Full time8 February 1902
Welford Road, Leicester, England · Home Nations 1902Head-to-head
England won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –TEngland try · Sydney Cooper3–0
- –TEngland try · Sam Williams6–0
- –TIreland try · Fred Gardiner6–3
Line-ups
England
- Harry AlexanderForward
- John RaphaelThree-quarter
- Peter HardwickForward
- Leonard TosswillForward
- George FraserForward
- John DaniellForward
- Bernard OughtredFly-half
- Sydney CooperThree-quarter
- Denys DobsonForward
- Reginald ForrestThree-quarter
- John RobinsonForward
- Ernest WaltonFly-half
- Harry GamlinBack
- Sam WilliamsForward
- Long John TaylorThree-quarter
Ireland
- Louis MageeFly-half
- Jack RyanForward
- Patrick HealeyForward
- Ian DavidsonThree-quarter
- Jack CoffeyForward
- Henry CorleyFly-half
- John FultonBack
- Fred GardinerForward
- James AllisonThree-quarter
- Samuel IrwinForward
- Thomas HarveyForward
- Bertie DoranThree-quarter
- George HamletForward
- Charles FitzgeraldThree-quarter
- Alf TedfordForward
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: 9 February 1901, England 6–10 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 14 February 1903
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.