TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 1949
England
19–3
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1949Head-to-head

England won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Jika Travers2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Jika Travers4–0
  3. –TEngland try · Richard Guest7–0
  4. –TEngland try · Clive Van Ryneveld10–0
  5. –TEngland try · Clive Van Ryneveld13–0
  6. –TEngland try · Robert Kennedy16–0
  7. –TEngland try · Geoffrey Hosking19–0
  8. –PScotland penalty · Graham Wilson19–3

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Thomas PriceProp
  2. 2John SteedsHooker
  3. 3John Kendall-CarpenterProp
  4. 4John MatthewsSecond row
  5. 5Geoffrey HoskingSecond row
  6. 6Jika TraversFlanker
  7. 7Vic RobertsFlanker
  8. 8Douglas VaughanNumber 8
  9. 9William MooreScrum-half
  10. 10Ivor PreeceFly-half
  11. 11Robert KennedyWing
  12. 12Clive Van RyneveldCentre
  13. 13Lewis CannellCentre
  14. 14Richard GuestWing
  15. 15William HolmesFull-back

Scotland

  1. 1Stuart ColtmanProp
  2. 2John MacphailHooker
  3. 3Stephen WrightProp
  4. 4Leslie CurrieSecond row
  5. 5Graham WilsonSecond row
  6. 6Douglas KellerFlanker
  7. 7Douglas ElliotFlanker
  8. 8Peter KininmonthNumber 8
  9. 9William AllardiceScrum-half
  10. 10Charles BruceFly-half
  11. 11Doug SmithWing
  12. 12Derek HepburnCentre
  13. 13Lawrence GloagCentre
  14. 14Thomas JacksonWing
  15. 15Ian LumsdenFull-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.