Primul joc international

 30 noiembrie 1872  SCOTIA - ANGLIA 0-0 Arbitru: William Keay (Scotia) Spectatori: 3.000, Stadionul Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow  SCOTIA: Robert W. Gardner [cpt]  - Joseph Taylor , William Ker  - James John Thomson , James Smith  - William Muir MacKinnon , James Begg (Jerry) Weir , Robert Leckie , David N. Wotherspoon , Robert Smith, Alexander Rhind  ANGLIA: Robert Barker - Ernest Harwood Greenhalgh, Reginald Courtenay Welch - Frederick Patey Chappell, William John Maynard - John Brockbank, John Charles Clegg, Arnold Kirke Smith, Cuthbert John Ottaway [cpt], Charles John Chenery, Charles John Morice.
In nationala Scotiei au jucat fotbalisti  numai de la  Queen's Park.La englezi cei mai multi au fost de la Oxford.