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Played21 February 1885
Ireland
v
Scotland
Ormeau, Belfast, Northern IrelandHead-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –TScotland try · John Jamieson

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 15Robert MorrowFull-back
  2. Henry BrabazonForward
  3. William RutherfordForward
  4. Robert WarrenFly-half
  5. Jack JohnstonForward
  6. JP RossThree-quarter
  7. Tom AllenForward
  8. Daniel RossThree-quarter
  9. Thomas LyleForward
  10. Harry NeillForward
  11. J ThompsonForward
  12. Robert McLeanThree-quarter
  13. Ernest CrawfordFly-half
  14. Robert BradshawForward
  15. Thomas ShanahanForward

Scotland

  1. 15James VeitchFull-back
  2. Thomas IrvineForward
  3. John JamiesonForward
  4. Harry EvansThree-quarter
  5. Patrick Don WauchopeFly-half
  6. William PeterkinForward
  7. Tom AinslieForward
  8. John TodForward
  9. Bunny Don WauchopeFly-half
  10. JB BrownForward
  11. Charles BerryForward
  12. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  13. Gordon MitchellForward
  14. Charles ReidForward
  15. George LindsayThree-quarter

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Context

All-time, Ireland 72–55 Scotland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests

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.