TheBreakdown
Played1 March 1884
England
v
Scotland
Rectory Field, Blackheath, England · Home Nations 1884Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Wilfred Bolton
  2. –TEngland try · Richard Kindersley
  3. –TScotland try · John Jamieson

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

Line-ups

England

  1. Henry TristramBack
  2. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  3. Harry TwynamFly-half
  4. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  5. Gregory WadeThree-quarter
  6. Robert HendersonForward
  7. Edmund StrongForward
  8. George ThomsonForward
  9. Edward GurdonForward
  10. Charles GurdonForward
  11. Arthur EvansonThree-quarter
  12. Richard KindersleyForward
  13. Charles WooldridgeForward
  14. William TathamForward
  15. Charles MarriottForward

Scotland

  1. John JamiesonForward
  2. William PeterkinForward
  3. James VeitchBack
  4. William WallsForward
  5. Tom AinslieForward
  6. David McCowanForward
  7. John TodForward
  8. Ernest RolandThree-quarter
  9. David MacfarlanThree-quarter
  10. Bunny Don WauchopeFly-half
  11. JB BrownForward
  12. Grant AsherFly-half
  13. Charles BerryForward
  14. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  15. Charles ReidForward

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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.