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Played13 March 1886
Scotland
v
England
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1886Head-to-head

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

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. Thomas IrvineForward
  2. Duncan MacLeodForward
  3. James VeitchBack
  4. William WallsForward
  5. John TodForward
  6. Bunny Don WauchopeFly-half
  7. JB BrownForward
  8. Grant AsherFly-half
  9. Reginald MorrisonThree-quarter
  10. William HolmsThree-quarter
  11. George WilsonThree-quarter
  12. Charles MilneForward
  13. Matthew McEwanForward
  14. Alex ClayForward
  15. Charles ReidForward

England

  1. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  2. William ClibbornForward
  3. George JefferyForward
  4. Edgar WilkinsonForward
  5. Alfred TegginForward
  6. Edward GurdonForward
  7. Fred BonsorFly-half
  8. Charles SampleBack
  9. Norman SpurlingForward
  10. Charles GurdonForward
  11. Rawson RobertshawThree-quarter
  12. Rupert InglisForward
  13. Andrew StoddartThree-quarter
  14. Ernest BruttonThree-quarter
  15. Charles MarriottForward

Match officials

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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.