Full time3 February 1894
Rectory Field, Blackheath, England · Home Nations 1894Head-to-head
Ireland won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –CEngland conversion · Little Billy Taylor2–0
- –TEngland try · Dicky Lockwood5–0
- –TIreland try · John Lytle5–3
- –DIreland drop goal · Edmund Forrest5–7
Line-ups
England
- John ToothillForward
- Tom BroadleyForward
- Little Billy TaylorFly-half
- Robert WoodFly-half
- Buster SoaneForward
- Harry SpeedForward
- William TuckerForward
- Alf AllportForward
- Frederick FirthThree-quarter
- James ByrneBack
- Dicky LockwoodThree-quarter
- Harry BradshawForward
- Samuel MorfittThree-quarter
- Charles HooperThree-quarter
- John HallForward
Ireland
- Tommy CreanForward
- Lucius GwynnThree-quarter
- Walter BrownFly-half
- HG WellsThree-quarter
- Edmund ForrestForward
- William GardinerThree-quarter
- John LytleForward
- Harry LindsayForward
- Sammy LeeThree-quarter
- Charles RookeForward
- Jim LytleForward
- George WalmsleyForward
- John O'ConorForward
- Benjamin TukeFly-half
- William SparrowBack
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 in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 4 February 1893, England 4–0 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 2 February 1895
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.