Seventy nine years after the last time that Scotland won a Triple Crown at Twickenham Kevin Ferrie looks back on ‘Wilson Shaw’s match’ with the son of the man who received a regal order to continue leading the visiting pack that day It is known by rugby aficionados as ‘Wilson Shaw’s match’ and was the first rugby match to be televised, but what is less well known is that it was a Scotland victory by royal command. The 1938 Calcutta Cup match was dominated by the visitors, yet the outcome was in the balance until the dying moments and it seems it may have been lost but for the woman who would become universally known to later generations as the Queen Mother.

Seventy nine years after the last time that Scotland won a Triple Crown at Twickenham Kevin Ferrie looks back on ‘Wilson Shaw’s match’ with the son of the man who received a regal order to continue leading the visiting pack that day It is known by rugby aficionados as ‘Wilson Shaw’s match’ and was the first rugby match to be televised, but what is less well known is that it was a Scotland victory by royal command. The 1938 Calcutta Cup match was dominated by the visitors, yet the outcome was in the balance until the dying moments and it seems it may have been lost but for the woman who would become universally known to later generations as the Queen Mother.