1895–96 Scottish Districts season explained

Date:1895–96
Matches:1

The 1895–96 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.

History

Glasgow District and Edinburgh District fought out a nil - nil draw in the Inter-City match. This was the first draw in the fixture since 1879; and the first nil-nil since January 1876 (back when the Inter-City was a twice-a-season format).[1]

The North of Scotland played Edinburgh Wanderers at the end of the season. It was intended to be a XV a side match, North had selected their side,[2] but it seems likely that Wanderers only turned up with XI players so a XI a side match had to be played instead.[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:
Edinburgh District:

Other Scottish matches

North of Scotland:
South of Scotland:

Provinces:
Cities:

North of Scotland:
Edinburgh Wanderers:

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.
  2. News: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000575/18960321/124/0007 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.
  3. News: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000032/18960323/028/0007 . subscription . British Newspaper Archive.