1892–93 Scottish Districts season

The 1892–93 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.

1892–93 Scottish Districts season
Countries Scotland
Date1892–93
Matches played1

History

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North of Scotland District listed this season's district matches in September 1892.[citation needed]

Northern Counties Football Union. A meeting of captains and secretaries of clubs this Union was held on Friday in the office of the hon. secretary, and fixed the principal Union matches under, as also those the various club fixtures. The first two matches will be under the auspices of the Union, to enable the committee to select the best team against Galashiels on 8 October. The annual match Ancients v. Moderns on the 24th Inst., probably at Holburn Grounds, is already being looked forward to among the followers of the game, and judgement as to the result of the contest is in favour of the Ancients.[citation needed]

List matches—Ancients v. Moderns, 24 September ; Probables v. Improbables, October Ist; Galashiels v. Northern Counties. 8 October; City v. Varsity, 19 November ; Midlands v. Northern Counties, 26 November; Glasgow v. Edinburgh, 3 December ; North v. Edinburgh, 10 December ; South of Scotland v. Glasgow, 10 December; Anglo-Scots v. Scotland. 25 December; Northern Counties v. Perthshire, 2 January ; North v. South of Scotland, 14 January ; Scotland v. Wales, 4 February; Scotland v. Ireland, 18 February; City v Varsity, 25 February; Merchistonians v. Northern Counties, 4 March; Scotland v. England, 4 March. A general meeting of the Northern Counties’ Union will be hold Friday, 30 September. Secretaries local clubs will please send their card of fixtures for publication.[1]

The 10 December 1892 Match listed above against Edinburgh was later listed as North and Midlands against Edinburgh District.[2] Unfortunately this match was called off due to snow.

Glasgow District beat Edinburgh District in this season's Inter-City match.[3]

West of Scotland District beat East of Scotland District in this season's international trial match.[4] Players from London Scottish, Manchester, Oxford University and Cambridge University made their way into the East and West selections.[5]

A North of Scotland District versus South of Scotland District match was scheduled for 14 January 1893 but called off due to the weather.[6]

The North of Scotland District and the South of Scotland District were reported in The Scottish Referee as feeling that the Scottish Rugby Union was not giving their players a proper estimate in regard to international selection.[7]

Results

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Date Try Conversion Penalty Dropped goal Goal from mark Notes
1891–1894 2 points 3 points 3 points 4 points 4 points

Inter-City

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17 December 1892
Glasgow District7 - 6Edinburgh District
Try: Woodburn
Cargill
Con: Wotherspoon
ReportTry: Reddick
Methven
McTier
Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow
Referee: David Morton

Glasgow District:
Edinburgh District:

Other Scottish matches

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North of Scotland District:
Midlands District:

10 December 1892
South of Scotland District-Glasgow District
Preview
Newtown St. Boswells

South of Scotland District:
Glasgow District:

Cities:
Anglo-Scots:

21 January 1893
East of Scotland District4 - 11West of Scotland District
Try: Leggat
1 try
Report
Report
Try: Hendry
Robertson
Con: Menzies
Drop: Wilson
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: J. A. Smith

East of Scotland District:
West of Scotland District:

English matches

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Northumberland:
South of Scotland District:

4 February 1893
CumberlandvSouth of Scotland District
Preview
Preview
Carlisle

Cumberland:
South of Scotland District:

International matches

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No touring matches this season.

References

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  1. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000575/18920912/103/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18921209/033/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000295/18930123/056/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18930120/027/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000032/18930116/029/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/18921212/035/0003 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)