Played13 December 1875
Leinster Cricket Ground, Dublin, IrelandHead-to-head
No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.
Scoring
- –CEngland conversion · AW Pearson
- –TEngland try · Charles Clark
- –TEngland try · Edward Kewley
The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.
Line-ups
Ireland
- 15RB WalkingtonFull-back
- 15Herbert MooreFull-back
- Brabazon CasementThree-quarter
- Richard BellFly-half
- William CuscadenForward
- John IrelandForward
- Edward HobsonThree-quarter
- EN McIlwaineForward
- R GreerForward
- G AndrewsForward
- AJ WesbyForward
- Henry CoxForward
- Abraham CronynFly-half
- HD WalshForward
- RM MaginessForward
- Richard GalbraithForward
- William FinlayForward
- David ArnottForward
- James McDonaldForward
- WH AshForward
England
- 15Spencer LoginFull-back
- 15AW PearsonFull-back
- Murray MarshallForward
- Harold GrahamForward
- Arthur MichellThree-quarter
- Charles BrydenForward
- J BrewerForward
- Courtenay VerelstForward
- William CollinsFly-half
- Walter GregForward
- William HutchinsonForward
- Charles ClarkFly-half
- Ernest MarriottForward
- Edward KewleyForward
- Edward TurnerForward
- Charles GunnerThree-quarter
- James BushForward
- John GrahamForward
- AJ BulteelForward
- Francis LuscombeForward
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Ireland 54–70 England, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
England going inno earlier scored Tests
- Next meeting on record: 15 March 1890
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.