TheBreakdown
Played5 March 1887
England
v
Scotland
Whalley Range, Manchester, England · Home Nations 1887Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · George Jeffery
  2. –TScotland try · David Morton

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. William ClibbornForward
  4. Herman SpringmanForward
  5. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  6. George JefferyForward
  7. Edgar WilkinsonForward
  8. Alfred TegginForward
  9. Charles ClevelandForward
  10. John DewhurstForward
  11. Fred BonsorFly-half
  12. Dicky LockwoodThree-quarter
  13. Rawson RobertshawThree-quarter
  14. Robert SeddonForward
  15. John HicksonForward

Scotland

  1. J FrenchForward
  2. Thomas IrvineForward
  3. Patrick Don WauchopeFly-half
  4. Alexander WoodrowThree-quarter
  5. David MortonForward
  6. Charles BerryForward
  7. Charlie OrrFly-half
  8. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  9. William HolmsBack
  10. Matthew McEwanForward
  11. Hugh KerForward
  12. Alex ClayForward
  13. Robert MacMillanForward
  14. Charles ReidForward
  15. George LindsayThree-quarter

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.