1890 Home Nations Championship
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The 1890 Home Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship
. Six matches were played between 1 February and 15 March. It was contested by England
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
.
, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark
. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
(Swansea
), Charlie Thomas
(Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport), Dickie Garrett
(Penarth
), Percy Lloyd
(Llanelli
), Evan James
(Swansea
), William Stadden
(Cardiff
), Frank Hill
(Cardiff
) capt., Alexander Bland
(Cardiff
), William Williams
(Cardiff
), William Bowen (Swansea
), John Meredith
(Swansea
), Walter Rice Evans
(Swansea
), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Stephen Thomas
(Llanelli
)
Scotland: Gregor MacGregor
(Cambridge Uni
), Bill Maclagan
(London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson
(Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr
(West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson
(London Scottish
), W Auld (West of Scotland), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Dalaglish (Gala
), A Duke (Royal HSFP), Frederick Goodhue
(London Scottish
), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan
(West of Scotland), JE Orr
(West of Scotland)
----
(Richmond
), Piercy Morrison
(Cambridge U.
), Andrew Stoddart
(Blackheath) capt., James Valentine
(Swinton
), JF Wright
(Bradford
), Francis Hugh Fox
(Marlborough Nomads
), Sammy Woods
(Cambridge U.
), JH Dewhurst (Richmond
), Richard Budworth
(Blackheath), Frank Evershed
(Burton), JL Hickson
(Bradford
), A Robinson (Blackheath), John Rogers
(Moseley
), Froude Hancock
(Blackheath), FW Lowrie
(Batley
)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
(Swansea
), Charlie Thomas
(Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett
(Penarth
), Percy Lloyd
(Llanelli
), David Gwynn
(Swansea
), William Stadden
(Cardiff
), William Williams
(Cardiff
), David William Evans
(Cardiff
), William Bowen (Swansea
), John Meredith
(Swansea
), Alexander Bland
(Cardiff
), Willie Thomas
(London Welsh), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Stephen Thomas
(Llanelli
)
----
(Cambridge Uni
), Bill Maclagan
(London Scottish
), Henry Stevenson
(Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr
(West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson
(London Scottish
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Duke (Royal HSFP), Frederick Goodhue
(London Scottish
), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads) capt., I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan
(West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr
(West of Scotland)
Ireland: HP Gifford (Wanderers), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.
), RW Johnston (Dublin U.
), T Edwards (Landsdowne), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell (Dublin U.
), WJN Davies (Besbrook), EF Doran (Landsdowne), EG Forrest (Wanderers), J Moffat (Belfast Albion), J Waites (Bective Rangers
), R Stevenson (Dungannon
), J Roche (Wanderers), HA Richey (Dublin U.
), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers
)
----
(NIFC
), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.
), RW Johnston (Dublin U.
), T Edwards (Landsdowne), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell (Dublin U.
), J Moffat (Belfast Academy), HT Galbraith (Belfast Academy), J Waites (Bective Rangers
), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers
), R Stevenson (Dungannon
), J Roche (Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), EF Doran (Landsdowne), LC Nash (Queen's Co. Cork)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
(Swansea
), Charlie Thomas
(Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett
(Penarth
), George Thomas
(Newport), David Gwynn
(Swansea
), Hugh Ingledew
(Cardiff
), Frank Hill
(Cardiff
), David William Evans
(Cardiff
), William Bowen (Swansea
), Alexander Bland
(Cardiff
), Willie Thomas
(London Welsh), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Tom Graham
(Newport), Rowley Thomas
(London Welsh)
----
(Cambridge Uni
), Bill Maclagan
(London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson
(Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr
(West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson
(London Scottish
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Dalglish (Gala
), Frederick Goodhue
(London Scottish
), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan
(West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr
(West of Scotland)
England: William Grant Mitchell
(Richmond
), Piercy Morrison
(Cambridge U.
), Randolph Aston
(Cambridge U.
), JW Dyson
(Huddersfield
), Mason Scott
(Northern
), Francis Hugh Fox
(Marlborough Nomads
), Sammy Woods
(Cambridge U.
), D Jowett
(Heckmondwike
), Frank Evershed
(Burton), JL Hickson
(Bradford
) capt., A Robinson (Blackheath), John Rogers
(Moseley
), H Bedford
(Morley), E Holmes
(Manningham) J Toothill
(Bradford
)
----
(Richmond
), Piercy Morrison
(Cambridge U.
