1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship
{{Short description|Rugby union competition}}
{{Infobox rugby union season
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| countries = {{flag|Scotland}}
| date = 1986–87
| champions = Edinburgh District
| count =
| runnersup = South
| matches = 10
| attendance =
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| prevseason = {{nowrap|1985–86 Scottish Inter-District Championship}}
| nextseason = {{nowrap|1987–88 Scottish Inter-District Championship}}
}}
The 1986–87 Scottish Inter-District Championship was a rugby union competition for Scotland's district teams.McEwans Rugby Record 86-87. contribution Bill McMurtrie. 1986. Ian McLauchlan Associates. Edinburgh.
This season saw the 34th formal Scottish Inter-District Championship.
Edinburgh District won the competition with four wins.McEwans Rugby Record 87-88. contribution Bill McMurtrie. 1987. Ian McLauchlan Associates. Edinburgh.{{Cite web|date=23 April 2021|title=Heriot's Rugby Club|url=https://twitter.com/heriotsrugby/status/1385498869325312001|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Twitter|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423074121/https://twitter.com/HeriotsRugby/status/1385498869325312001 |archive-date=2021-04-23 }}
Midlands fixtures for the season.{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860912/236/0015|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Midlands - Edinburgh{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19861106/208/0017|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}} South - Ulster{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/19860914/308/0028|title=|via=British Newspaper Archive}}
1986-87 League Table
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| width="200"|Team
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| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"| Edinburgh District |4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 51 | +45 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|align="left"| South |4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 45 | +82 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|align="left"| Anglo-Scots |4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 67| | ||
| 21 | 4 | ||||||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|align="left"| Glasgow District |4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 99| | ||
| 31 | 2 | ||||||
| align="left"| North and Midlands
|4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 104| | ||
| 75 | 0 |
Results
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!scope="col" width="100px"|Date !scope="col" width="80px"|Try !scope="col" width="80px"|Conversion !scope="col" width="80px"|Penalty !scope="col" width="80px"|Dropped goal !scope="col" width="80px"|Goal from mark !scope="col" width="200px"|Notes |
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!1977–1991 |4 points |2 points |3 points |3 points |{{n/a}} |
=Round 1=
{{rugbybox |
date = 26 November 1986
|home = Edinburgh District
|score = 42 – 16
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861127&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Glasgow District
|try1 = Iain Milne
Stewart McAslan x 3
Gavin Hastings x 3
Jamie Paton
Murray Fisken
|con1 = Gavin Hastings x 2
Simon Scott
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|try2 = Steve Munro
E. D. McCorkindale
|con2 = Calum MacGregor
|pen2 = Calum MacGregor x 2
|drop2 =
|stadium = Meggetland Sports Complex
|attendance =
|referee = G. I. Inglis (Selkirk)
}}
Edinburgh District: Gavin Hastings (Watsonians), S. W. McAslan (Heriots), Euan Kennedy (Watsonians), S. H. Scott (Stewarts Melville), M. M. Fisken (Boroughmuir), J. F. Paton (Edinburgh Academicals), M. D. Hall (Boroughmuir), Alex Brewster (Stewarts Melville) [captain], Kenny Milne (Heriots), Iain Milne (Heriots), J. S. Hamilton (Heriots), Jeremy Richardson (Edinburgh Academicals), Jim Calder (Stewarts Melville), Finlay Calder (Stewarts Melville), K. P. Rafferty (Heriots)
Glasgow District: D. H. Drummond (West of Scotland), S. Munro (Ayr), D. R. McKee (Jordanhill), Calum MacGregor (Boroughmuir), P. P. Manning (Ayr), D. R. Barrett (West of Scotland), E. D. McCorkindale (Glasgow High Kelvinside), Gerry McGuinness (West of Scotland), Graham Ellis (Glasgow Academicals), Brian Robertson (Stirling County), H. M. Parker (Kilmarnock), A. F. McDowall (Ayr), W. H. Malcolm (Glasgow Academicals), J. R. Beattie (Glasgow Academicals) [captain], J. D. Busby (Hillhead). Replacement: D. R. Livingston (West of Scotland) for Beattie.
