TheBreakdown
Full time21 March 1953
England
26–8
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1953Head-to-head

England won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Nim Hall2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Nim Hall4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Nim Hall6–0
  4. –CEngland conversion · Nim Hall8–0
  5. –TEngland try · Akker Adkins11–0
  6. –TEngland try · Reginald Bazley14–0
  7. –TEngland try · Reginald Bazley17–0
  8. –TEngland try · Robert Stirling20–0
  9. –TEngland try · Ted Woodward23–0
  10. –TEngland try · Jeff Butterfield26–0
  11. –CScotland conversion · Ian Thomson26–2
  12. –TScotland try · John Henderson26–5
  13. –TScotland try · Thomas Weatherstone26–8

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Robert StirlingProp
  2. 2Eric EvansHooker
  3. 3Walter HolmesProp
  4. 4Dennis WilkinsSecond row
  5. 5Akker AdkinsSecond row
  6. 6Alec LewisFlanker
  7. 7Donald WhiteFlanker
  8. 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Dennis ShuttleworthScrum-half
  10. 10Martin ReganFly-half
  11. 11Reginald BazleyWing
  12. 12William DaviesCentre
  13. 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
  14. 14Ted WoodwardWing
  15. 15Nim HallFull-back

Scotland

  1. 1James Cooper DawsonProp
  2. 2John KingHooker
  3. 3Robert WilsonProp
  4. 4John HendersonSecond row
  5. 5John HegartySecond row
  6. 6Walter KerrFlanker
  7. 7Keith McMillanFlanker
  8. 8William CowieNumber 8
  9. 9Arthur DorwardScrum-half
  10. 10Logie Bruce-LockhartFly-half
  11. 11Ian SwanWing
  12. 12Donald CameronCentre
  13. 13Angus CameronCentre
  14. 14Thomas WeatherstoneWing
  15. 15Ian ThomsonFull-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.