1883–84 Scottish Districts season explained

Date:1883–84
Matches:1

The 1883–84 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.

It includes the East of Scotland District versus West of Scotland District trial match.

History

Edinburgh District won the Inter-City for the first time in three years.[1]

The East v West match was played on 26 January 1884.[2] Davie Sanderson from Melrose, capped by the East side, is one of the originators (along with Ned Haig) of the rugby sevens game.[3]

Results

DateTryConversionPenaltyDropped goalGoal from markNotes<--
1871–1875no score1 goal1 goal1 goal
Match decided by a majority of goals-->
1876–18851 try1 goal1 goal1 goal
Match decided by a majority of goals, or if the number of goals is equal by a majority of tries<--
1886–18911 point2 points3 points3 pointsScoring systems after the administration of the game was taken over by the IRFB now known as World Rugby
1891–18942 points3 points3 points4 points4 points
1894–19043 points2 points3 points4 points4 points
1905–19473 points2 points3 points4 points3 points
1948–19703 points2 points3 points3 points3 points
1971–19774 points2 points3 points3 points3 points
1977–19914 points2 points3 points3 points
1992–present5 points2 points3 points3 points-->

Inter-City

Glasgow District: D. A. C. Reid (Glasgow University), David Kidston (Glasgow Academicals). R. G. Eaglesham (West of Scotland), Alexander Stephen (West of Scotland), John Alexander Neilson (Glasgow Academicals) C. W. Dunlop (West of Scotland), John Jamieson (West of Scotland), David Morton (West of Scotland), Gordon Mitchell (West of Scotland), David McCowan (West of Scotland), H. S. Brown (West of Scotland), George Robb (Glasgow Academicals), William Andrew Walls (Glasgow Academicals), R. H. Young (Glasgow Academicals), J. S. Lang (Glasgow University) [captain]
Edinburgh District: J. P. Veitch (Royal HSFP), E.T. Roland (Edinburgh University), J. Glegg (Edinburgh University), Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope (Edinburgh University), D. M. Orr (Edinburgh Academicals), Thomas Ainslie (Edinburgh Institution F.P.) [captain], David Somerville (Edinburgh Institution F.P.), Robert Maitland (Edinburgh Institution F.P.), Charles Reid (Edinburgh Academicals), John Guthrie Tait (Edinburgh Academicals), Walter Irvine (Edinburgh Academicals), C. Morrison (Edinburgh Wanderers), W. M. Gossip (Royal HSFP), William Peterkin (Edinburgh University), J. Todd (Watsonians)

Other Scottish matches

East: J. P. Veitch (Royal HSFP), back; E. T. Roland (Edinburgh Wanderers), W. A. Macfarlane (Royal HSFP), G. Maitland (Edinburgh Institution), half-backs; A. R. Don Wauchope (Edinburgh Wanderers), D. Sanderson (Melrose), quarter-backs; T. Ainslie (Edinburgh Institution) [captain], D. Somerville (Edinburgh Institution), R. Maitland (Edinburgh Institution), and J. Greig (Edinburgh Wanderers), C. Reid (Edinburgh Academicals), W. A. Peterkin (Edinburgh University), J. Tod (Watsonians), E. Morrison (Edinburgh Wanderers) and W. M. Gossip (Royal HSFP), forwards
West: D. A. C. Reid (University), back :D. W. Kidston (Glasgow Academicals), R Eaglesham (West of Scotland), half-backs; E. E. Steven (West of Scotland), E. Leitke (Southern), quarters; J. French (Glasgow Academicals), J. Jamleson (West of Scotland), Highlands (West of Scotland), J. B. Brown, W. A. Walls, G. H. Robb, R. A. Young (Academicals), and H. Edmiston (Southern), D. Morton, A R. Paterson

English matches

No other District matches played.

International matches

No touring matches this season.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. 2020-01-05.
  2. Web site: Register. British Newspaper Archive. 2020-01-05.
  3. Web site: Davie Sanderson. June 8, 2022.