Full time4 February 1899
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1899Head-to-head
Ireland won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Louis Magee3–0
- –TIreland try · Gerald Allen6–0
Line-ups
Ireland
- HC McCoullForward
- Louis MageeFly-half
- Jack RyanForward
- George HarmanThree-quarter
- Tom McGowanForward
- Ian DavidsonThree-quarter
- John FultonBack
- James AllisonThree-quarter
- John McIlwaineForward
- William ByronForward
- Gerald AllenFly-half
- Mike RyanForward
- WH BrownThree-quarter
- Thomas AhearnForward
- James SealyForward
England
- Herbert DudgeonForward
- Ernest FookesThree-quarter
- Arthur DarbyForward
- Stan AndersonThree-quarter
- Fred JacobForward
- Joe BlacklockForward
- Arthur RotherhamFly-half
- Frank StoutForward
- James ByrneBack
- Percy StoutThree-quarter
- James DavidsonForward
- John ShooterForward
- Long John TaylorThree-quarter
- Charles ThomasForward
- Little Billy TaylorFly-half
Match officials
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- TMO
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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
- Previous meeting: 5 February 1898, Ireland 9–6 England
- Next meeting on record: 3 February 1900
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.