TheBreakdown
Full time7 February 1891
Ireland
0–9
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1891Head-to-head

England won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Dicky Lockwood
  2. –CEngland conversion · Dicky Lockwood
  3. –TEngland try · Dicky Lockwood
  4. –TEngland try · Dicky Lockwood
  5. –TEngland try · Roger Wilson
  6. –TEngland try · Roger Wilson
  7. –TEngland try · John Toothill

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

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. LC NashForward
  2. Victor le FanuForward
  3. Robert DunlopThree-quarter
  4. Robert MontgomeryThree-quarter
  5. William DavisForward
  6. Edmund ForrestForward
  7. Dolway WalkingtonBack
  8. Alaster McDonnellFly-half
  9. John LytleForward
  10. Sammy LeeThree-quarter
  11. J RocheForward
  12. Charles RookeForward
  13. John O'ConorForward
  14. Benjamin TukeFly-half
  15. J WaitesForward

England

  1. John ToothillForward
  2. Samuel WoodsForward
  3. Dolly MorrisonThree-quarter
  4. WRM LeakeFly-half
  5. Roger WilsonForward
  6. Joseph RichardsForward
  7. Dicky LockwoodThree-quarter
  8. Ernest BrometForward
  9. Fred AldersonThree-quarter
  10. Eustace NorthForward
  11. Launcelot PercivalForward
  12. Donald JowettForward
  13. William MitchellBack
  14. John BerryFly-half
  15. Thomas KentForward

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Context

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

Ireland going in
England going in

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.