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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Awarded for | Winner of England–Scotland fixture[a] |
| Country |  England Scotland |
| History | |
| First award | 10 March 1879; 145 years, 96 days ago |
| Editions | 129 |
| Most wins | England (82)[b] |
| Most recent | Scotland (2024) |
The Calcutta Cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between England and Scotland played annually in the Six Nations Championship. Like the match itself (England–Scotland), the Calcutta Cup is the oldest trophy contested between any two international rugby union teams, pre-dating the Bledisloe Cup (Australia–New Zealand) by more than half a century. It is also the oldest of several trophies awarded under the umbrella of the Six Nations Championship, which include the Millennium Trophy (England–Ireland), Centenary Quaich (Ireland–Scotland), Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy (France–Italy), Auld Alliance Trophy (France–Scotland), the Doddie Weir Cup (Scotland–Wales) and the Cuttitta Cup (Italy–Scotland).
History
Calcutta Club
On Christmas Day in 1872 a game of rugby union football was played in Calcutta, British India by a group of forty people (twenty-a-side), with one team representing England and the other Scotland.[1][c] Following this match, and the growth of British Sport in India, the Calcutta Rugby Football Club was formally established in January the following year by expats, former students of Rugby School,[2] and soldiers of the Royal East Kent Regiment.[3][4] In 1874, the club joined the Rugby Football Union (RFU).[1][4][5] By 1878, the club’s diminishing members withdrew club funds, a total of ₹270,[d] and had them melted down to make a trophy.[1][4][5] The trophy was presented by the club to the RFU and was used as “the best means of doing some lasting good for the cause of Rugby Football.”[4]
The cup
The domed lid is surmounted by an elephant which is, it is said, copied from the Viceroy's own stock. The inscription on the Cup's wooden base reads: The Calcutta Cup.[3]
There is an anomaly in the recording of the winning country on the base of the Cup. It was first played for in 1879, but the plinth shows records extending back to the first international in 1871.
While the original was handmade by Indian craftsmen, the replicas were made using modern technology.
In 1988 the cup was damaged by the antics of some drunken players, including England number eight Dean Richards and Scotland flanker John Jeffrey who played football with the Calcutta Cup along Princes Street in Edinburgh. Jeffrey received a six-month ban from the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), whilst Richards was given a one-match sentence from England.[6]
Competition
Despite the initial request of the Calcutta Club that the trophy be used as rugby's answer to football's FA Cup, the RFU refused to turn the Calcutta Cup into a knock-out competition for English club sides. They believed that "competitiveness" ran against the amateur ethos and instead decided that a game should be played each year between England and Scotland and whoever wins should keep it for that year. The first Calcutta Cup match was played at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, on 10 March 1879 and ended in a draw; Scotland scored a drop goal and England a goal. The following year on 28 February 1880 England became the first winners of the Calcutta Cup when they defeated Scotland by two goals & three tries to one goal in Manchester. Matches have continued on an annual basis except for two interruptions due to the World Wars between 1915–1919 and 1940–1946.
As of 2024, 131 Calcutta Cup matches have taken place. Currently, this game is the annual match between the two nations in the Six Nations Championship. The ground alternates between Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (on even years) and Twickenham Stadium in London (on odd years).
In 2004, the two countries' rugby governing bodies, the Rugby Football Union (England) and the Scottish Rugby Union, were considering a plan to add a second Calcutta Cup fixture each year, outside the Six Nations Championship. The second fixture would be hosted by the away nation in the Six Nations fixture of the same year. Under that plan, one nation would have to win both matches to take the Cup off its current holder. Due to a largely unfavourable reaction, the proposal was dropped.