), Randolph Aston
(Cambridge U.
), Andrew Stoddart
(Blackheath) capt., Mason Scott
(Northern
), FW Spence (Birkenhead Park), Frank Evershed
(Burton), JL Hickson
(Bradford
), Sammy Woods
(Cambridge U.
), JT Toothill
(Bradford
), D Jowett
(Heckmondwike
), John Rogers
(Moseley
), H Bedford
(Morley), E Holmes
(Manningham), A Robinson (Blackheath),
Ireland: Dolway Walkington
(NIFC
), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.
), RW Johnston (Dublin U.
), T Edwards (Landsdowne), Benjamin Tuke
(Bective Rangers
), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., JN Lytle (NIFC
), EG Forrest (Wanderers), J Waites (Bective Rangers
), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers
), R Stevenson (Dungannon
), J Roche (Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), Victor Le Fanu
(Landsdowne), LC Nash (Queen's Co. Cork)
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
. Six matches were played between 1 February and 15 March. It was contested by England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
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and Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | |
Results
Scoring system
The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a tryTry
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark
Goal from mark
A goal from mark is a former scoring move in rugby football. It occurred when a player "marked" the ball by making a fair catch and shouting "mark". From this position the player could not be tackled. The player then had the option of a free kick, which can be taken as a place, drop, or tap kick...
. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.
Wales vs. Scotland
Wales: Billy BancroftBilly Bancroft
Billy Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas (rugby player)
Charles 'Charlie' Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union utility player who played club rugby for Newport and invitational rugby for the Barbarians. Thomas won nine caps for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport), Dickie Garrett
Dickie Garrett
Richard 'Dickie' Garrett was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Penarth and international rugby for Wales. Garrett was a collier by trade and in 1908 was killed when he was crushed by a coal truck....
(Penarth
Penarth RFC
Penarth Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based since 1924 at The Athletic Field, Lavernock Road, in Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.-Origins and early history:...
), Percy Lloyd
Percy Lloyd
David Percy Marmaduke Lloyd was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli. Lloyd played for Wales on four occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships.- Rugby career :...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Evan James
Evan James (rugby player)
Evan James was a Welsh rugby half back who played club rugby for Swansea under the rugby union code, and professional rugby league for Broughton Rangers. While playing with Swansea, James was paired with his brother, David James and together they were nicknamed the 'Swansea gems' and the 'Curly...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), William Stadden
William Stadden
William James Wood "Buller" Stadden was a Welsh international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cardiff and Dewsbury. Stadden won eight caps for Wales over a period of seven years and is most remembered for scoring the winning try in 1890 to give Wales their first victory over England...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Frank Hill
Frank Hill (rugby player)
Frank Hill was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Hill won 15 caps for Wales over a period of ten years and was given the team captaincy on four occasions....
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
) capt., Alexander Bland
Alexander Bland
Alexander "Alec" Frederick Bland was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Bland won nine caps for Wales over a period of four years.-International career:...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), William Williams
William Williams (rugby player)
William Edward Osborne Williams was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh. Williams was capped for Wales five times over a period of four years.-Rugby career:...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), William Bowen (Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), John Meredith
John Meredith (rugby player)
John Meredith was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and won four caps for Wales. Outside rugby, Meredith later became a literary adjudicator in Eisteddfodau.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Walter Rice Evans
Walter Rice Evans
Walter Rice Evans was a Welsh international rugby union player, who won three caps between 1890 and 1891.-Life:Evans was born in Neath, Glamorgan...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Jim Hannan
Jim Hannan (rugby player)
Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
(Newport), Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas (rugby player)
Stephen Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and Gowerton. Thomas played for Wales on three occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships.- Rugby career :...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
)
Scotland: Gregor MacGregor
Gregor MacGregor (cricketer)
Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. He played rugby for Scotland and cricket for England.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Bill Maclagan
Bill Maclagan
William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....
(London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson
Henry Stevenson
Henry James Stevenson was a Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer.A fullback, Stevenson was capped 15 times for Scotland and took part in six Home Nations campaigns. This included being part of Scotland's 1891 Home Nations Triple Crown winning side as well as the team which...
(Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr
Charles Orr (rugby union)
Charles Edward Orr was a Scottish rugby union football player.He was capped sixteen times for between 1887-92. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of John Orr who was also capped for Scotland....
(West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson
Darsie Anderson
Darsie Gordon Anderson was an English-born rugby union half back who played club rugby for London Scottish. At international level he represented Scotland winning eight caps over four seasons.-Personal history:...
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), W Auld (West of Scotland), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Dalaglish (Gala
Gala RFC
Gala Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, founded in 1875, they play their home games at Netherdale....
), A Duke (Royal HSFP), Frederick Goodhue
Frederick Goodhue
Frederick William Jervis Goodhue was a Canadian-born rugby union footballer who played club rugby for St. Thomas' and London Scottish...
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(West of Scotland), JE Orr
John Orr (rugby union)
John Orr was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped twelve times for between 1889-93. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of Charles Orr who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(West of Scotland)
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England vs. Wales
England: William Grant MitchellWilliam Grant Mitchell
William Grant "Willie" Mitchell was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians....
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Piercy Morrison
Piercy Morrison
Piercy Henderson "Dolly" Morrison was an English rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Northern and Cambridge University and played international rugby for England.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Andrew Stoddart
Andrew Stoddart
Andrew Ernest Stoddart was an English cricketer and rugby union player. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893.-Cricket career:...
(Blackheath) capt., James Valentine
James Valentine (rugby union)
James "Jim" Valentine was a rugby union and semi-professional Northern Union footballer of the 1880s, 1890s and 1900s who at representative level played rugby union for England, and at club level for Swinton, playing at centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and at club level played rugby league for...
(Swinton
Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions is an English professional rugby league club from Swinton, Greater Manchester. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. They currently play in the Championship.-Early years:...
), JF Wright
James Wright (rugby)
James Frost Wright was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing Half-back, i.e. number 9, or 10. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), Francis Hugh Fox
Francis Hugh Fox
Francis Hugh Fox was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Wellington and the Marlborough Nomads and international rugby for England...
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), JH Dewhurst (Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Richard Budworth
Richard Budworth
Richard Thomas Dutton Budworth was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England. In 1890 Budworth became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club....
(Blackheath), Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....
(Burton), JL Hickson
John Lawrence Hickson
John Lawrence "Laurie" Hickson was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), A Robinson (Blackheath), John Rogers
John Rogers (rugby player)
John Henry Rogers was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Moseley Rugby Football Club and international rugby for England. In 1890 Rogers became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club....
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), Froude Hancock
Froude Hancock
Philip Froude Hancock universally known as Froude Hancock was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles XV on two tours, the 1891 and 1896 tour of South Africa.-Personal life:...
(Blackheath), FW Lowrie
Frederick Lowrie
Frederick "Fred" William Lowrie was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Batley and/or Wakefield Trinity, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Batley
Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club from Batley, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Batley is one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895...
)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
Billy Bancroft
Billy Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas (rugby player)
Charles 'Charlie' Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union utility player who played club rugby for Newport and invitational rugby for the Barbarians. Thomas won nine caps for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett
Dickie Garrett
Richard 'Dickie' Garrett was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Penarth and international rugby for Wales. Garrett was a collier by trade and in 1908 was killed when he was crushed by a coal truck....
(Penarth
Penarth RFC
Penarth Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based since 1924 at The Athletic Field, Lavernock Road, in Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.-Origins and early history:...
), Percy Lloyd
Percy Lloyd
David Percy Marmaduke Lloyd was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli. Lloyd played for Wales on four occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships.- Rugby career :...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), David Gwynn
David Gwynn
David 'Dai' Gwynn was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Lancashire...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), William Stadden
William Stadden
William James Wood "Buller" Stadden was a Welsh international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cardiff and Dewsbury. Stadden won eight caps for Wales over a period of seven years and is most remembered for scoring the winning try in 1890 to give Wales their first victory over England...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), William Williams
William Williams (rugby player)
William Edward Osborne Williams was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and London Welsh. Williams was capped for Wales five times over a period of four years.-Rugby career:...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), David William Evans
David William Evans
Sir David William Evans was a Welsh lawyer and public servant, who played a leading role in the fight against tuberculosis in Wales. In his early adult life, Evans was a very keen sportsman and played rugby union for Oxford University and Cardiff...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), William Bowen (Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), John Meredith
John Meredith (rugby player)
John Meredith was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and won four caps for Wales. Outside rugby, Meredith later became a literary adjudicator in Eisteddfodau.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Alexander Bland
Alexander Bland
Alexander "Alec" Frederick Bland was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Bland won nine caps for Wales over a period of four years.-International career:...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Willie Thomas
Willie Thomas
William 'Willie' Henry Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli and London Welsh. He was capped eleven times for Wales and captained the team on two occasions. In 1888, Thomas was chosen to tour New Zealand and Australia as part of the first British...
