadeThree-quarter
  6. Robert HendersonForward
  7. Edward MooreForward
  8. John PayneFly-half
  9. George ThomsonForward
  10. Edward GurdonForward
  11. Charles GurdonForward
  12. Richard PattissonForward
  13. Arthur EvansonThree-quarter
  14. Charles WooldridgeForward
  15. William TathamForward

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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.