1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship

The 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.[1]

1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Countries Scotland
Date1974–75
ChampionsNorth and Midlands / Glasgow District
Runners-upEdinburgh District
Matches played6

This season saw the 22nd Scottish Inter-District Championship.

North and Midlands and Glasgow District shared the competition with 2 wins and 1 loss.[2]

The SRU allowed substitutes to be used in inter-district matches.[3]

The Probables versus Possibles match was played in three thirds of 30 minutes each.[4]

1974-75 League Table

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Team P W D L PF PA +/- Pts
North and Midlands 3 2 0 1 36 26 +10 4
Glasgow District 3 2 0 1 29 28 +1 4
Edinburgh District 3 1 0 2 27 32 -5 2
South 3 1 0 2 29 35 -6 0

Results

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Date Try Conversion Penalty Dropped goal Goal from mark Notes
1971–1977 4 points 2 points 3 points 3 points 3 points

Round 1

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23 October 1974
South of Scotland15 – 16Glasgow District
Try: Drew Gill
Roy Laidlaw
Turnbull
Pen: Fairbairn
ReportTry: Reid
McHardy
Con: McHardy
Pen: McHardy x 2
Poynder Park, Kelso
Referee: E. N. Sheret (Howe of Fife)

South of Scotland: G. A. Fairbairn (Kelso), Drew Gill (Gala), Jim Renwick (Hawick) [captain], Alastair Cranston (Hawick), G. W. Turnbull (Jedforest), Arthur Brown (Gala), Roy Laidlaw (Jedforest) Jim Aitken (Gala), Colin Deans (Hawick), Norman Pender (Hawick), Ian Barnes (Hawick), Alan Tomes (Hawick), R. Lindores (Jedforest), Gordon Dickson (Gala), Tommy Elliot (Langholm)
Glasgow District: A. Campbell (Hillhead), David Shedden (West of Scotland), Michael Hunter (Glasgow HSFP), J. F. G. Stewart (Jordanhill), Lewis Dick (Jordanhill), D. F. Reid (Glasgow Academicals), H. R. McHardy (Kilmarnock), Ian McLauchlan (Jordanhill) [captain], R. F. A. Balfour (Glasgow HSFP), Sandy Carmichael (West of Scotland), I. A. Gray (West of Scotland), D. Gray (West of Scotland), Richie Dixon (Jordanhill), D. M. Gilmore (Glasgow HSFP), R. Haldane (West of Scotland)

Round 2

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20 November 1974
South of Scotland8 – 7Edinburgh District
Try: Alan Tomes
Carruthers
ReportTry: Andy Irvine
Pen: Andy Irvine
Poynder Park, Kelso
Referee: Alan Hosie (Hillhead)

South of Scotland: Arthur Brown (Gala), Drew Gill (Gala), Jim Renwick (Hawick) [captain], Alastair Cranston (Hawick), A. B. White (Hawick), Colin Telfer (Hawick) [captain], Roy Laidlaw (Jedforest), Jim Aitken (Gala), Colin Deans (Hawick), B. Hislop (Langholm), Ian Barnes (Hawick), Alan Tomes (Hawick), R. Lindores (Jedforest), Gordon Dickson (Gala), Tommy Elliot (Langholm) Replacement: Harry Carruthers (Gala) for A. B. White (Hawick)
Edinburgh District: Bruce Hay (Boroughmuir), Andy Irvine (Heriots), Graham Hogg (Boroughmuir) [captain], Ian Forsyth (Stewarts Melville), J. Dunney (Boroughmuir), F. N. Dall (Heriots), K. J. W. Smith (Boroughmuir), W. S. Noble (Boroughmuir), J. C. Munro (Heriots), J. A. Stewart (Watsonians), M. Kennedy (Watsonians), Iain Lambie (Watsonians), A. Ingle-Finch (Boroughmuir), Bill Watson (Boroughmuir), N. M. Morrison (Boroughmuir)

Round 3

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Edinburgh District:
Glasgow District:

North and Midlands:
South of Scotland:

Round 4

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North and Midlands:
Edinburgh District:

Round 5

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4 January 1975
Glasgow District7 – 6North and Midlands
Report
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: J. Short (Hawick)

Glasgow District:
North and Midlands:

Matches outwith the Championship

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Other Scottish matches

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25 September 1974
Renfrewshire6 - 3Ayrshire
Report
Crookston
Referee: R. D. Jamieson (Hutchesons' GSFP)

Renfrewshire:
Ayrshire:

Edinburgh District:
Anglo-Scots:

9 October 1974
4.30pm
North of Scotland4 - 50Midlands District
Preview
Report
Rubislaw, Aberdeen

North of Scotland:
Midlands District:

16 October 1974
North and Midlands10 – 25Anglo-Scots
Try: David Leslie
Pen: Aitchison x 2
ReportTry: Alan Lawson
Wilson
Friell
Fowlie
Con: Money x 3
Pen: Money
Meadowbank Stadium
Referee: W. K. Burrell (Gala)

