1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship

Rugby union competition Scotland 1974–75 North and Midlands / Glasgow District Edinburgh District 6 1973–74 Scottish Inter-District Championship 1975–76 Scottish Inter-District Championship The 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1974. This season saw the 22nd Scottish Inter-District Championship. North and Midlands and Glasgow District shared the competition with 2 wins and 1 loss.Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1975. The SRU allowed substitutes to be used in inter-district matches.Cautious attitude to substitutes https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JJFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9aQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2138%2C1709256 The Glasgow Herald 217 8 October 1974 4 The Probables versus Possibles match was played in three thirds of 30 minutes each. 11 January 1975 Rest on top in rugby trial https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000445/19750111/119/0005 Aberdeen Evening Express 5 June 2021 1974-75 League Table TeamPWDLPFPA+/-Pts North and Midlands32013626+104 Glasgow District32012928+14 Edinburgh District 31022732-52 South31022935-60 Results DateTryConversionPenaltyDropped goalGoal from markNotes1971–19774 points2 points3 points3 points3 points Round 1 23 October 1974 South of Scotland 15 – 16 Report Glasgow District Drew GillRoy LaidlawTurnbull Fairbairn ReidMcHardy McHardy McHardy x 2 Poynder Park, Kelso 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 20 November 1974 South of Scotland 8 – 7 Report Edinburgh District Alan TomesCarruthers Andy Irvine Andy Irvine Poynder Park, Kelso 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 7 December 1974 Edinburgh District – Report Glasgow District Edinburgh District: Glasgow District: 7 December 1974 North and Midlands – Report South of Scotland North and Midlands: South of Scotland: Round 4 21 December 1974 North and Midlands 18 – 13 Report Edinburgh District North and Midlands: Edinburgh District: Round 5 4 January 1975 Glasgow District 7 – 6 Report North and Midlands Hughenden Stadium J. Short (Hawick) Glasgow District: North and Midlands: Matches outwith the Championship Other Scottish matches 25 September 1974 Renfrewshire 6 - 3 Report Ayrshire Crookston R. D. Jamieson (Hutchesons' GSFP) Renfrewshire: Ayrshire: 2 October 1974 Edinburgh District 20 – 20 Report Anglo-Scots Edinburgh District: Anglo-Scots: 9 October 1974 4.30pm North of Scotland 4 - 50 PreviewReport Midlands District Rubislaw, Aberdeen North of Scotland: Midlands District: 16 October 1974 North and Midlands 10 – 25 Report Anglo-Scots David Leslie Aitchison x 2 Alan LawsonWilsonFriellFowlie Money x 3 Money Meadowbank Stadium 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 District 23 – 14 Report Anglo-Scots Hughenden Stadium R. M. Aird (Aberdeen GSFP) Glasgow District: Anglo-Scots: Trial matches 11 January 1975 Scotland Probables 16 - 19 PreviewPreviewReport Scotland Possibles Bill Steele x 2Aitchison AitchisonMorgan HunterTim DunlopBalfour Morgan x 2 Morgan Murrayfield Stadium 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 25 September 1974 Edinburgh District 12 - 3 Report Northumberland Inverleith A. Bryce (Dunfermline) Edinburgh District: Northumberland: 8 October 1974 5pm Scottish Borders 29 - 7 Preview Durham County Riverside Park, Jedburgh P. C. Robertson (Hawick) Scottish Borders: Durham County: 9 October 1974 7pm Glasgow District 51 - 9 PreviewReport Cumberland and Westmorland Hughenden Stadium J. G. Gow (Gordonians) Glasgow District: Cumberland and Westmorland: 16 October 1974 Cumberland and Westmorland 8 - 24 Report Edinburgh District Carlisle J. D. Lawson (Cumberland and Westmorland) Cumberland and Westmorland: Edinburgh District: International matches 24 September 1974 Glasgow District 33 - 16 Tonga Glasgow District: Tonga: References 2 Category:1974–75 in Scottish rugby union Category:Scottish Inter-District Championship seasons