Full time19 February 1898
Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast, Northern Ireland · Home Nations 1898Head-to-head
Scotland won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CScotland conversion · Thomas Scott0–2
- –TScotland try · Tom Scott0–5
- –TScotland try · Tom Scott0–8
Line-ups
Ireland
- 15PE O'Brien ButlerFull-back
- Louis MageeFly-half
- Jack RyanForward
- JL DavisForward
- Lucius GwynnThree-quarter
- John McIlwaineForward
- William ByronForward
- Gerald AllenFly-half
- Larry BulgerThree-quarter
- Mike RyanForward
- Harry LindsayForward
- Francis PurserThree-quarter
- James FranksForward
- Jim LytleForward
- Frederick SmithwickThree-quarter
Scotland
- 15James ReidFull-back
- Allan SmithThree-quarter
- Harry SmithForward
- Mark MorrisonForward
- Thomas ScottForward
- William McEwanForward
- E SpencerThree-quarter
- Robert NeilsonThree-quarter
- Robert ScottForward
- Tom ScottThree-quarter
- John MabonFly-half
- Johnny DykesForward
- Andrew MackinnonForward
- Matthew ElliotFly-half
- Graham KerrForward
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Ireland 72–55 Scotland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
Scotland going in
- Previous meeting: 20 February 1897, Ireland 3–8 Scotland
- Next meeting on record: 18 February 1899
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.