IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Football's number one prize was twice stolen. “A lot of us wanted to put down a Lions marker but unusually before the game we were out at Weybridge and things were really calm, or as calm as they ever got with Jim Telfer. So, the last time the Scots beat the English on their own turf, M*A*S*H had just ended, the compact disc had gone on sale in Britain, and the use of seatbelts became a legal requirement.
It helped that we had a Kiwi referee, Tom Doocey, who was sympathetic to the way we played at the breakdown.
“England were big and powerful up front, our forwards were more mobile and we had a set of backs who, apart from Jim Pollock from Gosforth, played together for the South and knew each other’s games inside out.”“We were really confident, there was no inferiority complex,” says Paxton. Who would have thought then that it would be at least 34 years before we got another chance to do that again.”We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.
• Killer, a pilot for a Glasgow-set police show screened by ITV and produced by Scottish Television, was screened. This auction represents an ideal opportunity to own … The Calcutta Cup fixture contested between Scotland and England has produced many magical moments and memorable matches since its inception in 1879.Spanning three centuries, the trophy has been played annually with only three breaks: for the duration of both World Wars, and during a dispute between the nations in the 1880s, which ultimately led to the establishment of the International Rugby Football Board (now World Rugby).The 141-year old men’s fixture stirs the emotions of supporters on either side of the border, with bragging rights and the trophy belonging to the victors for at least 12 months.England are currently in possession of the trophy after regaining it in 2020 following a scrappy 13-6 win in wet conditions at Murrayfield.For Scotland supporters, beating England alone might not make their season, but Calcutta Cup wins have historically been well celebrated, particularly when the team has otherwise been at a low ebb.The match at Murrayfield in 2000 was a case in point, as Scotland, who’d lost all four matches in the inaugural Six Nations up until that point, denied a previously unbeaten England their first Grand Slam under Sir Clive Woodward.Duncan Hodge was the hero of that day in April, scoring all 19 points to secure a famous victory for his side and send England “Still now two decades on people stop me in the street and mention that game, it has kind of followed me around, but I am not complaining,” said Hodge, Scotland’s attack coach and former fly-half.“As a sportsman or woman, there are certain moments you will always remember and that is one for me for sure.”The silver trophy takes its name from the Calcutta Football Club, which was disbanded in 1879 after the departure of a local British Army regiment – Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion – led to a decline in interest in rugby.Determined to keep the memory of the club alive, the club captain, honorary secretary and treasurer, Mr G A James Rothney, sent a letter to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) informing them of the club’s intention ‘of doing some lasting good, for the cause of Rugby Football’.Rothney’s proposal was that a ‘Challenge Cup’ be produced using the 270 silver rupees left in the club’s bank account.
His tally of nine tries in just eight appearances has stood since 1933 and does not look in danger of being beaten any time soon.Cyril Lowe, another winger from the post-Edwardian era, jointly holds the try-scoring record for England with six in the fixture, alongside modern-day great, Jason Robinson.Lowe is one of four Englishmen to score a Calcutta Cup hat-trick. In 1983, Australia II broke the longest sporting winning streak on record when it won the America's Cup. INTERNATIONAL MATCH. The main goal-kicking responsibilities lay elsewhere in his first three Calcutta Cup fixtures, but from 2003 to his last encounter in 2011, he contributed 78 points, the most by a Scot, including important match-winning contributions in 2006 and 2008.For a game that arouses such passion, the Calcutta Cup somewhat surprisingly has a clean ‘charge sheet’ when it comes to red cards; not a single one has been issued in its 141-year history.The Calcutta Cup match with the most yellow cards (three) came in England’s Grand Slam-winning season of 2003. It was never comfortable but we never felt we were going to lose.”That theme of Scottish confidence is echoed by Robertson. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation.
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Calcutta Cup 2019: Scotland legend Jim Calder looks back on 1983 Twickenham triumph. 21st Match: England v Sri Lanka at Leeds - Jun 20, 1983 England won by 9 wickets (with 215 balls remaining) Sri Lanka 136 (50.4/60 ov); England 137/1 (24.1/60 ov) Scorecard In 13 outings in the famous fixture – Rugby World Cup outings aren’t classified as Calcutta Cup clashes so the RWC 1991 semi-final does not count – the loose-head prop was only on the losing side once – at Murrayfield in 2000.The front row also provides Scotland with their top Calcutta Cup record appearance-holder in hooker Ross Ford.
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