1971–72 Scottish Inter-District Championship Explained

Date:	1971–72
Champions:	Edinburgh District
Runnersup:	Glasgow District
Matches:	7

The 1971–72 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.^[1]

This season saw the 19th Scottish Inter-District Championship.

Edinburgh District won the competition after defeating Glasgow District in a play-off.^[2]

1971-72 League Table

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Glasgow District	3	2	0	1	52	43	+9	4
Edinburgh District	3	2	0	1	42	36	+6	4
South	3	1	0	2	54	32	+22	2
North and Midlands	3	1	0	2	28	65	-37	2

Results

Date	Try	Conversion	Penalty	Dropped goal	Goal from mark	Notes<	--
1871–1875	no score	1 goal	1 goal	1 goal		RFU systems prior to inception of the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB)
	Match decided by a majority of goals
1876–1885	1 try	1 goal	1 goal	1 goal
	Match decided by a majority of goals, or if the number of goals is equal by a majority of tries
1886–1891	1 point	2 points	3 points	3 points		Scoring systems after the administration of the game was taken over by the IRFB now known as World Rugby
1891–1894	2 points	3 points	3 points	4 points	4 points
1894–1904	3 points	2 points	3 points	4 points	4 points
1905–1947	3 points	2 points	3 points	4 points	3 points
1948–1970	3 points	2 points	3 points	3 points	3 points-->
1971–1977	4 points	2 points	3 points	3 points	3 points
1977–1991	4 points	2 points	3 points	3 points
1992–present	5 points	2 points	3 points	3 points	-->

Round 1

Edinburgh District:
South:

Round 2

North and Midlands:
Glasgow District:

Round 3

Glasgow District:
South:

Round 4

Glasgow District:
Edinburgh District:

South:
North and Midlands:

Round 5

North and Midlands:
Edinburgh District:

Play-off

Edinburgh District:
Glasgow District:

Matches outwith the Championship

Trial matches

Blues Trial:
Whites Trial:

International matches

Notes and References

1. Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1971.
2. Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1972.