Results
Results summary
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| Year | Date | Winner | Score | Stadium and location | Holder (aggregate times held) |
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| 1879 | 10 March | draw | (0) 1G–1G (1T) | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | — |
| 1880 | 28 February | England (1)
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(5T) 2G–1G (1T) | Whalley Range, Manchester | England (2)
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| 1881 | 19 March | draw | (2T) 1G–1G (1T) | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | |
| 1882 | 4 March | Scotland (1)
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(0) 0G–0G (2T) | Whalley Range, Manchester | Scotland (1)
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| 1883 | 3 March | England (2)
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(1T) 0G–0G (2T) | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | England (7)
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| 1884 | 1 March | England (3)
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(1T) 1G–0G (1T) | Rectory Field, Blackheath | |
| 1885 | Not played | ||||
| 1886 | 13 March | draw | (0) 0G–0G (0) | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | |
| 1887 | 5 March | draw | (1T) 0G–0G (1T) | Whalley Range, Manchester | |
| 1888 | Not played | ||||
| 1889 | |||||
| 1890 | 1 March | England (4)
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0–6 | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | |
| 1891 | 7 March | Scotland (2)
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3–9 | Athletic Ground, Richmond | Scotland (2)
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| 1892 | 5 March | England (5)
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0–5 | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | England (8)
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| 1893 | 4 March | Scotland (3)
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0–8 | Headingley Stadium, Leeds | Scotland (6)
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| 1894 | 17 March | Scotland (4)
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6–0 | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | |
| 1895 | 9 March | Scotland (5)
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3–6 | Athletic Ground, Richmond | |
| 1896 | 14 March | Scotland (6)
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11–0 | Cathkin Park, Glasgow | |
| 1897 | 13 March | England (6)
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12–3 | Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester | England (10)
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| 1898 | 12 March | draw | 3–3 | Powderhall Stadium, Edinburgh | |
| 1899 | 11 March | Scotland (7)
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0–5 | Rectory Field, Blackheath | Scotland (9)
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| 1900 | 10 March | draw | 0–0 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | |
| 1901 | 9 March | Scotland (8)
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3–18 | Rectory Field, Blackheath | |
| 1902 | 15 March | England (7)
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3–6 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | England (11)
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| 1903 | 21 March | Scotland (9)
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6–10 | Athletic Ground, Richmond | Scotland (12)
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| 1904 | 19 March | Scotland (10)
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6–3 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | |
| 1905 | 18 March | Scotland (11)
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0–8 | Athletic Ground, Richmond | |
| 1906 | 17 March | England (8)
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3–9 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | England (12)
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| 1907 | 16 March | Scotland (12)
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3–8 | Rectory Field, Blackheath | Scotland (15)
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| 1908 | 21 March | Scotland (13)
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16–10 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | |
| 1909 | 20 March | Scotland (14)
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8–18 | Athletic Ground, Richmond | |
| 1910 | 19 March | England (9)
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5–14 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | England (14)
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| 1911 | 18 March | England (10)
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13–8 | Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 1912 | 16 March | Scotland (15)
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8–3 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | Scotland (16)
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| 1913 | 15 March | England (11)
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3–0 | Twickenham Stadium, London | England (21)
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| 1914 | 21 March | England (12)
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15–16 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | |
| 1915 | Not played due to World War I | ||||
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| 1920 | 20 March | England (13)
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13–4 | Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 1921 | 19 March | England (14)
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0–18 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | |
| 1922 | 18 March | England (15)
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11–5 | Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 1923 | 17 March | England (16)
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6–8 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | |
| 1924 | 15 March | England (17)
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19–0 | Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 1925 | 21 March | Scotland (16)
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14–11 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | Scotland (19)
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| 1926 | 20 March | Scotland (17)
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9–17 | Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 1927 | 19 March | Scotland (18)
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21–13 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | |
| 1928 | 17 March | England (18)
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6–0 | Twickenham Stadium, London | England (22)
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| 1929 | 16 March | Scotland (19)
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12–6 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | Scotland (22)
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| 1930 | 16 March | draw | 0–0 | Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 1931 | 21 March | Scotland (20)
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28–19 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | |
| 1932 | 19 March | England (19)
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16–3 | Twickenham Stadium, London | England (23)
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| 1933 | 18 March | Scotland (21)
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3–0 | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | Scotland (23)
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| 1934 | 17 March | England (20)
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