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Scotland v England
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England v Scotland
1973 to date
| Scotland teams have often included riders from other countries who were riding for Scottish clubs, or |
| who (allegedly) had a Scottish parent or grandparent. |
| However, between 1973 and 1982 (excluding 1978) Scotland was represented by a true home-grown team. |
| In 1972 and 1978, the team rode as Scotland Select, though details of these matches are included here. |
| All programmes on this page supplied by Roger Stevens |
| 1973 | Two series were held this season, one at Division 1 level, and another at Division 2 level. |
| 1973 Div.1 | Series tied 1-1 | ||||
| 14.09 : Coatbridge | Scotland | 57 | England | 51 | |
| 17.09 : Halifax | England | 68 | Scotland | 40 | |
| Scotland | Total | England | Total | ||||||
| Jim McMillan | 18 | 11 | 29 | Tony Davey | 15 | 8 | 23 | ||
| Bobby Beaton | 12 | 11 | 23 | Reg Wilson | 8 | 12 | 20 | ||
| Bert Harkins | 13 | 7 | 20 | Peter Collins | - | 15 | 15 | ||
| Charlie Monk | 6 | 4 | 10 | Dave Jessup | 14 | - | 14 | ||
| Jim Gallacher | 6 | 0 | 6 | Alan Wilkinson | - | 14 | 14 | ||
| George Hunter | - | 6 | 6 | Mike Hiftle | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Andy Meldrum | 2 | 0 | 2 | Arnold Haley | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Alistair Brady | - | 1 | 1 | Doug Wyer | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Dave Gatenby | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
| Tom Owen | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
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1973 Programmes
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| 1973 Div.2 | England won series 2-1 | ||||
| 05.06 : Berwick (Shielfield Park)* | Scotland | 60 | England | 48 | |
| 15.06 : Sunderland | England | 70 | Scotland | 38 | |
| 16.08 : Teesside | England | 66 | Scotland | 42 | |
| * Scotland were designated as the home team |
| Scotland | Total | England | Total | ||||||||
| Doug Templeton | 17 | 12 | 15 | 44 | Peter Reading | 14 | 9 | 17 | 40 | ||
| Willie Templeton | 16 | 11 | 3 | 30 | Bruce Forrester | 8 | 13 | 17 | 38 | ||
| Jim Gallacher | 10 | - | 12 | 22 | Frank Auffret | 10 | 15 | 9 | 34 | ||
| Ken McKinlay | 0 | 11 | 6 | 17 | Dave Gatenby | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | ||
| Andy Meldrum | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 | Terry Kelly | - | 14 | - | 14 | ||
| Ross Gilbertson | - | - | 6 | 6 | Carl Glover | - | - | 7 | 7 | ||
| Wattie Robertson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Arthur Browning | - | - | 6 | 6 | ||
| John Wilson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Graham Jones | 6 | - | - | 6 | ||
| Mick Beaton | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | Russ Dent | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||
| Mitch Graham | 2 | - | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| John Jackson | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||
| Tim Swales | - | 2 | - | 2 | |||||||
| Geoff Davies | 0 | - | - | 0 | |||||||
| 1974 | England won series 2-0 | ||||
| 09.06 : Sunderland | England | 57 | Scotland | 50 | |
| 27.07 : Berwick (Shielfield Park) | England | 64 | Scotland | 44 | |
| Scotland | Total | England | Total | ||||||
| Jim Gallacher | 16 | 7 | 23 | Bruce Forrester | 12 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Ken McKinlay | 12 | 2 | 14 | Mitch Graham | - | 18 | 18 | ||
| Andy Meldrum | 3 | 11 | 14 | Tom Owen | - | 16 | 16 | ||
| Brian Collins | - | 11 | 11 | Brian Havelock | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
| John Wilson | 8 | 2 | 10 | Geoff Bouchard | 12 | - | 12 | ||
| Doug Templeton | 9 | - | 9 | Tony Featherstone | 12 | - | 12 | ||
| Willie Templeton | 0 | 9 | 9 | Graham Jones | - | 10 | 10 | ||
| Wattie Robertson | 0 | 2 | 2 | Denny Morter | - | 7 | 7 | ||
| Ian Wilson | 2 | 0 | 2 | Graham Drury | 6 | - | 6 | ||
| Russ Dent | 4 | - | 4 | ||||||
| John Robson | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||
| Dave Trownson | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vic Harding | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
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| 1975 | 13.10 : Newcastle | England | 59 | Scotland | 48 |
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Alan Molyneux | 14 | Jim McMillan | 14 | |
| Tom Owen | 13 | Bobby Beaton | 13 | ||
| Joe Owen | 12 | Bert Harkins | 9 | ||
| Colin Meredith | 9 | Brian Collins | 5 | ||
| Tom Leadbitter | 6 | Ken McKinlay | 4 | ||
| Tim Swales | 4 | Willie Templeton | 2 | ||
| Robbie Gardner | 1 | Doug Templeton | 1 | ||
| Peter Waite | 0 |
| 1978 | 07.10 : Glasgow (Blantyre Stadium) | Scottish Select | 51 | English Select | 57 |
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George Hunter | 15 | Steve Lawson | 17 | |
| Merv Janke | 14 | Derek Richardson | 16 | ||
| Brian Collins | 9 | Dave Trownson | 14 | ||
| Benny Rourke | 9 | Keith Bloxsome | 6 | ||
| Jim Beaton | 3 | Andy Reid | 3 | ||