=Round 2=
{{rugbybox |
date = 29 November 1986
|home = Anglo-Scots
|score = 22 – 6
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861201&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = North and Midlands
|try1 = Chris Gray
Jones
Gary Irvine
Stuart Irvine
|con1 =
|pen1 = Stuart Irvine
|drop1 = Russell
|try2 =
|con2 =
|pen2 = Graham x 2
|drop2 =
|stadium = Richmond
|attendance =
|referee = W. W. Calder (Selkirk)
}}
Anglo-Scots: S. R. Irvine (London Scottish), J. C. W. Beazley (Edinburgh Wanderers), R. McLean (Gloucester), D. R. M. Bruce Lockhart (London Scottish), T. Paterson-Brown (London Scottish), C. Russell (Wasps), G. J. M. Irvine (Harrogate), P. Jones (Gloucester), I. Kirk (London Scottish), D. Butcher (Sale), Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton (London Scottish) [captain], Chris Gray (Nottingham), S. Smith (Gosforth), A. J. Macklin (London Scottish), Iain Morrison (London Scottish). Replacement: R. Cunningham (Wasps) for Macklin (44 minutes)
North and Midlands: C. J. Macartney (Boroughmuir), R. Harris (Howe of Fife), B. Edwards (Boroughmuir), D. K. Graham (Highland), M. Cross (Dunfermline), N. J. Marshall (Heriots), N. Sharp (Dunfermline), P. Flockhart (Highland), D. Wylie (Boroughmuir), J. L. Scobbie (Glasgow Academicals), C. A. Galbraith (Boroughmuir), I. T. Rankin (Howe of Fife), J. G. Bryce (Heriots), D. Leckie (Edinburgh Academicals), H. J. Edwards (Boroughmuir) [captain]
{{rugbybox |
date = 29 November 1986
|home = Glasgow District
|score = 15 – 36
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861201&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = South
|try1 = Steve Munro
|con1 = Calum MacGregor
|pen1 = Calum MacGregor x 3
|drop1 =
|try2 = John Rutherford x 2
Iwan Tukalo x 2
Alan Tait
|con2 = Peter Dods x 2
|pen2 = Peter Dods x 3
|drop2 = John Rutherford
|stadium = Hughenden Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = R. J. Megson (Edinburgh Wanderers)
}}
Glasgow District: R. Kemp (Kilmarnock), S. Munro (Ayr), D. R. McKee (Jordanhill), A. G. Ker (Glasgow Academicals), P. P. Manning (Ayr), Calum MacGregor (Boroughmuir), A. G. J. Nicolson (Ayr), G. M. McGuinness (West of Scotland), D. R. Livingston (West of Scotland), Brian Robertson (Stirling County), J. Riozzi (West of Scotland), A. F. McDowall (Ayr), W. H. Malcolm (Glasgow Academicals) [captain], J. D. Busby (Hillhead), K. Young (Kilmarnock). Replacement: R. T. S. Bedford (Jordanhill) for Malcolm (74 minutes)
South: Peter Dods (Gala), Alan Tait (Kelso), Keith Murray (Hawick), Roger Baird (Kelso), Iwan Tukalo (Selkirk), John Rutherford (Selkirk), Roy Laidlaw (Jedforest), T. G. Waite (Kelso), Colin Deans (Hawick) [captain], R. A. Nichol (Hawick), Alister Campbell (Hawick), Iain Paxton (Selkirk), R. E. Paxton (Kelso), John Jeffrey (Kelso), Derek Turnbull (Hawick)
=Round 3=
{{rugbybox |
date = 6 December 1986
|home = North and Midlands
|score = 6 – 39
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861208&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = South
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 = Macartney
Marshall
|drop1 =
|try2 = John Jeffrey x 2
Rutherford
Baird
Tukalo
Campbell
|con2 = Dods x 3
|pen2 = Dods x 3
|drop2 =
|stadium = Mayfield, Dundee
|attendance =
|referee = Jim Fleming (Boroughmuir)
}}
North and Midlands: G. Spowart (Dundee HSFP), C. J. Macartney (Boroughmuir), B. Edwards (Boroughmuir), P. F. Rouse (Dundee HSFP), M. Cross (Dunfermline), N. J. Marshall (Heriots), K. Troup (Gordonians), P. Flockhart (Highland), D. Wylie (Boroughmuir), A. Wemyss (Highland), B. H. Bell (Highland) [captain], I. T. Rankin (Howe of Fife), H. J. Edwards (Boroughmuir), D. Leckie (Edinburgh Academicals), D. McIvor (Dunfermline)
South: Peter Dods (Gala), Roger Baird (Kelso), Keith Murray (Hawick), Keith Robertson (Melrose), Iwan Tukalo (Selkirk), John Rutherford (Selkirk), Roy Laidlaw (Jedforest), K. S. Sudlow (Jedforest), Colin Deans (Hawick) [captain], R. A. Nichol (Hawick), Alister Campbell (Hawick), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), R. E. Paxton (Kelso), Iain Paxton (Selkirk), John Jeffrey (Kelso)
=Round 4=
{{rugbybox |
date = 13 December 1986
|home = North and Midlands
|score = 7 – 16
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861215&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Edinburgh District
|try1 = Cross
|con1 =
|pen1 = Macartney
|drop1 =
|try2 = Millar
Finlay Calder
|con2 = Gavin Hastings
|pen2 = Gavin Hastings x 2
|drop2 =
|stadium = Duffus Park, Cupar
|attendance =
|referee = P. C. Robertson (Hawick)
}}
North and Midlands: H. M. Murray (Dunfermline), M. Cross (Dunfermline), R. D. K. Graham (Highland), B. Edwards (Boroughmuir), C. J. Macartney (Boroughmuir), N. J. Marshall (Heriots), K. Troup (Gordonians), P. Flockhart (Highland),
Edinburgh District:
{{rugbybox |
date = 13 December 1986
|home = South
|score = 34 – 3
|report =
|away = Anglo-Scots
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|stadium = Mansfield Park
