1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship

The 1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.[1]

1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship
Countries Scotland
Date1986–87
ChampionsEdinburgh District
Runners-upSouth
Matches played10

This season saw the 34th formal Scottish Inter-District Championship.

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

Midlands fixtures for the season.[4] Midlands - Edinburgh[5] South - Ulster[6]

1986-87 League Table

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Team P W D L PF PA +/- Pts
Edinburgh District 4 4 0 0 96 51 +45 8
South 4 3 0 1 127 45 +82 6
Anglo-Scots 4 2 0 2 46 67 -21 4
Glasgow District 4 1 0 3 68 99 -31 2
North and Midlands 4 0 0 4 29 104 -75 0

Results

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

Round 1

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26 November 1986
Edinburgh District42 – 16Glasgow District
Try: Iain Milne
Stewart McAslan x 3
Gavin Hastings x 3
Jamie Paton
Murray Fisken
Con: Gavin Hastings x 2
Simon Scott
ReportTry: Steve Munro
E. D. McCorkindale
Con: Calum MacGregor
Pen: Calum MacGregor x 2
Meggetland Sports Complex
Referee: G. I. Inglis (Selkirk)

Edinburgh District: Gavin Hastings (Watsonians), S. W. McAslan (Heriots), Euan Kennedy (Watsonians), S. H. Scott (Stewarts Melville), M. M. Fisken (Boroughmuir), J. F. Paton (Edinburgh Academicals), M. D. Hall (Boroughmuir), Alex Brewster (Stewarts Melville) [captain], Kenny Milne (Heriots), Iain Milne (Heriots), J. S. Hamilton (Heriots), Jeremy Richardson (Edinburgh Academicals), Jim Calder (Stewarts Melville), Finlay Calder (Stewarts Melville), K. P. Rafferty (Heriots)
Glasgow District: D. H. Drummond (West of Scotland), S. Munro (Ayr), D. R. McKee (Jordanhill), Calum MacGregor (Boroughmuir), P. P. Manning (Ayr), D. R. Barrett (West of Scotland), E. D. McCorkindale (Glasgow High Kelvinside), Gerry McGuinness (West of Scotland), Graham Ellis (Glasgow Academicals), Brian Robertson (Stirling County), H. M. Parker (Kilmarnock), A. F. McDowall (Ayr), W. H. Malcolm (Glasgow Academicals), J. R. Beattie (Glasgow Academicals) [captain], J. D. Busby (Hillhead). Replacement: D. R. Livingston (West of Scotland) for Beattie.

Round 2

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29 November 1986
Anglo-Scots22 – 6North and Midlands
Try: Chris Gray
Jones
Gary Irvine
Stuart Irvine
Pen: Stuart Irvine
Drop: Russell
ReportPen: Graham x 2
Richmond
Referee: W. W. Calder (Selkirk)

Anglo-Scots: S. R. Irvine (London Scottish), J. C. W. Beazley (Edinburgh Wanderers), R. McLean (Gloucester), D. R. M. Bruce Lockhart (London Scottish), T. Paterson-Brown (London Scottish), C. Russell (Wasps), G. J. M. Irvine (Harrogate), P. Jones (Gloucester), I. Kirk (London Scottish), D. Butcher (Sale), Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton (London Scottish) [captain], Chris Gray (Nottingham), S. Smith (Gosforth), A. J. Macklin (London Scottish), Iain Morrison (London Scottish). Replacement: R. Cunningham (Wasps) for Macklin (44 minutes)
North and Midlands: C. J. Macartney (Boroughmuir), R. Harris (Howe of Fife), B. Edwards (Boroughmuir), D. K. Graham (Highland), M. Cross (Dunfermline), N. J. Marshall (Heriots), N. Sharp (Dunfermline), P. Flockhart (Highland), D. Wylie (Boroughmuir), J. L. Scobbie (Glasgow Academicals), C. A. Galbraith (Boroughmuir), I. T. Rankin (Howe of Fife), J. G. Bryce (Heriots), D. Leckie (Edinburgh Academicals), H. J. Edwards (Boroughmuir) [captain]

29 November 1986
Glasgow District15 – 36South
Try: Steve Munro
Con: Calum MacGregor
Pen: Calum MacGregor x 3
ReportTry: John Rutherford x 2
Iwan Tukalo x 2
Alan Tait
Con: Peter Dods x 2
Pen: Peter Dods x 3
Drop: John Rutherford
Hughenden Stadium
Referee: R. J. Megson (Edinburgh Wanderers)