| Colin Caffrey | 1 | Graham Jones | 1 | ||
| Charlie McKinna | 0 | Ivan Blacka | 0 |
| 1979 | England won series 3-2 | ||||
| 11.05 : Edinburgh (Powderhall) | Scotland | 60 | England | 48 | |
| 13.05 : Glasgow (Blantyre Stadium) | Scotland | 60 | England | 48 | |
| 20.05 : Workington | England | 70 | Scotland | 38 | |
| 02.06 : Berwick (Shielfield Park) | England | 54 | Scotland | 53 | |
| 07.06 : Middlesbrough | England | 66 | Scotland | 42 | |
| Scotland | Total | England | Total | ||||||||||||
| Jim McMillan | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 78 | Tom Owen | 14 | - | 16 | 15 | 15 | 60 | ||
| Bobby Beaton | 15 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 71 | Steve Finch | - | - | 11 | 14 | 8 | 33 | ||
| George Hunter | - | 17 | 0 | 15 | - | 32 | Dave Trownson | 9 | 14 | - | 8 | - | 31 | ||
| Brian Collins | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 16 | Steve Lawson | 7 | 12 | 11 | - | - | 30 | ||
| Andy Reid | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 | Steve Wilcock | - | - | 2 | - | 12 | 14 | ||
| Bert Harkins | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | John Jackson | - | - | 13 | - | - | 13 | ||
| Harry MacLean | 4 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 10 | Mike Sampson | - | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | ||
| Charlie McKinna | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | 7 | Malcolm Corradine | - | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | ||
| Jim Beaton | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | Derek Harrison | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | 12 | ||
| Colin Caffrey | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 4 | Derek Richardson | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | 12 | ||
| Benny Rourke | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | Alan Emerson | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | ||
| Ian Darling | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | Steve McDermott | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 10 | ||
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Brian Havelock | - | - | 7 | - | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Graham Jones | 0 | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |||||||||
| Les Rumsey | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | |||||||||
| Nigel Close | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 6 | |||||||||
| Geoff Pusey | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Steve Lomas | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | |||||||||
| Ivan Blacka | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Bloxsome | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |||||||||
| Sid Sheldrick | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | |||||||||
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| 1981 | 17.06 : Edinburgh (Powderhall) | Scotland | 43 | England | 64 |
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George Hunter | 13 | Dave Trownson | 15 | |
| Jim McMillan | 13 | Ivan Blacka | 11 | ||
| Charlie McKinna | 7 | Steve Lawson | 11 | ||
| Benny Rourke | 7 | Chris Turner | 10 | ||
| Brian Collins | 2 | Neil Collins | 9 | ||
| Harry MacLean | 1 | Alan Emerson | 8 | ||
| Colin Caffrey | 0 | Martin Dixon | 0 | ||
| Kenny McKinna | 0 | Rob Grant | 0 |
| 1982 | 14.05 : Edinburgh (Powderhall) | Scotland | 62 | England | 46 | |
| Andy Campbell | 14 | Eric Broadbelt | 10 | |||
| Charlie McKinna | 14 | Dave Trownson | 10 | |||
| Jim McMillan | 10 | Steve McDermott | 9 | |||
| Bobby Beaton | 9 | Steve Wilcock | 9 | |||
| Brian Collins | 8 | Ivan Blacka | 4 | |||
| George Hunter | 7 | Chris Turner | 4 | |||
| Mike Caroline | 0 | |||||
| Ian Westwell | 0 |
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| 1982 | 1984 | 1984 |
| 1984 | Series tied 1-1 | ||||
| 04.05 : Edinburgh (Powderhall) | Scotland | 61 | England | 47 | |
| 16.05 : Long Eaton | England | 64 | Scotland | 44 | |
| Scotland | Total | England | Total | ||||||
| Bobby Beaton | 17 | 16 | 33 | Dave Perks | 14 | 14 | 28 | ||
| Steve Lawson | 6 | 12 | 18 | Keith White | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Steve McDermott | 8 | 8 | 16 | Kevin Smart | 3 | 11 | 14 | ||
| Charlie McKinna | 13 | - | 13 | Tom Owen | 8 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Jim McMillan | 8 | - | 8 | Steve Wilcock | 12 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Roger Lambert | 6 | 0 | 6 | Chris Pidcock | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Bruce Cribb | - | 4 | 4 | Paul Stead | 0 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Andy Reid | - | 4 | 4 | Nigel Crabtree | - | 8 | 8 | ||
| Dave Trownson | 3 | - | 3 | Sean Courtney* | 0 | - | 0 | ||
| Sean Courtney* | - | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Martin Johnson | - | 0 | 0 | * rode for both teams | |||||
| No matches have been raced since 1984, though Scotland v England/Great Britain Under-21 matches |
| were held in 1998, 1999, and 2005 © Brian Collins 2004-08 |