TheBreakdown
Full time18 March 1972
Scotland
23–9
England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1972Head-to-head

Scotland won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Arthur Brown3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown6–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown9–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Peter Brown12–0
  5. –TScotland try · Nairn MacEwan16–0
  6. –TScotland try · Peter Brown20–0
  7. –DScotland drop goal · Colin Telfer23–0
  8. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old23–3
  9. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old23–6
  10. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old23–9

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Robert ClarkHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
  8. 8Peter BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Colin TelferFly-half
  11. 11Lewis DickWing
  12. 12Jim RenwickCentre
  13. 13John FrameCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Arthur BrownFull-back
  16. 16Andy IrvineBench
  17. 17Ian RobertsonBench
  18. 18Dunc PatersonBench
  19. 19Robert BryceBench
  20. 20Quintin DunlopBench
  21. 21Wilson LauderBench

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Mike BurtonProp
  4. 4Alan BrinnSecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Lionel WestonScrum-half
  10. 10Alan OldFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Geoff EvansCentre
  13. 13Jeremy JanionCentre
  14. 14Keith FieldingWing
  15. 15Peter KnightFull-back
  16. 16Mike BeeseBench
  17. 17T PalmerBench
  18. 18Jan WebsterBench
  19. 19Keith FairbrotherBench
  20. 20AE BoddyBench
  21. 21John BartonBench

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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

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.