Glasgow District: R. Kemp (Kilmarnock), S. Munro (Ayr), D. R. McKee (Jordanhill), A. G. Ker (Glasgow Academicals), P. P. Manning (Ayr), Calum MacGregor (Boroughmuir), A. G. J. Nicolson (Ayr), G. M. McGuinness (West of Scotland), D. R. Livingston (West of Scotland), Brian Robertson (Stirling County), J. Riozzi (West of Scotland), A. F. McDowall (Ayr), W. H. Malcolm (Glasgow Academicals) [captain], J. D. Busby (Hillhead), K. Young (Kilmarnock). Replacement: R. T. S. Bedford (Jordanhill) for Malcolm (74 minutes)
South: Peter Dods (Gala), Alan Tait (Kelso), Keith Murray (Hawick), Roger Baird (Kelso), Iwan Tukalo (Selkirk), John Rutherford (Selkirk), Roy Laidlaw (Jedforest), T. G. Waite (Kelso), Colin Deans (Hawick) [captain], R. A. Nichol (Hawick), Alister Campbell (Hawick), Iain Paxton (Selkirk), R. E. Paxton (Kelso), John Jeffrey (Kelso), Derek Turnbull (Hawick)

Round 3

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6 December 1986
North and Midlands6 – 39South
Pen: Macartney
Marshall
ReportTry: John Jeffrey x 2
Rutherford
Baird
Tukalo
Campbell
Con: Dods x 3
Pen: Dods x 3
Mayfield, Dundee
Referee: Jim Fleming (Boroughmuir)

North and Midlands: G. Spowart (Dundee HSFP), C. J. Macartney (Boroughmuir), B. Edwards (Boroughmuir), P. F. Rouse (Dundee HSFP), M. Cross (Dunfermline), N. J. Marshall (Heriots), K. Troup (Gordonians), P. Flockhart (Highland), D. Wylie (Boroughmuir), A. Wemyss (Highland), B. H. Bell (Highland) [captain], I. T. Rankin (Howe of Fife), H. J. Edwards (Boroughmuir), D. Leckie (Edinburgh Academicals), D. McIvor (Dunfermline)
South: Peter Dods (Gala), Roger Baird (Kelso), Keith Murray (Hawick), Keith Robertson (Melrose), Iwan Tukalo (Selkirk), John Rutherford (Selkirk), Roy Laidlaw (Jedforest), K. S. Sudlow (Jedforest), Colin Deans (Hawick) [captain], R. A. Nichol (Hawick), Alister Campbell (Hawick), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), R. E. Paxton (Kelso), Iain Paxton (Selkirk), John Jeffrey (Kelso)

Round 4

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13 December 1986
North and Midlands7 – 16Edinburgh District
Try: Cross
Pen: Macartney
ReportTry: Millar
Finlay Calder
Con: Gavin Hastings
Pen: Gavin Hastings x 2
Duffus Park, Cupar
Referee: P. C. Robertson (Hawick)

North and Midlands: H. M. Murray (Dunfermline), M. Cross (Dunfermline), R. D. K. Graham (Highland), B. Edwards (Boroughmuir), C. J. Macartney (Boroughmuir), N. J. Marshall (Heriots), K. Troup (Gordonians), P. Flockhart (Highland),
Edinburgh District:

13 December 1986
South34 – 3Anglo-Scots
Mansfield Park

South:
Anglo-Scots:

Round 5

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20 December 1986
Edinburgh District17 – 10Anglo-Scots
Myreside

Edinburgh District:
Anglo-Scots:

Glasgow District:
North and Midlands:

Round 6

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27 December 1986
Anglo-Scots11 – 10Glasgow District
Report
Imber Court, Surrey
Referee: A. P. Thomson (London Society)

Anglo-Scots:
Glasgow District:

27 December 1986
South18 – 21Edinburgh District
Report
Netherdale
Referee: D. Leslie (Manchester)

South:
Edinburgh District:

Matches outwith the Championship

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Other Scottish matches

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8 October 1986
Glasgow trial-

Glasgow trial:
-:

22 October 1986
Midlands Blues Trial-Midlands Whites Trial
Preview
North Inch, Perth

Midland Blues Trial:
Midland Whites Trial:

5 November 1986
Midlands District18 - 23Edinburgh District
Try: Hiscoke
Manson
Con: Frame x 2
Pen: Frame x 2
ReportTry: Guild
Blundell
Lorento
Munro
Con: Rankine x 2
Pen: Rankine
Duffus Park, Cupar

