Doh! So much for the new great game that was going to capture the whole world. The next time the two countries met was in March 1873 in England and the home team won 4-2.
By 1884 the British Championships was devised and all home countries played one another. The first tie between the Blues and the Whites was in Scotland and ended 1-0 to the Blues.
Matters toddled along nicely in alternate venues (but in 1901 and 1902 both matches were played in England-don't know why).
Between 1915-1919 no games were held and Scotland won the 1914 pre-War game 3-1, whilst England won the 1920 match 5-4.
From then on apart from the Second World War, matches were played at alternate venues. In 1939 England won in Scotland 2-1 and in 1947 the teams drew 1-1 in England.
In 1950 the teams met in the World Cup with the English winning 1-0 and again they met in another World Cup qualifier in 1954, England winning 5-4.
Two UEFA ties were played in 1967-8 and there was an FA Centenary match held in 1973 when Scotland lost 0-5 at home. By then the FA was getting fed up with odd violence marring the fixture.
By 1984 we saw the last of the British Championships games as the competition was disbanded and diplomatically the match ended in a 1-1 draw.The next series of games relied on being titled "Friendlies", or between 1987-9 the two teams met for the Rous Cup, in memory of Sir Stanley Rous who was the President of the FA.
Since 1996 games have been occasional, depending on UEFA ties, Friendlies and most recently more W.Cup qualifiers. England's last tie was a 3-0 win and we expect nothing less tomorrow after Gareth's bonding weekend with the Marines.
Since those humble beginnings in 1872 when "official" internationals began, England has won 48 times and Scotland 41. That leaves 24 draws.
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