# 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship

The 1974–75 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.
This season saw the 22nd Scottish Inter-District Championship.
North and Midlands and Glasgow District shared the competition with 2 wins and 1 loss.
The SRU allowed substitutes to be used in inter-district matches.
The Probables versus Possibles match was played in three thirds of 30 minutes each.

## 1974-75 League Table

| Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Pts |
| North and Midlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 4 |
| Glasgow District | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 4 |
| Edinburgh District | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 2 |
| South | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 35 | -6 | 0 |

## Results

| Date | Try | Conversion | Penalty | Dropped goal | Goal from mark | Notes |
| 1971–1977 | 4 points | 2 points | 3 points | 3 points | 3 points |

### Round 1

* 23 October 1974
| South of Scotland | 15 – 16 | Glasgow District |
| Try: Drew Gill Roy Laidlaw Turnbull Pen: Fairbairn | Report | Try: Reid McHardy Con: McHardy Pen: McHardy x 2 |
* Poynder Park, Kelso Referee: 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 | Edinburgh District |
| Try: Alan Tomes Carruthers | Report | Try: Andy Irvine Pen: Andy Irvine |
* Poynder Park, Kelso Referee: 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 | – | Glasgow District |
| | Report | |
Edinburgh District:
Glasgow District:
* 7 December 1974
| North and Midlands | – | South of Scotland |
| | Report | |
North and Midlands:
South of Scotland:

### Round 4

* 21 December 1974
| North and Midlands | 18 – 13 | Edinburgh District |
| | Report | |
North and Midlands:
Edinburgh District:

### Round 5

* 4 January 1975
| Glasgow District | 7 – 6 | North and Midlands |
| | Report | |
* Hughenden Stadium Referee: J. Short (Hawick)
Glasgow District:
North and Midlands:

## Matches outwith the Championship
### Other Scottish matches

* 25 September 1974
| Renfrewshire | 6 - 3 | Ayrshire |
| | Report | |
* Crookston Referee: R. D. Jamieson (Hutchesons' GSFP)
Renfrewshire:
Ayrshire:
* 2 October 1974
| Edinburgh District | 20 – 20 | Anglo-Scots |
| | Report | |
Edinburgh District:
Anglo-Scots:
* 9 October 1974 4.30pm
| North of Scotland | 4 - 50 | Midlands District |
| | Preview Report | |
* Rubislaw, Aberdeen
North of Scotland:
Midlands District:
* 16 October 1974
| North and Midlands | 10 – 25 | Anglo-Scots |
| Try: David Leslie Pen: Aitchison x 2 | Report | Try: Alan Lawson Wilson Friell Fowlie Con: Money x 3 Pen: Money |
* Meadowbank Stadium Referee: 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 | Anglo-Scots |
| | Report | |
* Hughenden Stadium Referee: R. M. Aird (Aberdeen GSFP)
Glasgow District:
Anglo-Scots:

### Trial matches

* 11 January 1975
| Scotland Probables | 16 - 19 | Scotland Possibles |
| Try: Bill Steele x 2 Aitchison Con: Aitchison Morgan | Preview Preview Report | Try: Hunter Tim Dunlop Balfour Con: Morgan x 2 Pen: Morgan |
* Murrayfield Stadium Referee: 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 | Northumberland |
| | Report | |
* Inverleith Referee: A. Bryce (Dunfermline)
Edinburgh District:
Northumberland:
* 8 October 1974 5pm
| Scottish Borders | 29 - 7 | Durham County |
| | Preview | |
* Riverside Park, Jedburgh Referee: P. C. Robertson (Hawick)
Scottish Borders:
Durham County:
* 9 October 1974 7pm
| Glasgow District | 51 - 9 | Cumberland and Westmorland |
| | Preview Report | |
* Hughenden Stadium Referee: J. G. Gow (Gordonians)
Glasgow District:
Cumberland and Westmorland:
* 16 October 1974
| Cumberland and Westmorland | 8 - 24 | Edinburgh District |
| | Report | |
* Carlisle Referee: J. D. Lawson (Cumberland and Westmorland)
Cumberland and Westmorland:
Edinburgh District:

### International matches

* 24 September 1974
| Glasgow District | 33 - 16 | Tonga |
Glasgow District:
Tonga: