 Raeburn Place fields (photographed in 2013), where the first international was played | |||||||
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| Date | 27 March 1871 | ||||||
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| Venue | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | ||||||
| Referee | (called umpires) Dr Hely Hutchinson Almond (Scotland) and A Ward (England) | ||||||
| Attendance | 4,000 | ||||||
The rugby union match played between Scotland and England on 27 March 1871 was the world's first international rugby match. It is also officially the first international football match in any football code. The match was played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh in front of 4,000 spectators. Scotland won the match, scoring two tries and a goal to England's single try.[1][2]
- ^ Williamson (1971).
- ^ A window on sporting history: the first rugby match, Scotland v England in 1871, Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 10 August 2019