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Played7 February 1885
England
v
Ireland
Whalley Range, Manchester, England · Home Nations 1885Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · Joseph Hawcridge
  2. –TEngland try · Wilfred Bolton
  3. –TIreland try · Ernest Greene

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

Line-ups

England

  1. Henry RyallsForward
  2. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  3. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  4. Arthur KembleForward
  5. Joseph HawcridgeThree-quarter
  6. John PayneFly-half
  7. George ThomsonForward
  8. Edward GurdonForward
  9. Gillie HarrisonForward
  10. Charles SampleBack
  11. Charles GurdonForward
  12. Charles HorleyForward
  13. Charles WooldridgeForward
  14. Andrew StoddartThree-quarter
  15. F MossForward

Ireland

  1. Robert WarrenFly-half
  2. Ernest GreeneThree-quarter
  3. JP RossThree-quarter
  4. George WheelerBack
  5. Tom AllenForward
  6. Thomas LyleForward
  7. Frederick MooreForward
  8. Harry NeillForward
  9. Robert McLeanThree-quarter
  10. Robert HughesForward
  11. Ernest CrawfordFly-half
  12. Robert BradshawForward
  13. THM HobbsForward
  14. Thomas ShanahanForward
  15. William RutherfordForward

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.