There were no changes from the selected team.

Ireland lost on Scottish soil for the first time since the Edinburgh game of 1936 and were beaten by an innings, a feat which had not befallen the Shamrock since 1926 at Greenock. The two left-handed bowlers, Nichol (in the first innings) and Henderson (in the second innings) proved too much for the timid Irish batsmen and they were all out for scores of 138 and 126. This was Boucher's 15th match in succession against Scotland - he first appeared in 1930 and has not missed a match since. When he took his fourth wicket of the innings Boucher had claimed 100 victims in this annual encounter. At the end of the game he had bowled in 29 innings in 15 games and taken 102 wickets for 1380 runs, an average of 13.52.

In brilliant sunshine and on a hard and true pitch Ireland found runs very difficult to get on the opening day. At times the batting was painfully slow and the first hour produced only 15 runs. In all Ireland occupied the crease for three hours and 50 minutes while totalling only 138 - flattery of a Scottish attack weakened by withdrawals. Jacobson left at seven, caught behind the wicket. Pollock and Bergin took the score to 49 when Pollock was bowled by Wilson for 28. McCloy was lbw next over for 0. Shearer came in and produced some beautiful strokes while Bergin continued to defend dourly. This wicket added 62 runs in 58 minutes of which Shearer made 45 before he became the first of Willie Nichol's six victims. At 118 Nichol bowled Bergin who had been in for over three hours for a score of 37. It is difficult to continually justified this painful rate of scoring by Bergin in match after match. It gives the offensive to the opposing bowlers and makes them think they are better than they really are - a sure way of getting a bowler's tail up. The remaining five wickets fell for 20 runs, with Nichol taking four of them. On his home ground Nichol was in great form. He bowled 14 overs before taking a wicket and then, in 8.4 overs, he took six wickets for four runs. Scotland went in at 5 pm and received an early shock when Chisholm was bowled by Ingram off the last ball of the second over. Sheppard and Aitchison carried the score steadily forward until Aitchison edged Boucher to Miller. 43-2-18. JAS Taylor stayed with Sheppard until the close at 70-2.

The game ended just after 6 pm on the second day. Jacobson had returned to Dublin on the Sunday due to a family illness and so Ireland batted one short in their second innings. L Warke (Woodvale) fielded as a Substitute. Sheppard and Taylor batted steadily on until their partnership was worth 93 runs. Then Taylor hit his wicket after making a good 36. Nichol came in and he too batted well. As 156 Sheppard was run out for 72, made in two hours and 50 minutes. One run later Boucher had Anderson caught by McCloy without scoring. Edward hit a six and a four before he became another of Boucher's victims at 178. Cosh came in and hit about him in all directions. He lost Nichol at 227. He was lbw to Armstrong after a stand of 49 with Cosh. After batting 55 minutes for 39 runs Cosh became Boucher's 100th Scottish wicket. Drummond was out at 259 but Henderson and Wilson added 23 for the last wicket, Henderson hitting Boucher for 20 runs in eight balls before being bowled by the off-spinner. Boucher was the best Irish bowler taking 6-78. The fielding had been keen throughout and many runs were saved. The wicket-keeping of Miller was not, however, up to his usual high standard and he missed two stumping chances including Sheppard at a vital stage.

McCloy took Jacobson's place and opened with Bergin. He was out first ball being caught in the slips by Taylor off Wilson. He had thus "bagged a pair" an unenviable distinction which he had also earned against the South Africans in Dublin in 1951. An in-swinger from Wilson in his next over completely beat and bowled Pollock and still there were no runs on the board. Bergin hit a four in the next over from Drummond and three balls later was beaten by the pace and bowled. Then came stability from the two "elder statesman" - Shearer and Ingram. Both defended grimly until the tea interval despite the efforts of six Scottish bowlers. After tea both batsmen opened out and things began to look up. At 73 Shearer was dropped by Nichol at deep mid-on off Henderson. The next ball, however, saw Aitchison at short square leg hold a catch from Ingram. The partnership had put on 70 in 78 minutes. At 79 two wickets fell. Shearer, after scoring a delightful and invaluable 40, was caught at the wicket off Henderson and the next ball saw Edward catch Boucher off the same bowler. Bowden left at 93 and Armstrong, who had hit a six off Nichol, was out at 94. A last wicket stand of 32 in 17 minutes between Huey and Miller was entertaining and showed that the Scottish bowling could be hit. Miller made 18 not out and thus doubled his previous highest score for Ireland. Henderson it was who took the wickets this time, his figures being 5-27 in 13 overs. Nichol, although he did not take a wicket, bowled 17 overs for 24 runs and kept one end quiet. This match proved beyond all doubt that Shearer was by far our best batsmen. He top-scored in both innings and played most attractive stroke making cricket.

On the scheduled third day of the game a non-cap match was played between a Scottish XI and an Irish XI. Warke came into the Irish team for this game to take Jacobson's place. Ireland batted first and made 161 mainly thanks to 53 by Pollock and 50 by Shearer. For Scotland Nichol (4) and Henderson (3) took most of the wickets. Scotland, in reply, were all out for 130 with Ingram taking five wickets and Huey four. It was, however, little consolation for the heavy defeat Ireland suffered in the first-class match.