Midlands District:
Edinburgh District:

19 November 1986
Midlands District6 - 14Glasgow District
Report
Duffus Park, Cupar

Midlands District:
Glasgow District:

26 November 1986
Ayrshire30 - 6Dumfries and Galloway
Report
Millbrae

Ayrshire:
Dumfries and Galloway:

26 November 1986
Renfrewshire16 - 15Lanarkshire
Report
Braidholm
Referee: I. Lockhart (Hillhead)

Renfrewshire:
Lanarkshire:

10 December 1986
Renfrewshire0 - 4Dunbartonshire
Preview
Report
Try: Chris Reid
Braidholm
Referee: J. Johnston (Gala Y.M.)

Renfrewshire:
Dunbartonshire:

10 December 1986
Ayrshire40 - 12Lanarkshire
Report
Ardrossan
Referee: L. Crerar (Glasgow High Kelvinside)

Ayrshire:
Lanarkshire:

Junior matches

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5 October 1986
Glasgow8 - 20South
Report
Hughenden Stadium

Glasgow:
South:

South of Scotland:
Midlands District:

Trial matches

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3 January 1987
Blues Trial28 - 9Reds Trial
Try: Tukalo
Sole
Scott Hastings
M. D. F. Duncan
Paxton
Con: Gavin Hastings
Pen: Gavin Hastings x 2
Report
Report
Try: Jim Calder
Con: Peter Dods
Pen: Peter Dods
Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: J. M. Fleming (Boroughmuir)

Blues: A. G. Hastings (Watsonians), M. D. F. Duncan (West of Scotland), D. S. Wylie (Stewart's Melville), S. Hastings (Watsonians), I. Tulako (Selkirk), J. Rutherford (Selkirk), R. J. Laidlaw (Jedforest), D. M. B. Sole (Bath), C. T. Deans (Hawick) [captain], I. G. Milne (Heriots), A. J. Campbell (Hawick), I. A. M. Paxton (Selkirk), J. Jeffrey (Kelso), J. R. Beattie (Glasgow Academicals), F. Calder (Stewart's Melville). Replacement: G. M. McGuinness for D. Sole (74 minutes)
Reds: P. W. Dods (Gala), S. W. McAslan (Heriots), Euan Kennedy (Watsonians), A. V. Tait (Kelso), T. Patterson-Brown (London Scottish), A. B. M. Ker (Kelso), G. H. Oliver (Hawick), A. K. Brewster (Stewart's Melville), G. J. Callander (Kelso) [captain], T. G. Waite (Kelso), H. M. Parker (Kilmarnock), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), Jim Calder (Stewart's Melville), D. B. White (Gala), D. J. Turnbull (Hawick). Replacement: N. A. Rowan (Boroughmujir) for Waite (48 minutes)

English matches

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1 September 1986
Edinburgh District-Kent
Preview
Inverleith

Edinburgh District:
Kent:

2 September 1986
Glasgow District-Kent
Preview
Hughenden

Glasgow District:
Kent:

24 September 1986
South of Scotland12 - 13Durham County
Preview
Report
Milntown
Referee: D. Thomas (Edinburgh Wanderers)

South of Scotland:
Durham County:

Irish matches

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13 September 1986
South of Scotland21 - 20Ulster
Report
Jedburgh

South of Scotland:
Durham County:

American matches

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8 September 1986
North and Midlands20 - 19Eastern Rugby Union USA
Preview
Report
Mayfield

North and Midlands:
Eastern:

International matches

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17 September 1986
South of Scotland District45 - 12Japan
Report
The Greenyards

South of Scotland District:
Japan:

20 September 1986
North and Midlands19 - 27Japan
Report
Seafield
Referee: I. Bullerwell (East Midlands)

North and Midlands:
Japan:

23 September 1986
Edinburgh District26 - 14Japan
Preview
Report
Myreside
Referee: A. Turner (Lancashire)

Edinburgh District:
Japan:

References

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  1. ^ McEwans Rugby Record 86-87. contribution Bill McMurtrie. 1986. Ian McLauchlan Associates. Edinburgh.
  2. ^ McEwans Rugby Record 87-88. contribution Bill McMurtrie. 1987. Ian McLauchlan Associates. Edinburgh.
  3. ^ "Heriot's Rugby Club". Twitter. 23 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860912/236/0015 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19861106/208/0017 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/19860914/308/0028 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)