Full time21 March 1970
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1970Head-to-head
Scotland won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –CScotland conversion · Peter Brown2–0
- –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown5–0
- –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown8–0
- –TScotland try · John Turner11–0
- –TScotland try · Alistair Biggar14–0
- –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller14–2
- –TEngland try · John Spencer14–5
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Norman SuddonProp
- 2Frank LaidlawHooker
- 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
- 4Peter StaggSecond row
- 5Gordon BrownSecond row
- 6Tom ElliotFlanker
- 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
- 8Peter BrownNumber 8
- 9Dunc PatersonScrum-half
- 10Ian RobertsonFly-half
- 11Alistair BiggarWing
- 12John TurnerCentre
- 13John FrameCentre
- 14Mike SmithWing
- 15Ian SmithFull-back
- 16MD SharpBench
- 17Chris ReaBench
- 18Gordon ConnellBench
- 19Derek DeansBench
- 20Ian McLauchlanBench
- 21George OliverBench
England
- 1Stack StevensProp
- 2John PullinHooker
- 3Keith FairbrotherProp
- 4Mike DavisSecond row
- 5Peter LarterSecond row
- 6Anthony BucknallFlanker
- 7Bryan WestFlanker
- 8Robert TaylorNumber 8
- 9Nigel Starmer-SmithScrum-half
- 10Roger ShackletonFly-half
- 11Michael BulpittWing
- 12David DuckhamCentre
- 13John SpencerCentre
- 14Michael NovakWing
- 15Bob HillerFull-back
- 16Chris WardlowBench
- 17Ian WrightBench
- 18Malcolm YoungBench
- 19Barry JacksonBench
- 20RFS HarrisBench
- 21Gerald RedmondBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 45–71 England, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
England going in
- Previous meeting: 15 March 1969, Scotland 3–8 England
- Next meeting on record: 20 March 1971
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.