The district matches between Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Scotland's two largest cities, were known as the Inter-City rivalry.

Drew (Glasgow Academicals) Quarter backs: George Buchanan McClure (West of Scotland), John Arthur (Glasgow Academicals) [Captain] Forwards: John Kennedy Tod, Henry William Allan, Charles Chalmers Bryce, George Raphael Fleming, J.S.

Thomson, J.K. Brown (all Glasgow Academicals) James Howe McClure, J. Kennedy, J.P. Tennant, Robert Wilson, G. Hunter, A. Cochrane (all West of Scotland) J.W.

Edinburgh District: A. Ross (Wanderers), J. Patullo (Craigmount), Thomas Roger Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), William St Clair Grant (Craigmount), J. Junor (Royal High School), J.

A. W. Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), and E. Thew (Merchistonians), backs ; Francis Moncreiff (captain), R. W. Irvine, E. M. Bannerman, James Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), Angus Buchanan, Alexander Petrie, and M. Sanderson (Royal High School), Charles Walker Cathcart and John Lisle Hall MacFarlane (Edinburgh University), Tom Whittington (Merchistonians), Benjamin Blyth II (Merchistonians), J. Forsyth and A. R. Stewart (Wanderers), forwards.