TheBreakdown
Full time10 February 1923
England
23–5
Ireland
Welford Road, Leicester, England · Five Nations 1923Head-to-head

England won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Geoffrey Conway2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Geoffrey Conway4–0
  3. –TEngland try · Cyril Lowe7–0
  4. –TEngland try · Len Corbett10–0
  5. –TEngland try · Alistair Smallwood13–0
  6. –TEngland try · Herbert Price16–0
  7. –TEngland try · Tom Voyce19–0
  8. –DEngland drop goal · Dave Davies23–0
  9. –CIreland conversion · William Crawford23–2
  10. –TIreland try · Thomas McClelland23–5

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Ernest GardnerProp
  2. 2Frank SandersHooker
  3. 3William LuddingtonProp
  4. 4Wavell WakefieldSecond row
  5. 5Ronald Cove-SmithSecond row
  6. 6Herbert PriceFlanker
  7. 7Tom VoyceFlanker
  8. 8Geoffrey ConwayNumber 8
  9. 9Cecil KershawScrum-half
  10. 10Dave DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Alistair SmallwoodWing
  12. 12Len CorbettCentre
  13. 13Edward MyersCentre
  14. 14Cyril LoweWing
  15. 15Frederick GilbertFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Robert GrayProp
  2. 2Thomas McClellandHooker
  3. 3John ThompsonProp
  4. 4Michael BradleySecond row
  5. 5Dick CollopySecond row
  6. 6Dunlop CunninghamFlanker
  7. 7Charles HallaranFlanker
  8. 8J MahonyNumber 8
  9. 9James GardinerScrum-half
  10. 10William HallFly-half
  11. 11Robert McClenahanWing
  12. 12Finlay JacksonCentre
  13. 13George StephensonCentre
  14. 14Dennis CussenWing
  15. 15William CrawfordFull-back

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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.