1898–99 Scottish Districts season

1898–99 Scottish Districts season
Countries	Scotland
Date	1898–99
Matches played	1

The 1898–99 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.

History

Glasgow District beat Edinburgh District in the Inter-City match.[1]

Stevenson for the Anglo-Scots scored the first try on the SRU's new pitch.[2]

Results

Date	Try	Conversion	Penalty	Dropped goal	Goal from mark	Notes
1894–1904	3 points	2 points	3 points	4 points	4 points

Inter-City

3 December 1898

Glasgow District	13 - 0	Edinburgh District
Try: Charles France Gordon Neilson Lawrence Harvey Drop: George A.W. Lamond	Report

Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow Referee: Adam Turnbull (Hawick)

Glasgow District: J. G. Couper (West of Scotland), Robert Neilson (West of Scotland), George A.W. Lamond (Kelvinside Academicals), John Tulloch (Kelvinside Academicals), Charles France (Kelvinside Academicals), Bill Donaldson (West of Scotland), John Knox (Kelvinside Academicals), James Couper (West of Scotland), William Thomson (West of Scotland), Gordon Neilson (West of Scotland), John Dykes (Glasgow HSFP), G. Wingate (Kelvinside Academicals), Lawrence Harvey (Greenock Wanderers), J. M. Bell (Clydesdale), Harvey Anderson (Glasgow Academicals)
Edinburgh District: J. Graham (Watsonians), Alf Bucher (Edinburgh Academicals), William Morrison (Edinburgh Academicals), J. D. Little (Watsonians), H. M. Simson (Watsonians), Jimmy Gillespie (Edinburgh Academicals), M. W. Robertson (Watsonians), Bill McEwan (Edinburgh Academicals), W. Dors (Edinburgh Academicals), G. Moncreiff (Edinburgh Academicals), Mark Coxon Morrison (Royal HSFP), Harry Smith (Watsonians), Andrew Balfour (Watsonians), A. Forbes (Watsonians), J. Greig (Edinburgh Wanderers)

Other Scottish matches

19 November 1898

Midlands District	0 - 8	North of Scotland District
	Report	Try: J. A. Butchart H. Butchart

Forthill, Broughty Ferry Referee: F. A. Lumley (Edinburgh)

Midlands: J. Shepherd (Newport), W. Burrows (Panmure), C. A. Air (Panmure), J. Lockhart (Kirkcaldy), P. Watson (Newport), E. A. Shepherd (Panmure) and T. Longmuir (St Andrews University), T. D. Murray (Panmure), G. F. Whyte (Panmure), D. Meldrum (Dundee HSFP), P. A. Anderson (Dundee HSFP), J. Fullerton (Dundee HSFP), H. E. White (Kirkcaldy), D. L. Barrie (Newport), and T. Gillespie (St Andrews University).
North of Scotland: A. J. Milne (Aberdeen GSFP), J. A. Butchart (Aberdeen GSFP), G. O. Gauld (Aberdeen GSFP), J. Oglivie (Aberdeen GSFP), J. W. Milne (Aberdeen University) W. B. Butchart (Aberdeen GSFP), W. Y. Hay (Aberdeenshire), W. Pope (Aberdeen GSFP), A. B. Butchart (Aberdeen GSFP), W. Irons (Aberdeenshire) and A. S. Pirie (Aberdeenshire), P. Croll (Aberdeen University), A. M. Cran (Aberdeen University), and W. Alexander (University), H. Barker (Nomads).

10 December 1898

South-West	0 - 0	North of Scotland District
	Preview Report

St. Mirren Park, Paisley

South-West Scotland :
North of Scotland:

24 December 1898

Anglo-Scots	5 - 4	South of Scotland District
Try: Stevenson Con: Gowans	Report	Drop: Oliver

Inverleith, Edinburgh

Anglo-Scots: W. Wilson (London Scottish), George Campbell (London Scottish), Douglas Monypenny (London Scottish), John Crabbie (Oxford University), William Morrison (Edinburgh Academicals), M. A. Black (Cambridge University), Frank Fasson (Cambridge University), Andrew MacKinnon (London Scottish), F. A. Davidson (London Scottish), T. Gowans (London Scottish), Graham Kerr (Old Dunelmians, Durham), R. C. Stevenson (Northumberland), A. Davidson (Lancashire), A. S. Pringle (Cambridge University), James Greenlees (Cambridge University)
South of Scotland: J. Hogg (Hawick), Dodds (JedForest), J. Scott (Langholm), Oliver (JedForest), Bunyan (Melrose), Joe Mabon (Jedburgh), Brownlie (Jedburgh), B. L. Greig (Jedburgh), J. Stillie (Langholm), D. Elliot (Langholm), Tom Scott (Hawick), J. N. Corrie (Langholm), Mitchell (Selkirk), Carter (Gala), Jeffrey (Jedburgh)

14 January 1899

Cities District	v	Provinces District
	Report

Referee: John Boswell (SRU President)

Cities District:
Provinces District:

English matches

No other District matches played.

International matches

No touring matches this season.

References

1. "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
2. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000060/18981226/034/0008 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)