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South:
Anglo-Scots:
=Round 5=
{{rugbybox |
date = 20 December 1986
|home = Edinburgh District
|score = 17 – 10
|report =
|away = Anglo-Scots
|try1 =
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|stadium = Myreside
|attendance =
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Edinburgh District:
Anglo-Scots:
{{rugbybox |
date = 20 December 1986
|home = Glasgow District
|score = 27 – 10
|report =
|away = North and Midlands
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
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|con2 =
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|stadium = Old Anniesland
|attendance =
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Glasgow District:
North and Midlands:
=Round 6=
{{rugbybox |
date = 27 December 1986
|home = Anglo-Scots
|score = 11 – 10
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861229&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Glasgow District
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
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|try2 =
|con2 =
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|stadium = Imber Court, Surrey
|attendance =
|referee = A. P. Thomson (London Society)
}}
Anglo-Scots:
Glasgow District:
{{rugbybox |
date = 27 December 1986
|home = South
|score = 18 – 21
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861229&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Edinburgh District
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|try2 =
|con2 =
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|stadium = Netherdale
|attendance =
|referee = D. Leslie (Manchester)
}}
South:
Edinburgh District:
Matches outwith the Championship
=Other Scottish matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 8 October 1986
|time =
|home = Glasgow trial
|score = -
|report =
|away =
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Glasgow trial:
-:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 22 October 1986
|time =
|home = Midlands Blues Trial
|score = -
|report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19861022/173/0016 Preview]
|away = Midlands Whites Trial
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
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|con2=
|pen2 =
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|gfm2 =
|stadium = North Inch, Perth
|attendance =
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}}
Midland Blues Trial:
Midland Whites Trial:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 5 November 1986
|time =
|home = Midlands District
|score = 18 - 23
|report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19861106/208/0017 Report]
|away = Edinburgh District
|try1 = Hiscoke
Manson
|con1 = Frame x 2
|pen1 = Frame x 2
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 = Guild
Blundell
Lorento
Munro
|con2= Rankine x 2
|pen2 = Rankine
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Duffus Park, Cupar
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Midlands District:
Edinburgh District:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 19 November 1986
|time =
|home = Midlands District
|score = 6 - 14
|report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19861120/214/0020 Report]
|away = Glasgow District
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
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|con2=
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|gfm2 =
|stadium = Duffus Park, Cupar
|attendance =
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}}
Midlands District:
Glasgow District:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 26 November 1986
|time =
|home = Ayrshire
|score = 30 - 6
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861127&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Dumfries and Galloway
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Millbrae
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Ayrshire:
Dumfries and Galloway:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 26 November 1986
|time =
|home = Renfrewshire
|score = 16 - 15
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861127&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Lanarkshire
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Braidholm
|attendance =
|referee = I. Lockhart (Hillhead)
}}
Renfrewshire:
Lanarkshire:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 10 December 1986
|time =
|home = Renfrewshire
|score = 0 - 4
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861204&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Preview]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861211&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Dunbartonshire
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 = Chris Reid
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Braidholm
|attendance =
|referee = J. Johnston (Gala Y.M.)