(London Welsh), Jim Hannan
Jim Hannan (rugby player)
Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
(Newport), Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas (rugby player)
Stephen Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and Gowerton. Thomas played for Wales on three occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships.- Rugby career :...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
)
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Scotland vs. Ireland
Scotland: Gregor MacGregorGregor MacGregor (cricketer)
Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. He played rugby for Scotland and cricket for England.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Bill Maclagan
Bill Maclagan
William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), Henry Stevenson
Henry Stevenson
Henry James Stevenson was a Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer.A fullback, Stevenson was capped 15 times for Scotland and took part in six Home Nations campaigns. This included being part of Scotland's 1891 Home Nations Triple Crown winning side as well as the team which...
(Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr
Charles Orr (rugby union)
Charles Edward Orr was a Scottish rugby union football player.He was capped sixteen times for between 1887-92. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of John Orr who was also capped for Scotland....
(West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson
Darsie Anderson
Darsie Gordon Anderson was an English-born rugby union half back who played club rugby for London Scottish. At international level he represented Scotland winning eight caps over four seasons.-Personal history:...
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Duke (Royal HSFP), Frederick Goodhue
Frederick Goodhue
Frederick William Jervis Goodhue was a Canadian-born rugby union footballer who played club rugby for St. Thomas' and London Scottish...
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads) capt., I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr
John Orr (rugby union)
John Orr was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped twelve times for between 1889-93. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of Charles Orr who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(West of Scotland)
Ireland: HP Gifford (Wanderers), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), RW Johnston (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), T Edwards (Landsdowne), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), WJN Davies (Besbrook), EF Doran (Landsdowne), EG Forrest (Wanderers), J Moffat (Belfast Albion), J Waites (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), R Stevenson (Dungannon
Dungannon RFC
Dungannon RFC is a rugby union club from Dungannon, Northern Ireland. The club first team plays in the AIB League Division One, Ulster Senior League and Ulster Senior Cup.-History:...
), J Roche (Wanderers), HA Richey (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
)
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Ireland vs. Wales
Ireland: Dolway WalkingtonDolway Walkington
Dolway Bell Walkington was an Irish rugby union player and solicitor. Walkington played club rugby for North of Ireland FC and international rugby for Ireland, winning eight caps...
(NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), RW Johnston (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), T Edwards (Landsdowne), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., AC McDonnell (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), J Moffat (Belfast Academy), HT Galbraith (Belfast Academy), J Waites (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), R Stevenson (Dungannon
Dungannon RFC
Dungannon RFC is a rugby union club from Dungannon, Northern Ireland. The club first team plays in the AIB League Division One, Ulster Senior League and Ulster Senior Cup.-History:...
), J Roche (Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), EF Doran (Landsdowne), LC Nash (Queen's Co. Cork)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
Billy Bancroft
Billy Bancroft was a Welsh international fullback who played club rugby for Swansea and a county cricketer for Glamorgan, becoming their first professional player in 1895....
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas (rugby player)
Charles 'Charlie' Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union utility player who played club rugby for Newport and invitational rugby for the Barbarians. Thomas won nine caps for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dickie Garrett
Dickie Garrett
Richard 'Dickie' Garrett was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Penarth and international rugby for Wales. Garrett was a collier by trade and in 1908 was killed when he was crushed by a coal truck....
(Penarth
Penarth RFC
Penarth Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based since 1924 at The Athletic Field, Lavernock Road, in Penarth, in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.-Origins and early history:...
), George Thomas
George Thomas (rugby player)
George Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and international rugby for Wales...
