The 1874–75 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the

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matches for Scotland's district teams. It includes the Inter-City fixtures between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District.

History

The matches here remain 20 – a – side. These matches, with more players on the park, made it harder to score. In addition, scoring a try did not count for points. The try gave you an attempt to get a score by means of the conversion; if the conversion was missed then it did not benefit the try scoring team. It was only goals that mattered. Both inter-city matches this season show just how difficult it was to score when the teams were 20-a-side. The February 1875 match was the fourth draw in succession, although the ''North British Mail'' noted that Glasgow District had the best of the Inter-City match. It was noted that the 1875 match was played in two halves lasting 50 minutes each.

Results

Inter-City

Glasgow District:

William Davie Brown William Davie Brown (29 May 1852 – 24 March 1876) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a full back. He played for Glasgow Academicals, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time. He was called up to the Glas ...

aptain

James Stewart Carrick James Stewart Carrick (4 September 1855 – 2 January 1923) was a Scottish rugby union and cricket player. He died in Seattle, Washington in 1923. Carrick was a genuine all-round sportsman, playing international rugby as a full-back for , and a ...

(both Glasgow Academicals)

Malcolm Cross Malcolm Cross was a Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, borde ...

(Glasgow Academicals), William Hamilton Kidston (West of Scotland)
James Howe McClure, George Buchanan McClure (both West of Scotland),

John Kennedy Tod John Kennedy Tod (11 September 1852 – 2 June 1925) was a Scottish-American merchant banker. In his youth he was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches and 1874–75 Ho ...

(Glasgow Academicals)

Gilbert Heron Gilbert Heron sometimes as Gilbert Haron (6 September 1854 – 18 March 1876) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for Glasgow Academicals, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time. He ...

, Charles Chalmers Bryce, Allan Arthur, Henry William Allan,

George Raphael Fleming George Raphael Fleming (5 August 1850 – 13 December 1909) was a Scottish rugby union international player. He was born in Cathcart, Renfrewshire (now a suburb of Glasgow). Rugby Union career Amateur career Fleming played as a forward f ...

(all Glasgow Academicals),

Tom Paterson Neilson Tom Neilson (22 October 1851 – 19 January 1909) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for West of Scotland, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time. He was called up for the Glasgow D ...

John Alexander Neilson John Neilson (14 June 1858 – 16 July 1915) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for West of Scotland before moving on to Glasgow Academicals. He was called up for the Glasgow District si ...

, J.S. Kennedy, Preston (West of Scotland)
C.E. McArthur,

Henry Melville Napier Henry Melvill Napier (2 May 1854 – 18 December 1940) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1876–77 Home Nations rugby union matches, 1877–78 Home Nations rugby union matches, 1878–79 Home Nations ru ...

, W.B. Russell, J. Hutchison (Glasgow University)
Edinburgh District: W. Blackwood (Edinburgh Academicals), G. F. Raynor (Royal HSFP), N. Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), R. Johnston (Warriston), T. Bell (Edinburgh Academicals), George Paterson (Warriston), T. L. Knott (Royal HSFP), J. Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals) aptain R. Duncan (Edinburgh Academicals), Arthur Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals),

Gussie Graham Gussie Graham (16 April 1856 – 17 October 1922) was a Scotland international rugby union player. Rugby union career Amateur career Graham played with Edinburgh Academicals. Provincial career He was capped by Edinburgh District in 1874. He ...

(Edinburgh Academicals), C. Hawkins (Edinburgh Wanderers), J. Reid (Edinburgh Wanderers), N. T. Brown (Institution), A. G. Petrie (Royal HSFP), A. Wood (Royal HSFP), S. McDonald (Warriston), Connell (Edinburgh University), T. Spens (Edinburgh University), C. Villar (Warriston) Edinburgh District: R. Johnstone (Warriston), G. F. Raynor (Royal HSFP), N. J. Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), J. Montgomery (Edinburgh Wanderers), L. Aitken (Edinburgh Academicals), W. Connell (Edinburgh Wanderers), George Paterson (Warriston),

Bulldog Irvine Doctor Robert William Irvine, (1853–1897) nicknamed "Bulldog", was a Scotland international rugby football player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Edinburgh Academicals. Provincial career He represented Edinburg ...

(Edinburgh Academicals) aptain J. Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), R. Duncan (Edinburgh Academicals), Arthur Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), J. G. Petrie (Royal HSFP), A. Wood (Royal HSFP), James Robertson (Royal HSFP), J. Reid (Edinburgh Wanderers), C. Hawkins (Edinburgh Wanderers), C. Villar (Warriston),

Nat Brewis Dr Nathaniel Thomas Brewis (16 April 1856 – 21 October 1924) was a Scottish Doctor and international rugby union player . He became the 13th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Medical Career Nathaniel Brewis graduated from the Universit ...

(Edinburgh Institution F.P.), W. Forsyth (Edinburgh University),

(Edinburgh Academicals)
Glasgow District: J. S. Carrick (Glasgow Academicals), T. Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals), M. Cross (Glasgow Academicals), D. M. Brunton (Glasgow University), J. K. Tod (Glasgow Academicals), J. H. McClure (West of Scotland), G. R. McClure aptain(West of Scotland), G. Heron, Allan Arthur, G. Fleming, J.S. Tod, A. Arwell, S. Smith, H. Allen, J. H. Dunlop, F. McRae, W. S. Brown (all Glasgow Academicals), W. R. Russell, J. Cochrane (both West of Scotland), J. Hutchinson (Glasgow University)

Other Scottish matches

No other District matches played.

English matches

No other District matches played.

International matches

No touring matches this season.

References

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