TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1947
England
24–5
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1947Head-to-head

England won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · John Heaton2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · John Heaton4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · John Heaton6–0
  4. –CEngland conversion · John Heaton8–0
  5. –TEngland try · Cyril Holmes11–0
  6. –TEngland try · Billy Bennett14–0
  7. –TEngland try · Richard Guest17–0
  8. –TEngland try · Alan Henderson20–0
  9. –DEngland drop goal · Nim Hall24–0
  10. –CScotland conversion · Keith Geddes24–2
  11. –TScotland try · Thomas Jackson24–5

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Harry WalkerProp
  2. 2Alan HendersonHooker
  3. 3Geoffrey KellyProp
  4. 4James GeorgeSecond row
  5. 5Joseph MycockSecond row
  6. 6Michael Steele-BodgerFlanker
  7. 7Donald WhiteFlanker
  8. 8Robert WeighillNumber 8
  9. 9John Newton ThompsonScrum-half
  10. 10Nim HallFly-half
  11. 11Richard GuestWing
  12. 12John HeatonCentre
  13. 13Billy BennettCentre
  14. 14Cyril HolmesWing
  15. 15Arthur GrayFull-back

Scotland

  1. 1Tom McGlashanProp
  2. 2Alastair FisherHooker
  3. 3Howard CampbellProp
  4. 4Frank CouttsSecond row
  5. 5Ian HendersonSecond row
  6. 6David ValentineFlanker
  7. 7Douglas ElliotFlanker
  8. 8Duncan McLeanNumber 8
  9. 9Ernest AndersonScrum-half
  10. 10Charles BruceFly-half
  11. 11David MackenzieWing
  12. 12William MunroCentre
  13. 13Charlie DrummondCentre
  14. 14Thomas JacksonWing
  15. 15Keith GeddesFull-back

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Context

All-time, England 71–45 Scotland, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Scotland going in

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.