England had bad luck in losing four of their (players in previous matches, namely, Nicholson, Prescott, Huskisson and Bolton, who were injured. They were replaced by Cranmer, from Mosley, H. F. Wheatley and A. Wheatley, from Coventry, and Brown, from Exeter. Scotland had the same team as in her other matches, with the single exception of Blackadder, who replaced Borthwick in the scrum.
England won the toss and played with the wind behind them. It was immediately a game packed with thrills, the pendulum swinging with remarkable rapidity. Scoiland broke away after surviving -a series of quick English tushes and scored the first try, but Renwick failed to convert.
A few seconds later Scotland were penalized for feet-up and Parker replied with a neat penalty goal for England.
A short pendd of forward play followed, England holding the bal-ince, until Scotland was again penalized for feet-up and Parker got another long penalty goal for England.
After fifteen minutes of even exchanges, there was another orgy of scoring. First, Scotland heeled nicely from the scrum and weak tackling by England let Renwick through to score a try. He took the kick himself, but again failed to convert.
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