TheBreakdown
Full time17 March 1973
England
20–13
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

England won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Tony Jorden2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Tony Jorden4–0
  3. –TEngland try · Peter Squires8–0
  4. –TEngland try · Geoff Evans12–0
  5. –TEngland try · Peter Dixon16–0
  6. –TEngland try · Peter Dixon20–0
  7. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine20–2
  8. –PScotland penalty · Dougie Morgan20–5
  9. –TScotland try · Billy Steele20–9
  10. –TScotland try · Billy Steele20–13

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Roger UttleySecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Martin CooperFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Peter PreeceCentre
  13. 13Geoff EvansCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Tony JordenFull-back
  16. 16Peter RossboroughBench
  17. 17John FinlanBench
  18. 18Jan WebsterBench
  19. 19JD GrayBench
  20. 20John WatkinsBench
  21. 21Rob WilkinsonBench

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Robert ClarkHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Peter BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7John MillicanFlanker
  8. 8Gordon StrachanNumber 8
  9. 9Dougie MorganScrum-half
  10. 10Colin TelferFly-half
  11. 11David SheddenWing
  12. 12Ian ForsythCentre
  13. 13Ian McGeechanCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Arthur TurkBench
  17. 17John FrameBench
  18. 18Alan LawsonBench
  19. 19Duncan MadsenBench
  20. 20Robert BryceBench
  21. 21Gordon BrownBench

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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.