Full time9 February 1929
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1929Head-to-head
Ireland won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –CEngland conversion · Guy Wilson2–0
- –TEngland try · Robert Smeddle5–0
- –TIreland try · Eugene Davy5–3
- –TIreland try · Mark Sugden5–6
Line-ups
England
- 1Edward StanburyProp
- 2John TuckerHooker
- 3Robert SparksProp
- 4David Turquand-YoungSecond row
- 5Ronald Cove-SmithSecond row
- 6Harry WilkinsonFlanker
- 7Harold PeritonFlanker
- 8Robert FouldsNumber 8
- 9Arthur YoungScrum-half
- 10Henri LairdFly-half
- 11Guy WilsonWing
- 12Geoffrey SladenCentre
- 13Carl AarvoldCentre
- 14Robert SmeddleWing
- 15Thomas BrownFull-back
Ireland
- 1Charlie HanrahanProp
- 2Hugh BrowneHooker
- 3Stephen CagneyProp
- 4Jimmy FarrellSecond row
- 5Michael DunneSecond row
- 6Charles PayneFlanker
- 7Jammie ClinchFlanker
- 8George BeamishNumber 8
- 9Mark SugdenScrum-half
- 10Eugene DavyFly-half
- 11Jack ArighoWing
- 12George StephensonCentre
- 13Paul MurrayCentre
- 14Rowland ByersWing
- 15William StewartFull-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
- Previous meeting: 11 February 1928, England 7–6 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 8 February 1930
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.