TheBreakdown
Played4 February 1884
Ireland
v
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1884Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Charles Sample
  2. –TEngland try · Wilfred Bolton

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

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. Henry BrabazonForward
  2. William RutherfordForward
  3. Stewart BruceForward
  4. Robert MorrowBack
  5. John BuchananForward
  6. Rowland ScovellThree-quarter
  7. Daniel RossThree-quarter
  8. FH LevisForward
  9. Robert McLeanThree-quarter
  10. Robert HughesForward
  11. Meredith JohnstonFly-half
  12. Oliver StokesForward
  13. WW HigginsFly-half
  14. Frank MooreForward
  15. James McDonaldForward

England

  1. Harry TwynamFly-half
  2. Albert WoodForward
  3. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  4. Alfred TegginForward
  5. Edmund StrongForward
  6. John PayneFly-half
  7. George ThomsonForward
  8. Edward GurdonForward
  9. Henry BellForward
  10. Charles SampleBack
  11. Henry WigglesworthThree-quarter
  12. Herbert FallasThree-quarter
  13. Charles WooldridgeForward
  14. William TathamForward
  15. Charles MarriottForward

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

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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

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.