Match No. 7 - Saturday, 2nd March 1878

    • Billy Muir MacKinnon, 7'
    • John McDougall, 27'
    • Henry McNiel <45
    • John McDougall <45
    • John McDougall, 46'
    • Billy Muir MacKinnon, 51'
    • Henry McNiel 70?
    •  
    • GK
    • Robert W Gardner  
    • FB
    • Andrew McIntyre  
    • FB
    • Tom Vallance  
    •  
    • HB
    • Charles Campbell (c) 
    • HB
    • Alexander Kennedy  
    • F
    • James Richmond  
    • F
    • Billy Muir MacKinnon  
    • F
    • John McGregor  
    • F
    • John McDougall  
    • F
    • Thomas Highet  
    • F
    • Henry McNiel  

    •  

Notes

  • First Goalscorers:  There are conflicting reports of the scorers of the first Scotland goal and the first England goal. Some state McDougall scored the first Scotland goal and Wace scored England's first.
  • Player Injury:  Sometime after the score reached 6-1 Vallance was injured and had the retire from the game. Scotland playd on with 10 men.
  • Player Milestone:  Conrad Warner's 1st Cap
  • Player Milestone:  Edward Lyttelton's 1st Cap
  • Player Milestone:  Jack Hunter's 1st Cap
  • Player Milestone:  Norman Bailey's 1st Cap
  • Player Milestone:  Percy Fairclough's 1st Cap
  • Player Milestone:  Henry Wace's 1st Cap
  • Player Milestone:  John Wylie's 1st Cap
  • Goal Milestone:  John Wylie's 1st Goal
  • Goal Milestone:  Arthur Cursham's 1st Goal
  • Player Milestone:  Arthur Cursham's 1st Captaincy

Sources

  • The Times "Sporting Intelligence", Monday March 4th 1878, Page 8
  • Evening Telegraph "International Match in Glasgow", Monday 4th March 1878, page 4
  • Edinburgh Evening News "International Match at Glasgow", Monday 4th March 1878, page 2
  • London Standard "England v Scotland", Monday 4th March 1878, page 3

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Managers

  •  England - Committee
  •  Scotland - Committee

Referee

  •  William A Dick

Attendance

  • 15,000