1888–89 Scottish Districts season explained

Date:1888–89
Matches:1

The 1888–89 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

North of Scotland District arranged a match with Edinburgh opposition; this time against St. George. However they arrived in Edinburgh with only 14 men.[1] They also planned a match against Glasgow District on 15 December 1888 at the Holburn Ground in Aberdeen.[2]

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:
Edinburgh District:

Other Scottish matches

Edinburgh St. George:
North of Scotland District:

East:
West:

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.
  2. News: . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.