(Newport), David Gwynn
David Gwynn
David 'Dai' Gwynn was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Lancashire...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Hugh Ingledew
Hugh Ingledew
Hugh Murray Ingledew was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Ingledew also played cricket for Glamorgan and was instrumental as a solicitor, in helping the local Cardiff cricket and rugby clubs purchase the Cardiff Arms Park in 1922.-Rugby career:Ingledew...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Frank Hill
Frank Hill (rugby player)
Frank Hill was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Hill won 15 caps for Wales over a period of ten years and was given the team captaincy on four occasions....
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), David William Evans
David William Evans
Sir David William Evans was a Welsh lawyer and public servant, who played a leading role in the fight against tuberculosis in Wales. In his early adult life, Evans was a very keen sportsman and played rugby union for Oxford University and Cardiff...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), William Bowen (Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Alexander Bland
Alexander Bland
Alexander "Alec" Frederick Bland was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff. Bland won nine caps for Wales over a period of four years.-International career:...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Willie Thomas
Willie Thomas
William 'Willie' Henry Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli and London Welsh. He was capped eleven times for Wales and captained the team on two occasions. In 1888, Thomas was chosen to tour New Zealand and Australia as part of the first British...
(London Welsh), Jim Hannan
Jim Hannan (rugby player)
Jim Hannan was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport. A strong tactical forward his scrummaging work was excellent and could pivot the whole scrum around him....
(Newport), Tom Graham
Tom Graham
Thomas 'Tom' Cooper Graham was an England-born rugby union international forward who played club rugby for Newport. He won 12 caps for Wales and was seen as intelligent, mobile forward player...
(Newport), Rowley Thomas
Rowley Thomas
Rowland 'Rowley' Lewis Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Welsh, of whom he was a founding member, and county rugby for Middlesex...
(London Welsh)
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Scotland vs. England
Scotland: Gregor MacGregorGregor MacGregor (cricketer)
Gregor MacGregor was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. He played rugby for Scotland and cricket for England.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge Uni
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Bill Maclagan
Bill Maclagan
William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....
(London Scottish) capt., Henry Stevenson
Henry Stevenson
Henry James Stevenson was a Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer.A fullback, Stevenson was capped 15 times for Scotland and took part in six Home Nations campaigns. This included being part of Scotland's 1891 Home Nations Triple Crown winning side as well as the team which...
(Edinburgh Acads), GR Wilson (Royal HSFP), CE Orr
Charles Orr (rugby union)
Charles Edward Orr was a Scottish rugby union football player.He was capped sixteen times for between 1887-92. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of John Orr who was also capped for Scotland....
(West of Scotland), Darsie Anderson
Darsie Anderson
Darsie Gordon Anderson was an English-born rugby union half back who played club rugby for London Scottish. At international level he represented Scotland winning eight caps over four seasons.-Personal history:...
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland), A Dalglish (Gala
Gala RFC
Gala Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, founded in 1875, they play their home games at Netherdale....
), Frederick Goodhue
Frederick Goodhue
Frederick William Jervis Goodhue was a Canadian-born rugby union footballer who played club rugby for St. Thomas' and London Scottish...
(London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), MC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), I MacIntyre (Edinburgh Wands), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(West of Scotland), DS Morton West of Scotland, JE Orr
John Orr (rugby union)
John Orr was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped twelve times for between 1889-93. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of Charles Orr who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(West of Scotland)
England: William Grant Mitchell
William Grant Mitchell
William Grant "Willie" Mitchell was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians....
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Piercy Morrison
Piercy Morrison
Piercy Henderson "Dolly" Morrison was an English rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Northern and Cambridge University and played international rugby for England.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Randolph Aston
Randolph Aston
Randolph Littleton Aston was an English rugby union centre who played club rugby for Blackheath and Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), JW Dyson
John Dyson (rugby)
John "Jack" William Dyson was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre...
(Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....
), Mason Scott
Mason Scott
Mason Thompson Scott was an English international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Northern...
(Northern
Northern Football Club
Northern Football Club are a rugby union club that was founded in 1875, and are based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Their strip is coloured navy Blue, Red and White...
), Francis Hugh Fox
Francis Hugh Fox
Francis Hugh Fox was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Wellington and the Marlborough Nomads and international rugby for England...
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), D Jowett
Donald Jowett
Donald "Don" Jowett was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Heckmondwike, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Heckmondwike
Heckmondwike (Rugby League)
Heckmondwike was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Heckmondwike , a small town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, which is located geographically at the centre of West Yorkshire, England....
), Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....
(Burton), JL Hickson
John Lawrence Hickson
John Lawrence "Laurie" Hickson was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
) capt., A Robinson (Blackheath), John Rogers
John Rogers (rugby player)
John Henry Rogers was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Moseley Rugby Football Club and international rugby for England. In 1890 Rogers became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club....
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), H Bedford
Harry Bedford (rugby)
Harry Bedford was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Batley, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Morley), E Holmes
Edgar Holmes
Edgar "Eddie" Holmes was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s, and referee, who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Manningham F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Manningham) J Toothill
John Toothill
John "Jack" Thomas Toothill was an English rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
)
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England vs. Ireland
England: William Grant MitchellWilliam Grant Mitchell
William Grant "Willie" Mitchell was an English rugby union fullback who was a member of the first official British Isles team. Mitchell represented several club teams and was an original member of touring team, the Barbarians....
(Richmond
Richmond F.C.
Richmond Football Club is a rugby union club from Richmond, London. It is a founding member of the Rugby Football Union, and is one of the oldest football clubs...
), Piercy Morrison
Piercy Morrison
Piercy Henderson "Dolly" Morrison was an English rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Northern and Cambridge University and played international rugby for England.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Randolph Aston
Randolph Aston
Randolph Littleton Aston was an English rugby union centre who played club rugby for Blackheath and Cambridge University and was a member of the first official British Isles tour in 1891.-Personal history:...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Andrew Stoddart
Andrew Stoddart
Andrew Ernest Stoddart was an English cricketer and rugby union player. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1893.-Cricket career:...
(Blackheath) capt., Mason Scott
Mason Scott
Mason Thompson Scott was an English international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Northern...
(Northern
Northern Football Club
Northern Football Club are a rugby union club that was founded in 1875, and are based in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. Their strip is coloured navy Blue, Red and White...
), FW Spence (Birkenhead Park), Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed
Frank Evershed was an English rugby player who played internationally for England between 1889 and 1893 and a cricketer who played for Derbyshire....
(Burton), JL Hickson
John Lawrence Hickson
John Lawrence "Laurie" Hickson was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
(Cambridge U.
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), JT Toothill
John Toothill
John "Jack" Thomas Toothill was an English rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row. Prior to the 27th August 1895, Bradford F.C...
(Bradford
Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.
Bradford Association Football Club, previously also known as Bradford and since its reformation in the 1970s now referred to as Bradford Park Avenue, is a football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
), D Jowett
Donald Jowett
Donald "Don" Jowett was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Heckmondwike, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Heckmondwike
Heckmondwike (Rugby League)
Heckmondwike was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Heckmondwike , a small town in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, which is located geographically at the centre of West Yorkshire, England....
), John Rogers
John Rogers (rugby player)
John Henry Rogers was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Moseley Rugby Football Club and international rugby for England. In 1890 Rogers became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club....
(Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), H Bedford
Harry Bedford (rugby)
Harry Bedford was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Batley, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Morley), E Holmes
Edgar Holmes
Edgar "Eddie" Holmes was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s, and referee, who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Manningham F.C., playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Manningham), A Robinson (Blackheath),
Ireland: Dolway Walkington
Dolway Walkington
Dolway Bell Walkington was an Irish rugby union player and solicitor. Walkington played club rugby for North of Ireland FC and international rugby for Ireland, winning eight caps...
(NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), RW Dunlop (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), RW Johnston (Dublin U.
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), T Edwards (Landsdowne), Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Tuke
Benjamin Burland Tuke was an Irish rugby union halfback. Tuke played club rugby for Bective Rangers and played international rugby for Ireland...
(Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), RG Warren (Landsdowne) capt., JN Lytle (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), EG Forrest (Wanderers), J Waites (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), JH O'Conner (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
), R Stevenson (Dungannon
Dungannon RFC
Dungannon RFC is a rugby union club from Dungannon, Northern Ireland. The club first team plays in the AIB League Division One, Ulster Senior League and Ulster Senior Cup.-History:...
), J Roche (Wanderers), WJN Davis (Bessbrook), Victor Le Fanu
Victor Le Fanu
Victor Charles Le Fanu was an Irish international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Landsdowne.Le Fanu was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and would later play for Cambridge rugby team...
(Landsdowne), LC Nash (Queen's Co. Cork)