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Played24 March 1879
England
v
Ireland
Kennington Oval, London, EnglandHead-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  2. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  3. –TEngland try · Wyndham Evanson
  4. –TEngland try · Harry Twynam
  5. –TEngland try · Frank Adams
  6. –TEngland try · Hugh Rowley
  7. –DEngland drop goal · Lennard Stokes

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

Line-ups

England

  1. 15William PennyFull-back
  2. Norman McLeodForward
  3. Frank AdamsForward
  4. John BiggsForward
  5. Harry TwynamFly-half
  6. Harold BatesonForward
  7. Wyndham EvansonThree-quarter
  8. Edward GurdonForward
  9. Gillie HarrisonForward
  10. William OpenshawFly-half
  11. Hugh RowleyForward
  12. Jimmy BuddForward
  13. Lennard StokesThree-quarter
  14. Stuart NeameForward
  15. George BurtonForward

Ireland

  1. 15William PikeFull-back
  2. Frederick SchuteForward
  3. William NevilleForward
  4. Augustus WhitestoneFly-half
  5. George ScrivenForward
  6. James HeronFly-half
  7. James BristowForward
  8. Henry MurrayForward
  9. John CuppaidgeForward
  10. John BagotThree-quarter
  11. Henry PurdonForward
  12. William FinlayForward
  13. WJ WillisThree-quarter
  14. Jack KeonForward
  15. Brabazon CasementForward

Match officials

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Context

All-time, England 70–54 Ireland, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going inno earlier scored Tests
Ireland 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.