TheBreakdown
Full time18 March 1961
England
6–0
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1961Head-to-head

England won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · John Horrocks-Taylor3–0
  2. –TEngland try · Jim Roberts6–0

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Charles JacobsProp
  2. 2Ernest RobinsonHooker
  3. 3Tom WrightProp
  4. 4Ray FrenchSecond row
  5. 5Victor HardingSecond row
  6. 6Laurie RimmerFlanker
  7. 7Budge RogersFlanker
  8. 8William MorganNumber 8
  9. 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
  10. 10John Horrocks-TaylorFly-half
  11. 11Jim RobertsWing
  12. 12Mike WestonCentre
  13. 13Bill PattersonCentre
  14. 14Peter JacksonWing
  15. 15John WillcoxFull-back

Scotland

  1. 1Hugh McLeodProp
  2. 2Norman BruceHooker
  3. 3David RolloProp
  4. 4Frans ten BosSecond row
  5. 5John DouglasSecond row
  6. 6Ken RossFlanker
  7. 7John BrashFlanker
  8. 8George SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Alex HastieScrum-half
  10. 10Iain LaughlandFly-half
  11. 11Ronald ThompsonWing
  12. 12George StevensonCentre
  13. 13Edward McKeatingCentre
  14. 14Arthur SmithWing
  15. 15Ken ScotlandFull-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.