1979–80 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Countries Scotland
Date1979–80
ChampionsEdinburgh District
Runners-upSouth
Matches played6

The 1979–80 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.[1]

This season saw the 27th Scottish Inter-District Championship.

Edinburgh District won the competition with 3 wins.[2]

1979-80 League Table

Team P W D L PF PA +/- Pts
Edinburgh District 330010331+726
South 32017828+504
Glasgow District 31024131+102
North and Midlands 300319151-1320

Results

Date Try Conversion Penalty Dropped goal Goal from mark Notes
1977–1991 4 points 2 points 3 points 3 points

Round 1

29 December 1979 (after 8 December 1979 postponement)
Glasgow District7 12Edinburgh District
Report
Murrayfield Stadium

Glasgow District:
Edinburgh District:

8 December 1979
South51 3North and Midlands
Try: Baird (3), Rutherford (2), Renwick, Tomes, Robertson, Ledingham
Con: Dods (2), Renwick (4)
Pen: Dods
Herald reportPen: Irvine
Philiphaugh, Selkirk
Referee: G.M. Anderson (Allan Glen's)

South of Scotland: P.W. Dods (Gala), D.J. Ledingham (Gala), J.M. Renwick (Hawick), K.W. Robertson (Melrose), G.R.T. Baird (Kelso), J.Y. Rutherford (Selkirk), R.J. Laidlaw (Jed-Forest) [captain]; J. Aitken (Gala), C.T. Deans (Hawick), N.E.K. Pender (Hawick), A.J. Tomes (Hawick), T.A. Smith (Gala), J.M. Berthinussen (Gala), G. Dickson (Gala), H.M. Barnfather (Langholm)
North and Midlands: K. Spowart (Dunfermline), C.D. Reekie (Howe of Fife), M.P.M. Stewart (Gordonians), S.R. Irvine (Gordonians), A.J. Croll (Gordonians), A.D. McCrae (Gordonians), J. Imrie (Howe of Fife); A.D.G. Mackenzie (Highland), J.A. Hardie (Gordonians), B.T.D. Diack (Kirkcaldy), C.E. Snape (Gordonians), C.M. Smylie (Gordonians), A.L. Dunlop (Highland), A.M. Ingle-Finch (Highland) [captain], I.A.M. Paxton (Glenrothes), G.Y. Mackie (Highland)

Round 2

15 December 1979
North and Midlands7 30Glasgow District
Try: Croll
Pen: Sutherland
Herald reportTry: Campbell, Armstrong, J Gossman, Service
Con: B Gossman (4)
Pen: B Gossman (2)
Canal Park, Inverness
Referee: E.N. Sheret (Howe of Fife)

North and Midlands: K. Spowart (Dunfermline), C.D. Reekie (Howe of Fife), M.P.M. Stewart (Gordonians), I.A. Sutherland (Moray), A.J. Croll (Gordonians), A.D. McCrae (Gordonians), J. Imrie (Howe of Fife); A.D.G. Mackenzie (Highland), J.A. Hardie (Gordonians), G. Brown (Dunfermline), C.E. Snape (Gordonians) [captain], A.L. Dunlop (Highland), G. Robertson (Gordonians), I.A.M. Paxton (Glenrothes), G.Y. Mackie (Highland) Replacement: C. Mackay (Dunfermline) for McCrae (79 minutes)
Glasgow District: C.D.R. Mair (West Of Scotland), S. Munro (Ayr), J.S. Gossman (West Of Scotland), A.G. Dougall (Jordanhill), A.D. Armstrong (Jordanhill), B.M. Gossman (West Of Scotland), A.M. Service (West Of Scotland); J. McLaughlan (Jordanhill) [captain], D.R. Livingston (West Of Scotland), H. Campbell (Jordanhill), D. Gray (West Of Scotland), W. Cuthbertson (Kilmarnock), G. Angus (Kilmarnock), J.R. Beattie (Glasgow Academicals), J.R. Dixon (Jordanhill)

15 December 1979
Edinburgh District21 15South
Try: Hay
Con: Irvine
Pen: Irvine (5)
Herald reportTry: Baird
Con: Dods
Pen: Dods (2)
Drop: Rutherford
Goldenacre, Edinburgh
Referee: E. Anderson (Ardrossan Academicals)

Edinburgh District: A.R. Irvine (Heriots FP) [captain], R.S. Page (Heriots FP), A.E. Kennedy (Watsonians), D.I. Johnston (Watsonians), B.H. Hay (Boroughmuir), K.D.M. Wilson (Boroughmuir), A.J.M. Lawson (Heriots FP); J.N. Burnett (Heriots FP), J.C. Munro (Heriots FP), I.G. Milne (Heriots FP), D.G. Armstrong (Leith Academicals), I.K. Lambie (Watsonians), J.H. Calder (Stewart's Melville), W.S. Watson (Boroughmuir), A.K. Brewster (Stewart's Melville)
South of Scotland: P.W. Dods (Gala), D.J. Ledingham (Gala), J.M. Renwick (Hawick), K.W. Robertson (Melrose), G.R.T. Baird (Kelso), J.Y. Rutherford (Selkirk), R.J. Laidlaw (Jed-Forest) [captain]; J. Aitken (Gala), C.T. Deans (Hawick), N.E.K. Pender (Hawick), A.J. Tomes (Hawick), T.A. Smith (Gala), H.M. Barnfather (Langholm), G. Dickson (Gala), J.M. Berthinussen (Gala)

Round 3

22 December 1979
Glasgow District4 12South
Try: MunroHerald reportTry: Laidlaw
Con: Dods
Pen: Dods (2)
Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: I.C. Henderson (Trinity Academicals)

Glasgow District: A. Campbell (Hillhead), S. Munro (Ayr), J.S. Gossman (West Of Scotland), A.G. Dougall (Jordanhill), A.D. Armstrong (Jordanhill), B.M. Gossman (West Of Scotland), A.M. Service (West Of Scotland); J. McLaughlan (Jordanhill) [captain], D.R. Livingston (West Of Scotland), H. Campbell (Jordanhill), D. Gray (West Of Scotland), W. Cuthbertson (Kilmarnock), J.R. Dixon (Jordanhill), J.R. Beattie (Glasgow Academicals), G. Angus (Kilmarnock)
South of Scotland: P.W. Dods (Gala), D.J. Ledingham (Gala), J.M. Renwick (Hawick), K.W. Robertson (Melrose), G.R.T. Baird (Kelso), J.Y. Rutherford (Selkirk), R.J. Laidlaw (Jed-Forest) [captain]; J. Aitken (Gala), C.T. Deans (Hawick), R.F. Cunningham (Gala), K.R. Macaulay (Gala), T.A. Smith (Gala), C.B. Hegarty (Hawick), A.J. Campbell (Hawick), G. Dickson (Gala)

12 January 1980 (after 22 December 1979 postponement)
Edinburgh District70 9North and Midlands
Try: Calder (2), Milne (2), Johnston (2), Kennedy (2), Page (2), Brewster, penalty
Con: Irvine (8)
Pen: Irvine (2)
Herald reportTry: Cochrane
Con: Cochrane
Pen: Cochrane
Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: J. Dinsmore (West Of Scotland)

Edinburgh District: A.R. Irvine (Heriots FP) [captain], R.S. Page (Heriots FP), A.E. Kennedy (Watsonians), D.I. Johnston (Watsonians), B.H. Hay (Boroughmuir), K.D.M. Wilson (Boroughmuir), A.J.M. Lawson (Heriots FP); D Brewster (Stewart's Melville), J.C. Munro (Heriots FP), I.G. Milne (Heriots FP), D.G. Armstrong (Leith Academicals), I.K. Lambie (Watsonians), J.H. Calder (Stewart's Melville), W.S. Watson (Boroughmuir), A.K. Brewster (Stewart's Melville)
North and Midlands: K.J.M. Spowart (Dunfermline), C.D. Reekie (Howe of Fife), D Cochrane (Harris Academicals), I.A. Sutherland (Moray), M.P.M. Stewart (Gordonians), R.L. Lamb (Harris Academicals), C. Mackay (Dunfermline); A.D.G. Mackenzie (Highland), J.A. Hardie (Gordonians), G. Brown (Dunfermline), C.E. Snape (Gordonians) [captain], A.L. Dunlop (Highland), G. Robertson (Gordonians), I.A.M. Paxton (Glenrothes), G.Y. Mackie (Highland) Replacements: K. Gillies (Strathmore) for Mackenzie (44 minutes), J. Imrie (Howe of Fife) for Paxton (51 minutes)

Matches outwith the Championship

Other Scottish matches

10 October 1979
Glasgow DistrictRest of the West
Hughenden

Glasgow:
Rest of the West:


16 October 1979
Glasgow DistrictAnglo-Scots
Hughenden

Glasgow:
Anglo-Scots:

Junior matches

7 November 1979
SouthGlasgow District
Kelso

South:
Glasgow District:

Glasgow District:
Edinburgh District:

19 February 1980
Edinburgh DistrictSouth
Musselburgh

Edinburgh District:
South:

19 February 1980
Glasgow DistrictMidlands District
Kelso

Glasgow District:
Midlands District:

4 March 1980
Edinburgh DistrictMidlands District
Edinburgh

Edinburgh District:
Midlands District:

Midlands District:
South of Scotland District:

English matches

24 September 1979
5.30pm
South of Scotland District14 - 6England Northumberland
Preview
Report
Netherdale, Galashiels
Referee: P. C. Robertson (Hawick)

South of Scotland District:
Northumberland:

Edinburgh District:
Northumberland:

26 September 1979
Lancashire England9 - 3Glasgow District
Try: Tony Wright
Con: Kevin O'Brien
Pen: Kevin O'Brien
ReportDrop: Sandy Service
Edge Hall Road, Orrell
Referee: V. J. Schwarz (Liverpool and District)

Lancashire:
Glasgow District:

2 October 1979
Durham County England21 - 15South of Scotland District
Report
South Shields
Referee: F. A. Moulton (Durham Society)

Durham County:
South of Scotland District:

Trial matches

5 January 1980
Blues Trial16 - 12Whites Trial
Preview
Report
Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: A. M. Hosie (Hillhead)

Blues:
Whites:

International matches

27 October 1979
SouthNew Zealand New Zealand
Mansfield Park, Hawick

South:
New Zealand:

31 October 1979
Edinburgh DistrictNew Zealand New Zealand
Myreside

Edinburgh District:
New Zealand:

6 November 1979
Glasgow DistrictNew Zealand New Zealand
Hughenden

Glasgow District:
New Zealand:

14 November 1979
Anglo-ScotsNew Zealand New Zealand
Dundee

Anglo-Scots:
New Zealand:

References

  1. Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1979.
  2. Forsyth's Rugby Record. pub. R. W. Forsyth Princes Street, Edinburgh & Renfield Street, Glasgow. 1980.
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