}}
Renfrewshire:
Dunbartonshire:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 10 December 1986
|time =
|home = Ayrshire
|score = 40 - 12
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F6hAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4047%2C2883190 Report]
|away = Lanarkshire
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Ardrossan
|attendance =
|referee = L. Crerar (Glasgow High Kelvinside)
}}
Ayrshire:
Lanarkshire:
=Junior matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 5 October 1986
|time =
|home = Glasgow
|score = 8 - 20
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861106&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = South
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Hughenden Stadium
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Glasgow:
South:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 3 December 1986
|time =
|home = South of Scotland
|score = 9 - 0
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19861204&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Midlands District
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Kelso
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
South of Scotland:
Midlands District:
=Trial matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 3 January 1987
|time =
|home = Blues Trial
|score = 28 - 9
|report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19870105/231/0013 Report]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19870105&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Reds Trial
|try1 = Tukalo
Sole
Scott Hastings
M. D. F. Duncan
Paxton
|con1 = Gavin Hastings
|pen1 = Gavin Hastings x 2
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 = Jim Calder
|con2= Peter Dods
|pen2 = Peter Dods
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Murrayfield Stadium
|attendance =
|referee = J. M. Fleming (Boroughmuir)
}}
Blues: A. G. Hastings (Watsonians), M. D. F. Duncan (West of Scotland), D. S. Wylie (Stewart's Melville), S. Hastings (Watsonians), I. Tulako (Selkirk), J. Rutherford (Selkirk), R. J. Laidlaw (Jedforest), D. M. B. Sole (Bath), C. T. Deans (Hawick) [captain], I. G. Milne (Heriots), A. J. Campbell (Hawick), I. A. M. Paxton (Selkirk), J. Jeffrey (Kelso), J. R. Beattie (Glasgow Academicals), F. Calder (Stewart's Melville). Replacement: G. M. McGuinness for D. Sole (74 minutes)
Reds: P. W. Dods (Gala), S. W. McAslan (Heriots), Euan Kennedy (Watsonians), A. V. Tait (Kelso), T. Patterson-Brown (London Scottish), A. B. M. Ker (Kelso), G. H. Oliver (Hawick), A. K. Brewster (Stewart's Melville), G. J. Callander (Kelso) [captain], T. G. Waite (Kelso), H. M. Parker (Kilmarnock), A. J. Tomes (Hawick), Jim Calder (Stewart's Melville), D. B. White (Gala), D. J. Turnbull (Hawick). Replacement: N. A. Rowan (Boroughmujir) for Waite (48 minutes)
=English matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 1 September 1986
|time =
|home = Edinburgh District
|score = -
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860901&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Preview]
|away = Kent
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Inverleith
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Edinburgh District:
Kent:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 2 September 1986
|time =
|home = Glasgow District
|score = -
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860901&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Preview]
|away = Kent
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Hughenden
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
Glasgow District:
Kent:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 24 September 1986
|time =
|home = South of Scotland
|score = 12 - 13
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860922&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Preview]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860925&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Durham County
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Milntown
|attendance =
|referee = D. Thomas (Edinburgh Wanderers)
}}
South of Scotland:
Durham County:
=Irish matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 13 September 1986
|time =
|home = South of Scotland
|score = 21 - 20
|report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002324/19860914/308/0028 Report]
|away = Ulster
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Jedburgh
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
South of Scotland:
Durham County:
=American matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 8 September 1986
|time =
|home = North and Midlands
|score = 20 - 19
|report = [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860902/147/0012 Preview]
[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19860909/157/0012 Report]
|away = Eastern Rugby Union USA
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Mayfield
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
North and Midlands:
Eastern:
=International matches=
{{Rugbybox
|date = 17 September 1986
|time =
|home = South of Scotland District
|score = 45 - 12
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860920&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Japan
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
|con2=
|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = The Greenyards
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
South of Scotland District:
Japan:
{{Rugbybox
|date = 20 September 1986
|time =
|home = North and Midlands
|score = 19 - 27
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860922&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Japan
|try1 =
|con1 =
|pen1 =
|drop1 =
|gfm1=
|try2 =
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|pen2 =
|drop2 =
|gfm2 =
|stadium = Seafield
|attendance =
|referee = I. Bullerwell (East Midlands)
}}
North and Midlands:
Japan:
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|date = 23 September 1986
|time =
|home = Edinburgh District
|score = 26 - 14
|report = [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860922&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Preview]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860924&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Report]
|away = Japan
|try1 =
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|stadium = Myreside
|attendance =
|referee = A. Turner (Lancashire)
}}
Edinburgh District:
Japan: