1874–75 Scottish Districts season


The 1874-75 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.
It includes the Inter-City fixtures between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District.

History

The matches here remain 20 - a - side. These matches, with more players on the park, made it harder to score.
In addition, scoring a try did not count for points. The try gave you an attempt to get a score by means of the conversion; if the conversion was missed then it did not benefit the try scoring team. It was only goals that mattered.
Both inter-city matches this season show just how difficult it was to score when the teams were 20-a-side.
The February 1875 match was the fourth draw in succession, although the North British Mail noted that Glasgow District had the best of the Inter-City match. It was noted that the 1875 match was played in two halves lasting 50 minutes each.

Results

DateTryConversionPenaltyDropped goalGoal from markNotes
1871–1875no score1 goal1 goal1 goal
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Inter-City

Glasgow District: William Davie Brown , James Stewart Carrick

Malcolm Cross, William Hamilton Kidston

James Howe McClure, George Buchanan McClure , John Kennedy Todd

Gilbert Heron, Charles Chalmers Bryce, Allan Arthur, Henry William Allan,
George Raphael Fleming,
Tom Paterson Neilson, John Alexander Neilson, J.S. Kennedy, Preston

C.E. McArthur, Henry Melville Napier, W.B. Russell, J. Hutchison


Edinburgh District: W. Blackwood, G. F. Raynor, N. Finlay, R. Johnston, T. Bell, G. Q. Paterson, T. L. Knott, J. Finlay , R. Duncan, Arthur Marshall, Gussie Graham, C. Hawkins, J. Reid, N. T. Brown, A. G. Petrie, A. Wood, S. McDonald, Connell, T. Spens, C. Villar
Edinburgh District: R. Johnstone, G. F. Raynor, N. J. Finlay, J. Montgomery, L. Aitken, W. Connell, G. Q. Paterson, Bulldog Irvine , J. Mein, R. Duncan, Arthur Marshall, J. G. Petrie, A. Wood, James Robertson, J. Reid, C. Hawkins, C. Villar, Nat Brewis, W. Forsyth, Gussie Graham


Glasgow District: J. S. Carrick, T. Chalmers, M. Cross, D. M. Brunton, J. K. Tod, J. H. McClure, G. R. McClure , G. Heron, Allan Arthur, G. Fleming, J.S. Tod, A. Arwell, S. Smith, H. Allen, J. H. Dunlop, F. McRae, W. S. Brown, W. R. Russell, J. Cochrane, J. Hutchinson

Other Scottish matches

No other District matches played.

English matches

No other District matches played.

International matches

No touring matches this season.