TheBreakdown
Full time6 February 1892
England
7–0
Ireland
Whalley Range, Manchester, England · Home Nations 1892Head-to-head

England won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Samuel Woods
  2. –TEngland try · Launcelot Percival
  3. –TEngland try · Frank Evershed

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

Line-ups

England

  1. John ToothillForward
  2. Samuel WoodsForward
  3. Little Billy TaylorFly-half
  4. Spafty BriggsFly-half
  5. Edward BulloughForward
  6. William YiendForward
  7. Frank EvershedForward
  8. Scatter HubbardThree-quarter
  9. Sam HoughtonBack
  10. Abel AshworthForward
  11. Dicky LockwoodThree-quarter
  12. Ernest BrometForward
  13. Launcelot PercivalForward
  14. James MarshThree-quarter
  15. Thomas KentForward

Ireland

  1. T PeelBack
  2. Victor le FanuForward
  3. Robert DunlopThree-quarter
  4. TJ JohnstonForward
  5. Thomas ThornhillFly-half
  6. William DavisForward
  7. William GardinerThree-quarter
  8. Sammy LeeThree-quarter
  9. Joseph JamesonForward
  10. RE SmithForward
  11. Charles RookeForward
  12. Arthur WallisForward
  13. John O'ConorForward
  14. Edward WalshForward
  15. Benjamin TukeFly-half

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Context

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

England going in
Ireland 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.