1947–48 Scottish Districts season


The 1947–48 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.

History

beat Edinburgh District in the Inter-City match.
The West of Scotland v East of Scotland match scheduled for 29 November 1947 was called off.
In the Scotland Probables v Scotland Possibles match, the Possibles beefed up their forward pack when W. A. Todd replaced W. P. McLaren in the second half.
Representative matches next season will be : — Sept. 27—North v. Midlands, at Perth. Oct. 8—North of Scotland v. Australia, at Aberdeen. Oct. 11—South of Scotland v. Australia, at Melrose. Oct. 15—Glasgow and Edinburgh v. Australia, at Glasgow, Nov. 8—Edinburgh District Union v. South District Union, at Edinburgh. Nov. 15—Glasgow and District Union v. Rest of West Clubsat Glasgow. Nov. 22—Scotland v. Australia, at Murrayfield. Nov. 29—East v. West, in the West. Dec. 6—Inter-City, at Glasgow. Dec. 20—Trialat Murrayfield. Jan. 24—Scotland v. France, at Murrayfield. Feb. 7—Wales v. Scotland in Wales. Feb. 28—Ireland v. Scotland, at Dublin. March 20—Scotland v. England, at Murrayfield. Usually played in November, the North v. Midlands match has been advanced to September and will be a trial for the early visit of the Australians. The South v. North match does not appear on the card this season owing to the heavy representative fixture list.
South play Co-Optimists on 1st October 1947.

Results

DateTryConversionPenaltyDropped goalGoal from markNotes
1905–19473 points2 points3 points4 points3 points-

Inter-City

Glasgow District: W.C.W. Murdoch, G. D. Kay, Billy Munro, Allan Cameron, C. W. R. Andrew, Angus Cameron, K. C. Gordon, J. R. McClure , S. R. F. Miller, Hamish Dawson, Bill Black, Bob Gemmill, D. Gibson, P. A. Paterson, H. S. Holden


Edinburgh District: C. J. R. Mair, David MacKenzie, Ranald Macdonald, T. C. Brown , G. T. Ewan, B. M. McKenzie, Angus Black, Ian Henderson, R. G. Pringle, I. G. Deas, Robert Finlay, J. Wiltshire, D. M. Fisher, R. Koren, Douglas Elliot

Other Scottish matches

North of Scotland District: T. A. Findlay : F. R. Patterson, R. F. Buthlay, Donny Innes , D. W. C. Smith, D. R. Macgregor, W. D. Allardice, J. S. G. Munro, G. D. Duncan, F. Clark, R. M. Bruce , W. R. Ingram A. R. Burnett, L. Middleton, J. H. Warrack.


Midlands District: R. Kennedy ; P. W. Grant. N. Niven. A. A. S. Scott A. S. Munro : J. A. S. Taylor. D. Bain ; L. Currie. I. Graham. I. Black. A. S. Thomson. H. Scott. W. Martin. L. Graham, T. P. Cooper.
Edinburgh District: W. Dalziel, W. Murchie, A. Kerr, M. G. Scott. and W. Clouston ; W. W. Ewen and J. A. Meikle : F. Martin. C. Mallinson ; D. Smith, W. Marshall, M. Scougall. J. H. Orr, , J. Bisland. and I. Moonie


South of Scotland District: N. Michie ; W. Ormiston. A. Turnbull, P. Sheriff. and F. Waldie, J. Lumsden , and J. Mitchell, J. Knox, A. Waldie, C. Burgess, J. Hegarty, A. Storey, W. Daniels, A. Robson and G. Hock
Glasgow District:


Rest of the West:
West of Scotland District:


East of Scotland District:

Trial matches

Probables: Ian Lumsden, T. G. H. Jackson, Donny Innes, E. Ogilvy, David MacKenzie, K. D. Buchanan, W. D. Allardyce, R. M. Bruce, G. Lyall, Ian Henderson, L. Currie, Hamish Dawson, Douglas Elliot, A. J. M. Watt, J. B. Lees


Possibles: D. McIntyre, R. W. G. Jarvie, L. Gloag, Allan Cameron, C. W. R. Andrew, Angus Cameron, Angus Black, W. D. F. Stobie, R. W. Pringle, S. Coltman, Bob Gemmill, H. H. Campbell, D. Gibson, W. P. Black, Bill McLaren

English matches

No other District matches played.

International matches

North of Scotland District: T. A. Findlay ; A. S. Munro. R. F. Buthlay. J. R. Kennedy, D. W. C. Smith, D. R. MacGregor, W. D. Allardyce, F. Clark, I. N. Graham. L. Currie, R. M. Bruce. H. Scott, W. H. Martin. A. S. Thomson, T. B. Cooper.


Australia: Clem Windsor, Arthur Tonkin, T. K. Bourke, Alan Walker, J. W. T. MacBride; Eddie Broad, Cyril Burke, D. H. Keller, Ken Kearney, Eric Davis, Phil Hardcastle, D. F. Kraefft, Colin Windon, J. O. Stenmark, J. G. Fuller.
South of Scotland District: J. Sanderson, A. Charters, C. McDonald, C. W. Drummond, G. Wilson, J. Chalmers, J. Wright, S. Coltman, G. G. Lyall, D. Welsh, W. Herbert, A. Crawford, D. Valentine, J. B. Lees , R. Anderson


Australia: B. J. Piper, C. C. Eastes, Trevor Allan , Max Howell, Arthur Tonkin, Mick Cremin, Cyril Burke, Eric Davis, Ken Kearney, D. H. Keller, G. M. Cooke, J. O. Stenmirk, D. F. Kraefft, Phil Hardcastle, Colin Windon
Cities District: T. Nell, R. W. G. Jarvie, C. W. R. Andrew, Ranald Macdonald, G. T. Ewan, I. C. P. Thomson , Angus Black, Hamish Dawson, R. W. Pringle, T. P. L. McGlashan, S. W. Hill, D. W. Deas, Douglas Elliot, D. I. McLean, R. C. Taylor


Australia: B. J. Piper, C. C. Eastes, Trevor Allan , Max Howell, J. W. T. MacBride, N. A. Emery, Cyril Burke, E Tweedale
Ken Kearney, Bob McMaster, D. H. Keller, D. F. Kraefft, G. M. Cooke, Colin Windon, A. T. Buchan, J. O. Stenmark