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Played6 February 1886
Ireland
v
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1886Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · Edgar Wilkinson

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. Robert MorrowBack
  4. Robert WarrenFly-half
  5. Victor le FanuForward
  6. Joseph ChambersForward
  7. Jack JohnstonForward
  8. Ernest GreeneThree-quarter
  9. JP RossThree-quarter
  10. Daniel RossThree-quarter
  11. Thomas LyleForward
  12. Robert HughesForward
  13. Meredith JohnstonFly-half
  14. RH Massy-WestroppForward
  15. Thomas ShanahanForward

England

  1. Baby HancockForward
  2. Arthur TaylorBack
  3. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  4. William ClibbornForward
  5. Gregory WadeThree-quarter
  6. George JefferyForward
  7. Edgar WilkinsonForward
  8. Alfred TegginForward
  9. Fred BonsorFly-half
  10. Norman SpurlingForward
  11. Charles GurdonForward
  12. Rawson RobertshawThree-quarter
  13. Rupert InglisForward
  14. Andrew StoddartThree-quarter
  15. Charles MarriottForward

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

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.