the last time scotland won the calcutta cup was 2017.
the last time scotland won the calcutta cup was 2017.
when's the last time scotland won the calcutta cup?
2017
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the calcutta cup is the trophy awarded to the winner of the rugby match between scotland and england (the current winner of the cup is scotland). it is the oldest of several individual competitions that take place under the umbrella of the six nations championship, including: the millennium trophy, centenary quaich, giuseppe garibaldi trophy, auld alliance trophy, and the doddie weir cup (the latter two were first contested in 2018).
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the original and oldest calcutta cup is a silver trophy played for annually by the members of royal blackheath golf club. it was a gift from the royal calcutta golf club in response to the presentation of a medal given by blackheath. it is made from melted down silver rupees, reputedly from the same batch of melted down silver rupees as the rugby union cup played for between england and scotland. the cup arrived in london in 1875. it was first played for in december 1875 three years before the first calcutta cup match between england and scotland. the cup held by royal blackheath golf club has only 2 handles unlike the well known calcutta cup. it is only in recent years that the history of the original calcutta cup has been appreciated by sporting historians.
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