TheBreakdown
Full time1 February 1896
England
4–10
Ireland
Meanwood Road, Leeds, England · Home Nations 1896Head-to-head

Ireland won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –DEngland drop goal · James Byrne4–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Larry Bulger4–2
  3. –CIreland conversion · Larry Bulger4–4
  4. –TIreland try · TH Stevenson4–7
  5. –TIreland try · James Sealy4–10

Line-ups

England

  1. Little Billy TaylorFly-half
  2. Ernest FookesThree-quarter
  3. John PinchForward
  4. John RhodesForward
  5. Anthony StarksForward
  6. James ValentineThree-quarter
  7. Godfrey CareyForward
  8. Frank MitchellForward
  9. Richard CattellFly-half
  10. James ByrneBack
  11. Edward BakerThree-quarter
  12. John WardForward
  13. Ernest BrometForward
  14. Samuel MorfittThree-quarter
  15. Lyndhurst GiblinForward

Ireland

  1. TH StevensonThree-quarter
  2. Louis MageeFly-half
  3. Andrew ClinchForward
  4. Tommy CreanForward
  5. John FultonBack
  6. William GardinerThree-quarter
  7. William ByronForward
  8. Gerald AllenFly-half
  9. Larry BulgerThree-quarter
  10. Harry LindsayForward
  11. Sammy LeeThree-quarter
  12. Charles RookeForward
  13. Jim LytleForward
  14. John O'ConorForward
  15. James SealyForward

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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.