North and Midlands: W. D. Aitchison (Highland), T. D. Dunlop (Dunfermline), M. B. Paul (Dunfermline), J. Adams (Dunfermline), D. I. Oliver (Gordonians), D. W. Arneil (Dunfermline) [captain], N. B. Leitch (Dunfermline), T. E. R. Young (Moray), A. S. Fraser (Highland), R. D. Young (Dunfermline), C. E. Snape (Gordonians), C. A. Galbraith (Dunfermline), I. D. Coull (Perthshire), George Mackie (Highland), David Leslie (Dundee HSFP)
Anglo-Scots: R. S. Money (Leicester), J. P. D. Macdonald (London Scottish), A. P. Friell (London Scottish), S. M. Griffin (Gosforth), D. G. Fowlie (London Scottish), R. Wilson (London Scottish), Alan Lawson (London Scottish), D. Fairbairn (London Scottish), D. S. Madsen (Gosforth), M. S. Lovett (London Scottish), Alastair McHarg (London Scottish) [captain], P. R. Hay (London Scottish), R. A. Mackenzie (London Scottish), R. W. M. Whitefield (London Scottish), J. G. Millican (Moseley)

6 November 1974
Glasgow District23 – 14Anglo-Scots
Report
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: R. M. Aird (Aberdeen GSFP)

Glasgow District:
Anglo-Scots:

Trial matches

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11 January 1975
Scotland Probables16 - 19Scotland Possibles
Try: Bill Steele x 2
Aitchison
Con: Aitchison
Morgan
Preview
Preview
Report
Try: Hunter
Tim Dunlop
Balfour
Con: Morgan x 2
Pen: Morgan
Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: A. M. Hosie (Hillhead)

Probables: D. Aitchison (Highland), W. C. C. Steele (London Scottish), J. M. Renwick (Hawick), I. R. McGeechan (Headingley), L. G. Dick (Jordanhill), C. Telfer (Hawick) [captain], A. J. M. Lawson (London Scottish), J. Aitken (Gala), R. F. A. Balfour (Glasgow HSFP), N. A. K. Pender (Hawick), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), I. A. Barnes (Hawick), N. A. McEwan (Highland), D. S. Watson (Boroughmuir), W. Lauder (Neath) Replacement: Alan Friell (London Scottish) moved from Possibles to play for Probables to replace Ian McGeechan; the tight five of Ian McLauchlan, D. F. Madsen, Sandy Carmichael, McHarg and Brown were promoted in the second third; Leslie and Biggar were promoted in the second third; Morgan was promoted to Probables in the last third.
Possibles: B. Hay (Boroughmuir), A. D. Gill (Gala), A. P. Friell (London Scottish), A. Dougan (Jordanhill), T. D. Dunlop (Dunfermline), R. Wilson (London Scottish), D. Morgan (Stewart's Melville) [captain], Ian McLauchlan (Jordanhill), D. F. Madsen (Gorforth), Sandy Carmichael (West of Scotland), A. F. McHarg (London Scottish), G. L. Brown (West of Scotland), R. A. Mackenzie (London Scottish), D. G. Leslie (Dundee HSFP), M. A. Biggar (London Scottish) Replacement: M. Hunter (Glasgow HSFP) replaced A. Dougan; David Bell (Watsonians) replaced Friell when he moved to play for Probables; McEwen and Watson were demoted in the second third; Balfour was demoted to Possibles in the last third.
Reserves in attendance as possible replacements: A. H. White (Hawick), M. D. Hunter (Glasgow HSFP), D. L. Bell (Watsonians), H. R. McHardy (Kilmarnock), A. C. Wilson (West of Scotland), C. D. Fisher (Waterloo), D. J. M. Smith (Glasgow HSFP), R. J. Dixon (Jordanhill), A. J. Preston (Gosforth and Newcastle University)

English matches

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25 September 1974
Edinburgh District12 - 3Northumberland
Report
Inverleith
Referee: A. Bryce (Dunfermline)

Edinburgh District:
Northumberland:

8 October 1974
5pm
Scottish Borders29 - 7Durham County
Preview
Riverside Park, Jedburgh
Referee: P. C. Robertson (Hawick)

Scottish Borders:
Durham County:

9 October 1974
7pm
Glasgow District51 - 9Cumberland and Westmorland
Preview
Report
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: J. G. Gow (Gordonians)

Glasgow District:
Cumberland and Westmorland:

16 October 1974
Cumberland and Westmorland8 - 24Edinburgh District
Report
Carlisle
Referee: J. D. Lawson (Cumberland and Westmorland)

Cumberland and Westmorland:
Edinburgh District:

International matches

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24 September 1974
Glasgow District33 - 16Tonga

Glasgow District:
Tonga:

References

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  1. ^ Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1974.
  2. ^ Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1975.
  3. ^ "Cautious attitude to substitutes". The Glasgow Herald. No. 217. 8 October 1974. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Rest on top in rugby trial". Aberdeen Evening Express. 11 January 1975. p. 5.(subscription required)