1883–84 Scottish Districts season

Rugby union competition Scotland 1883–84 1 1882–83 Scottish Districts season 1884–85 Scottish Districts season The 1883–84 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. It includes the East of Scotland District versus West of Scotland District trial match. History Edinburgh District won the Inter-City for the first time in three years.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MbtEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pbUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1873%2C4820432 The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search news.google.com 2020-01-05 The East v West match was played on 26 January 1884.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/18840126/045/0004 Register British Newspaper Archive 2020-01-05 Davie Sanderson from Melrose, capped by the East side, is one of the originators (along with Ned Haig) of the rugby sevens game.https://scottishsevens.sport.blog/2022/06/09/davie-sanderson/ Davie Sanderson June 8, 2022 Results DateTryConversionPenaltyDropped goalGoal from markNotes1876–18851 try1 goal1 goal1 goal Match decided by a majority of goals, or if the number of goals is equal by a majority of tries Inter-City 1 December 1883 3pm Glasgow District 1 try - 1 goal, 2 tries Report Edinburgh District David McCowan Walter IrvineAndrew Ramsay Don-WauchopeTodd Veitch Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow 2,000 Glasgow District: D. A. C. Reid (Glasgow University), David Kidston (Glasgow Academicals). R. G. Eaglesham (West of Scotland), Alexander Stephen (West of Scotland), John Alexander Neilson (Glasgow Academicals) C. W. Dunlop (West of Scotland), John Jamieson (West of Scotland), David Morton (West of Scotland), Gordon Mitchell (West of Scotland), David McCowan (West of Scotland), H. S. Brown (West of Scotland), George Robb (Glasgow Academicals), William Andrew Walls (Glasgow Academicals), R. H. Young (Glasgow Academicals), J. S. Lang (Glasgow University) [captain] Edinburgh District: J. P. Veitch (Royal HSFP), E.T. Roland (Edinburgh University), J. Glegg (Edinburgh University), Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope (Edinburgh University), D. M. Orr (Edinburgh Academicals), Thomas Ainslie (Edinburgh Institution F.P.) [captain], David Somerville (Edinburgh Institution F.P.), Robert Maitland (Edinburgh Institution F.P.), Charles Reid (Edinburgh Academicals), John Guthrie Tait (Edinburgh Academicals), Walter Irvine (Edinburgh Academicals), C. Morrison (Edinburgh Wanderers), W. M. Gossip (Royal HSFP), William Peterkin (Edinburgh University), J. Todd (Watsonians) Other Scottish matches 26 January 1884 East of Scotland District 1 try - 0 Report West of Scotland District Don Wauchope Raeburn Place, Edinburgh East: J. P. Veitch (Royal HSFP), back; E. T. Roland (Edinburgh Wanderers), W. A. Macfarlane (Royal HSFP), G. Maitland (Edinburgh Institution), half-backs; A. R. Don Wauchope (Edinburgh Wanderers), D. Sanderson (Melrose), quarter-backs; T. Ainslie (Edinburgh Institution) [captain], D. Somerville (Edinburgh Institution), R. Maitland (Edinburgh Institution), and J. Greig (Edinburgh Wanderers), C. Reid (Edinburgh Academicals), W. A. Peterkin (Edinburgh University), J. Tod (Watsonians), E. Morrison (Edinburgh Wanderers) and W. M. Gossip (Royal HSFP), forwards West: D. A. C. Reid (University), back :D. W. Kidston (Glasgow Academicals), R Eaglesham (West of Scotland), half-backs; E. E. Steven (West of Scotland), E. Leitke (Southern), quarters; J. French (Glasgow Academicals), J. Jamleson (West of Scotland), Highlands (West of Scotland), J. B. Brown, W. A. Walls, G. H. Robb, R. A. Young (Academicals), and H. Edmiston (Southern), D. Morton, A R. Paterson English matches No other District matches played. International matches No touring matches this season. References 1 Category:1883–84 in Scottish rugby union Category:Scottish Districts seasons