Cities District (rugby union)

Cities District is a select Scottish provincial amateur rugby union team that draws its players from Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. It is occasionally known as the Glasgow-Edinburgh District side.

Founded in 1893, the Cities District team - and its corresponding Provinces District team - was created, thus halving Scotland's representative rugby union area in two.^[1]

History[]

Formation[]

To include other players when selecting the international team, the Cities v Provinces District match was introduced by the Scottish Rugby Union in the 1893–94 season.

The match was first played on Saturday 23 December 1893. The Provinces District was deemed a 'Rest of Scotland' side; though the 'Rest of Scotland' term was fluid dependent on the opposition.^[2]

Partial list of games played against international opposition[]

Year	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Score	Tour
1935	16 October	New Zealand	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	8 - 9	1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada
1947	15 October	Australia	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	9 - 23	1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
1951	31 October	South Africa	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	11 - 43	1951–52 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
1953	25 November	New Zealand	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	3 - 23	1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
1957	4 December	Australia	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	3 - 9	1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
1960	16 November	South Africa	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	11- 16	1960–61 South Africa rugby union tour of Europe
1963	20 November	New Zealand	Hughenden Stadium, Glasgow	Loss	3 - 33	1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
1966	16 November	Australia	Hughenden Stadium, Glasgow	Loss	11 - 18	1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
1972	12 December	New Zealand	Hughenden Stadium, Glasgow	Loss	10 - 16	1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
1973	14 November	Argentina	Hughenden Stadium, Glasgow	Win	18 - 13	1973 Argentina rugby union tour of Ireland and Scotland
1996	3 November	Australia	Old Anniesland, Glasgow	Loss	19 - 37	1996 Australia rugby union tour of Europe

Notable former players[]

Scotland Internationalists[]

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