title: 1872–73 Scottish Districts season
text: # 1872–73 Scottish Districts season
  
  The 1872-73 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.
  
  It includes the Inter-City fixtures between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District.
  
  ## History
  
  The Glasgow District v Edinburgh District match is the first representative district match in the world.
  
  Originally this was a twice a season fixture; and it was in this 1872-73 season.
  
  The matches in this season were 20 - a - side.
  
  The district matches between Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Scotland's two largest cities, were known as the Inter-City rivalry.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Date | Try | Conversion | Penalty | Dropped goal | Goal from mark | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1871–1875 | no score | 1 goal | 1 goal | 1 goal | — | |
  
  ### Inter-City
  
  * 23 November 1872 3pm
  
  | Glasgow District | 0 - 1 drop goal | Edinburgh District |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Report | Drop: Thomas Roger Marshall |
  
  * Burnbank Park, Glasgow
  
  Glasgow District:Backs: Thomas Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals), William Davie Brown (Glasgow Academicals), William Hamilton Kidston (West of Scotland) Half backs: William Cross (Glasgow Academicals), T. A. Drew (Glasgow Academicals) Quarter backs: George Buchanan McClure (West of Scotland), John Arthur (Glasgow Academicals) [Captain] Forwards: John Kennedy Tod, Henry William Allan, Charles Chalmers Bryce, George Raphael Fleming, J.S. Thomson, J.K. Brown (all Glasgow Academicals) James Howe McClure, J. Kennedy, J.P. Tennant, Robert Wilson, G. Hunter, A. Cochrane (all West of Scotland) J.W. Reid (Glasgow University)
  
  Edinburgh District: A. Ross (Wanderers), J. Patullo (Craigmount), Thomas Roger Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), William St Clair Grant (Craigmount), J. Junor (Royal High School), J. A. W. Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), and E. Thew (Merchistonians), backs ; Francis Moncreiff (captain), R. W. Irvine, E. M. Bannerman, James Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), Angus Buchanan, Alexander Petrie, and M. Sanderson (Royal High School), Charles Walker Cathcart and John Lisle Hall MacFarlane (Edinburgh University), Tom Whittington (Merchistonians), Benjamin Blyth II (Merchistonians), J. Forsyth and A. R. Stewart (Wanderers), forwards.
  
  * 15 February 1873 3pm
  
  | Edinburgh District | 1 goal, 2 tries - 0 | Glasgow District |
  | - | - | - |
  | Try: James Finlay A. Wood Con: John Lisle Hall McFarlane | Report | |
  
  * Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Attendance: 600
  
  Edinburgh District: G. F. Raynor (Royal HSFP), Blackwood (Edinburgh Academicals), Thomas Roger Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), W. St. Clair Grant (Craigmount), John Lisle Hall McFarlane (Edinburgh Wanderers), J. Junor (Royal High School), J. A. W. Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), F. Penny (Edinburgh Wanderers), Francis Moncreiff (captain) (Edinburgh Academicals), Charles Walker Cathcart (Edinburgh University), Angus Buchanan (Edinburgh University), Edward Bannerman (Edinburgh Academicals), J. Forsyth (Edinburgh Wanderers), Tom Whittington (Merchistonians), R. W. Irvine (Edinburgh Academicals), Alexander Petrie (Royal High School), Benjamin Blyth II (Merchistonians), James Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), Alexander Wood (Royal HSFP), W. K. Gair (Edinburgh Academicals)
  
  Glasgow District:Backs: Thomas Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals), William Davie Brown (Glasgow Academicals) Half backs:William Hamilton Kidston (West of Scotland), T. A. Drew (Glasgow Academicals) Quarter backs: George Buchanan McClure (West of Scotland), John Arthur (Glasgow Academicals) [Captain] Forwards: George Raphael Fleming, J.S. Thomson, J. S. Tod, J. Ritchie, W. M. Brown, A. T. Arthur, Allan Arthur (all Glasgow Academicals) James Howe McClure, J. Kennedy, J. Bolton, T. Y. Kennedy, Robert Wilson, A. Cochrane (all West of Scotland) C.E. Hope (Glasgow University)
  
  ### Other Scottish matches
  
  No other District matches played.
  
  ### English matches
  
  No other District matches played.
  
  ### International matches
  
  No touring matches this season.
  
  