1894 Home Nations Championship
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The 1894 Home Nations Championship was the twelfth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship
. Six matches were played between 6 January and 17 March. It was contested by England
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
.
was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal and a goal from mark
were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
(Moseley
), F Firth
(Halifax
), Charles Hooper
(Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt
(West Hartlepool
), R E Lockwood
(Heckmondwike
) capt., EW Taylor
(Rockcliff), Cyril Wells
(Harlequins
), F Soane (Bath
), J Hall (North Durham), J Toothill
(Bradford), H Bradshaw
(Bramley
), T Broadley (Bingley), Harry Speed (Castleford), William Eldon Tucker
(Cambridge U.
), Alfred Allport
(Blackheath)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
(Swansea
), Norman Biggs
(Cardiff
), William McCutcheon
(Oldham
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Conway Rees
(Llanelli
), Percy Phillips
(Newport), Fred Parfitt
(Newport), Frank Mills
(Swansea
), Charles Nicholl
(Llanelli
), David Daniel
(Llanelli
), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Frank Hill
(Cardiff
), Arthur Boucher
(Newport), Tom Graham
(Newport), Wallace Watts
(Newport)
----
(Moseley
), F Firth
(Halifax
), Charles Hooper
(Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt
(West Hartlepool
), R E Lockwood
(Heckmondwike
) capt., EW Taylor
(Rockcliff), R Wood
(Liversedge
), F Soane (Bath
), J Hall (North Durham), J Toothill
(Bradford), H Bradshaw
(Bramley
), T Broadley (Bingley), Harry Speed (Castleford), William Eldon Tucker
(Cambridge U.
), Alfred Allport
(Blackheath)
Ireland: W Sparrow (Dublin U.
), HG Wells (Bective Rangers
), S Lee (NIFC
), W Gardiner (NIFC
), Lucius Gwynn
(Dublin U.
), WS Brown (Dublin U.
), Benjamin Tuke
(Bective Rangers
), JN Lytle (NIFC
), EG Forrest (Wanderers) capt., H Lindsay (Dublin U.
), Thomas Crean
(Wanderers), G Walmsley (Bective Rangers
), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers
), CV Rooke (Dublin U.
), JH Lytle (NIFC
)
----
(Swansea
), William Llewellyn Thomas
(Newport), Tom Pearson
(Oldham
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dai Fitzgerald
(Cardiff
), Percy Phillips
(Newport), Fred Parfitt
(Newport), Frank Mills
(Swansea
), Charles Nicholl
(Llanelli
), David Daniel
(Llanelli
), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Frank Hill
(Cardiff
), Harry Day
(Newport), Tom Graham
(Newport), Wallace Watts
(Newport)
Scotland: J Rogerson (Kelvinside Acads.), GT Campbell (London Scottish
), Gregor MacGregor
(London Scottish) capt., James Gowans (Cambridge U.
), Henry Gedge
(London Scottish
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP
), William Wotherspoon
(West of Scotland), HF Menzies (West of Scotland), JB Wright (Watsonians
), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), A Dalgleish (Gala
), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP
), WB Cownie (Watsonians
), GT Neilson (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan
(London Scottish
)
----
), HG Wells (Bective Rangers
), S Lee (NIFC
), W Gardiner (NIFC
), Lucius Gwynn
(Dublin U.
), WS Brown (Dublin U.
), Benjamin Tuke
(Bective Rangers
), JN Lytle (NIFC
), EG Forrest (Wanderers) capt., H Lindsay (Dublin U.
), Thomas Crean
(Wanderers), ATW Bond (Derry), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers
), CV Rooke (Dublin U.
), JH Lytle (NIFC
)
Scotland: AWC Cameron (Watsonians
), GT Campbell (London Scottish
), Gregor MacGregor
(London Scottish), William Wotherspoon
(West of Scotland), HTS Gedge (London Scottish
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP
), WP Donaldson (Oxford U.
), HTO Leggatt (Watsonians
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland) capt., AH Anderson (Glasgow Acads
), A Dagleish (Gala
), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP
), WB Cownie (Watsonians
), GT Nielson (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan
(London Scottish
)
----
(London Scottish), James Gowans (Cambridge U.
), Willie Neilson (Cambridge U.
), GT Campbell (London Scottish
), HTS Gedge (London Scottish
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP
), William Wotherspoon
(West of Scotland), HTO Leggatt (Watsonians
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland) capt., WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), HF Menzies (West of Scotland), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP
), WB Cownie (Watsonians
), WG Nielson (Merchiston Castle), Robert MacMillan
(London Scottish
)
England: JF Byrne
(Moseley
), F Firth
(Halifax
), Charles Hooper
(Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt
(West Hartlepool
), Walter Jesse Jackson
(Halifax
), EW Taylor
(Rockcliff) capt., Cyril Wells
(Harlequins
), F Soane (Bath
), J Hall (North Durham), William Walton (Castleford), H Bradshaw
(Bramley
), T Broadley (Bingley), Harry Speed (Castleford), Albert Elliott
(St. Thomas' Hosp.
), Alfred Allport
(Blackheath)
----
), R Dunlop (NIFC
), S Lee (NIFC
), W Gardiner (NIFC
), Lucius Gwynn
(Dublin U.
), WS Brown (Dublin U.
), Benjamin Tuke
(Bective Rangers
), JN Lytle (NIFC
), JH Lytle (NIFC
), EG Forrest (Wanderers) capt., H Lindsay (Dublin U.
), Thomas Crean
(Wanderers), ATW Bond (Derry), JH O'Conor (Bective Rangers
), CV Rooke (Dublin U.
)
Wales: Billy Bancroft
(Swansea
), Norman Biggs
(Cardiff
), Tom Pearson
(Oldham
), Jack Elliott
(Cardiff
), Dai Fitzgerald
(Cardiff
), Ralph Sweet-Escott
(Cardiff
), Fred Parfitt
(Newport), Frank Mills
(Swansea
), Fred Hutchinson
(Neath
), David Daniel
(Llanelli
), Jim Hannan
(Newport), Frank Hill
(Cardiff
) capt., Harry Day
(Newport), David Nicholl
(Llanelli
), Wallace Watts
(Newport)
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 6 January and 17 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
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 2 | |
Results
Scoring system
The matches for this season were decided on points scored. 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...
was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal and 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...
were both worth four points. Penalty goals were worth three points.
England vs. Wales
England: JF ByrneJ. F. Byrne
James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:...
(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...
), F Firth
Frederick Firth
Frederick "Fred" Firth was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Halifax, playing on the Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14...
(Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...
), Charles Hooper
Charles Hooper
Charles Alexander Hooper was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for England...
(Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt
Samuel Morfitt
Samuel "Sammy" Morfitt was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for West Hartlepool, and Hull Kingston Rovers, playing Wing, or Centre, i.e. number 11 or 14, or 12 or 13...
(West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool R.F.C.
West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in the National League 3 North league after gaining promotion by winning the 2010 / 2011 North 1 East league.-History:...
), R E Lockwood
Richard Lockwood (rugby)
Richard "Dicky" Evison Lockwood was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England from 1887 to 1894, and was captain in January and February 1894, and at club level for Dewsbury , Heckmondwike /, and Wakefield Trinity...
(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....
) capt., EW Taylor
Ernest Taylor (rugby union)
Ernest Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1899. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Taylor made his international debut on Feb 6, 1892 at Whalley Range, Manchester in the England vs Ireland match....
(Rockcliff), Cyril Wells
Cyril Wells
Cyril Mowbray Wells was an English cricketer, rugby footballer and schoolmaster....
(Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
), F Soane (Bath
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
), J Hall (North Durham), 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), H Bradshaw
Harry Bradshaw (rugby)
Harry Bradshaw was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bramley, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Bramley
Bramley Buffaloes
Bramley Buffaloes is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Previously known simply as Bramley RLFC, the club is a famous name in rugby league, having existed prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895...
), T Broadley (Bingley), Harry Speed (Castleford), William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker was a Bermudian rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University, St. George's Hospital and Blackheath. Tucker gained his first of five international caps when he was selected for England in 1894...
(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...
), Alfred Allport
Alfred Allport
Dr. Alfred Allport was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England...
(Blackheath)
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...
), Norman Biggs
Norman Biggs
Norman Witchell Biggs was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan. Both Biggs and his brother Selwyn played international rugby for Wales, though they never played together in the same match for Wales...
(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 McCutcheon
William McCutcheon
William 'Billy' McCutcheon was a Welsh international rugby wing who played club rugby in the union code for Swansea and represented Oldham under the league code...
(Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Conway Rees
Conway Rees
John Conway Rees was a Welsh international rugby union player.-Life:Rees was born in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. He was educated at Llandovery College and Jesus College, Oxford and was the first Welshman to captain Oxford University RFC. He introduced the four three quarters system,...
(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...
), Percy Phillips
Percy Phillips (rugby player)
Henry Percy Phillips OBE was a Welsh rugby union international fly-half who played club rugby for Newport. He won six caps for Wales and played in all three games of the 1893 Home Nations Championship which saw Wales lift the Triple Crown for the first time in the country's history.Outside rugby,...
(Newport), Fred Parfitt
Fred Parfitt
Frederick 'Fred' Charles Parfitt was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport, regional rugby for Somerset and was capped nine times for Wales...
(Newport), Frank Mills
Frank Mills (rugby player)
Frank Musgrave Mills was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Swansea and won 13 caps for Wales...
(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...
), Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl
Charles "Boomer" Bowen Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Llanelli...
(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 Daniel
David Daniel
David John Daniel was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Personal history:...
(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...
), 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), 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...
), Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher
Arthur Boucher was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport. Boucher was an adaptable player, who although selected mainly as a forward, often played at centre. He was strong, quick for his position and passed well on the run...
(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), Wallace Watts
Wallace Watts
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(Newport)
----
England vs. Ireland
England: JF ByrneJ. F. Byrne
James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:...
(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...
), F Firth
Frederick Firth
Frederick "Fred" Firth was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Halifax, playing on the Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14...
(Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...
), Charles Hooper
Charles Hooper
Charles Alexander Hooper was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for England...
(Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt
Samuel Morfitt
Samuel "Sammy" Morfitt was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for West Hartlepool, and Hull Kingston Rovers, playing Wing, or Centre, i.e. number 11 or 14, or 12 or 13...
(West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool R.F.C.
West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in the National League 3 North league after gaining promotion by winning the 2010 / 2011 North 1 East league.-History:...
), R E Lockwood
Richard Lockwood (rugby)
Richard "Dicky" Evison Lockwood was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1880s and '90s who at representative level played for England from 1887 to 1894, and was captain in January and February 1894, and at club level for Dewsbury , Heckmondwike /, and Wakefield Trinity...
(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....
) capt., EW Taylor
Ernest Taylor (rugby union)
Ernest Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1899. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Taylor made his international debut on Feb 6, 1892 at Whalley Range, Manchester in the England vs Ireland match....
(Rockcliff), R Wood
Robert Wood (rugby)
Robert "Bob" Wood was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Liversedge, playing Half-back, i.e. number 9, or 10...
(Liversedge
Liversedge RFC (Rugby League)
Liversedge RFC was a professional rugby league club.The club was based in Liversedge, a township in the former parish of Birstall, in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England....
), F Soane (Bath
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
), J Hall (North Durham), 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), H Bradshaw
Harry Bradshaw (rugby)
Harry Bradshaw was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bramley, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Bramley
Bramley Buffaloes
Bramley Buffaloes is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Previously known simply as Bramley RLFC, the club is a famous name in rugby league, having existed prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895...
), T Broadley (Bingley), Harry Speed (Castleford), William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker
William Eldon Tucker was a Bermudian rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University, St. George's Hospital and Blackheath. Tucker gained his first of five international caps when he was selected for England in 1894...
(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...
), Alfred Allport
Alfred Allport
Dr. Alfred Allport was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England...
(Blackheath)
Ireland: W Sparrow (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:...
), HG Wells (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....
), S Lee (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...
), W Gardiner (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...
), Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Henry Gwynn was an Irish rugby union player and cricketer...
(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:...
), WS Brown (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:...
), 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....
), 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) capt., H Lindsay (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:...
), Thomas Crean
Thomas Crean
Tom Crean may refer to:*Tom Crean , Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer*Tom Crean , head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team-See also:...
(Wanderers), G Walmsley (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'Conor (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....
), CV Rooke (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 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...
)
----
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...
), William Llewellyn Thomas
William Llewellyn Thomas
William Llewellyn Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport, international rugby for Wales and invitational rugby for the Barbarians...
(Newport), Tom Pearson
Tom Pearson (rugby player)
Thomas William Rory Pearson was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but...
(Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....
), Arthur Gould (Newport) capt., Dai Fitzgerald
Dai Fitzgerald
David "Dai" Fitzgerald was a Welsh rugby centre who played club rugby under the union code for Cardiff and later switched to professional rugby league team Batley...
(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...
), Percy Phillips
Percy Phillips (rugby player)
Henry Percy Phillips OBE was a Welsh rugby union international fly-half who played club rugby for Newport. He won six caps for Wales and played in all three games of the 1893 Home Nations Championship which saw Wales lift the Triple Crown for the first time in the country's history.Outside rugby,...
(Newport), Fred Parfitt
Fred Parfitt
Frederick 'Fred' Charles Parfitt was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport, regional rugby for Somerset and was capped nine times for Wales...
(Newport), Frank Mills
Frank Mills (rugby player)
Frank Musgrave Mills was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Swansea and won 13 caps for Wales...
(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...
), Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl
Charles "Boomer" Bowen Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Llanelli...
(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 Daniel
David Daniel
David John Daniel was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Personal history:...
(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...
), 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), 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...
), Harry Day
Harry Day (rugby player)
Henry "Harry" Thomas Day was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Cardiff. Day was awarded five caps for Wales, and was most notable for being part of the 1893 Welsh Triple Crown winning team...
(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), Wallace Watts
Wallace Watts
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(Newport)
Scotland: J Rogerson (Kelvinside Acads.), GT Campbell (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:...
), 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:...
(London Scottish) capt., James Gowans (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...
), Henry Gedge
Henry Gedge
Henry Theodore Sidney Gedge was a Scottish rugby union player. He was capped six times between 1894-99 for . He also played for London Scottish FC and Edinburgh Wanderers.-Rugby union career:...
(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:...
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP
Royal High Corstorphine RFC
RHC Cougars are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The team were established in 2003 from the merger of Corstorphine and Royal High rugby clubs, two separate clubs based in the west side of Edinburgh....
), William Wotherspoon
William Wotherspoon (rugby player)
William Wotherspoon was a Scottish rugby union half-back who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was also capped for the Scotland team...
(West of Scotland), HF Menzies (West of Scotland), JB Wright (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), A Dalgleish (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....
), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP
Royal High Corstorphine RFC
RHC Cougars are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The team were established in 2003 from the merger of Corstorphine and Royal High rugby clubs, two separate clubs based in the west side of Edinburgh....
), WB Cownie (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), GT Neilson (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(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:...
)
----
Ireland vs. Scotland
Ireland: PJ Grant (Bective RangersBective 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....
), HG Wells (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....
), S Lee (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...
), W Gardiner (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...
), Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Henry Gwynn was an Irish rugby union player and cricketer...
(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:...
), WS Brown (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:...
), 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....
), 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) capt., H Lindsay (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:...
), Thomas Crean
Thomas Crean
Tom Crean may refer to:*Tom Crean , Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer*Tom Crean , head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team-See also:...
(Wanderers), ATW Bond (Derry), JH O'Conor (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....
), CV Rooke (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 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...
)
Scotland: AWC Cameron (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), GT Campbell (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:...
), 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:...
(London Scottish), William Wotherspoon
William Wotherspoon (rugby player)
William Wotherspoon was a Scottish rugby union half-back who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was also capped for the Scotland team...
(West of Scotland), HTS Gedge (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:...
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP
Royal High Corstorphine RFC
RHC Cougars are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The team were established in 2003 from the merger of Corstorphine and Royal High rugby clubs, two separate clubs based in the west side of Edinburgh....
), WP Donaldson (Oxford U.
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), HTO Leggatt (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland) capt., AH Anderson (Glasgow Acads
Glasgow Academicals RFC
The Glasgow Academical Football Club is one of the oldest rugby football clubs in Scotland. This history is notable for a number of reasons, including the clubs longevity, its early foundation in the timeline of rugby, and the fact that the club produced many internationals...
), A Dagleish (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....
), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP
Royal High Corstorphine RFC
RHC Cougars are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The team were established in 2003 from the merger of Corstorphine and Royal High rugby clubs, two separate clubs based in the west side of Edinburgh....
), WB Cownie (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), GT Nielson (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(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:...
)
----
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:...
(London Scottish), James Gowans (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...
), Willie Neilson (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...
), GT Campbell (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:...
), HTS Gedge (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:...
), JW Simpson (Royal HSFP
Royal High Corstorphine RFC
RHC Cougars are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The team were established in 2003 from the merger of Corstorphine and Royal High rugby clubs, two separate clubs based in the west side of Edinburgh....
), William Wotherspoon
William Wotherspoon (rugby player)
William Wotherspoon was a Scottish rugby union half-back who was a member of the first official British Isles tour and was also capped for the Scotland team...
(West of Scotland), HTO Leggatt (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JD Boswell (West of Scotland) capt., WMC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), HF Menzies (West of Scotland), WR Gibson (Royal HSFP
Royal High Corstorphine RFC
RHC Cougars are a rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland.The team were established in 2003 from the merger of Corstorphine and Royal High rugby clubs, two separate clubs based in the west side of Edinburgh....
), WB Cownie (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), WG Nielson (Merchiston Castle), Robert MacMillan
Robert MacMillan
Robert "Judy" Gordon MacMillan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Edinburgh University...
(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:...
)
England: JF Byrne
J. F. Byrne
James Frederick Byrne was English sportsman who captained Warwickshire at first-class cricket and was capped in rugby for both England and the British and Irish Lions.-Cricket career:...
(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...
), F Firth
Frederick Firth
Frederick "Fred" Firth was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Halifax, playing on the Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14...
(Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...
), Charles Hooper
Charles Hooper
Charles Alexander Hooper was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Middlesex Wanderers and international rugby for England...
(Middlesex Wands.), S Morfitt
Samuel Morfitt
Samuel "Sammy" Morfitt was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for West Hartlepool, and Hull Kingston Rovers, playing Wing, or Centre, i.e. number 11 or 14, or 12 or 13...
(West Hartlepool
West Hartlepool R.F.C.
West Hartlepool Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club who play in the National League 3 North league after gaining promotion by winning the 2010 / 2011 North 1 East league.-History:...
), Walter Jesse Jackson
Walter Jesse Jackson
Walter Jesse Jackson was an English rugby union forward who played international rugby for the British Isles and England.-Rugby career:Jackson first came to note as a rugby player while representing Gloucester...
(Halifax
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...
), EW Taylor
Ernest Taylor (rugby union)
Ernest Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1892 to 1899. He also captained his country.-Rugby union career:Taylor made his international debut on Feb 6, 1892 at Whalley Range, Manchester in the England vs Ireland match....
(Rockcliff) capt., Cyril Wells
Cyril Wells
Cyril Mowbray Wells was an English cricketer, rugby footballer and schoolmaster....
(Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
), F Soane (Bath
Bath Rugby
Bath Rugby is an English professional rugby union club that is based in the city of Bath. They play in the Aviva Premiership league...
), J Hall (North Durham), William Walton (Castleford), H Bradshaw
Harry Bradshaw (rugby)
Harry Bradshaw was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Bramley, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Bramley
Bramley Buffaloes
Bramley Buffaloes is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Previously known simply as Bramley RLFC, the club is a famous name in rugby league, having existed prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895...
), T Broadley (Bingley), Harry Speed (Castleford), Albert Elliott
Albert Elliott
Albert Ernest Elliott was an English rugby union player who played club rugby for Cambridge University and St. Thomas' Hospital. Elliott gained his only international cap when he was selected for England in 1894...
(St. Thomas' Hosp.
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...
), Alfred Allport
Alfred Allport
Dr. Alfred Allport was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England...
(Blackheath)
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Ireland vs. Wales
Ireland: PJ Grant (Bective RangersBective 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 Dunlop (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...
), S Lee (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...
), W Gardiner (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...
), Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Gwynn
Lucius Henry Gwynn was an Irish rugby union player and cricketer...
(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:...
), WS Brown (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:...
), 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....
), 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...
), JH 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) capt., H Lindsay (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:...
), Thomas Crean
Thomas Crean
Tom Crean may refer to:*Tom Crean , Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer*Tom Crean , head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team-See also:...
(Wanderers), ATW Bond (Derry), JH O'Conor (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....
), CV Rooke (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:...
)
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...
), Norman Biggs
Norman Biggs
Norman Witchell Biggs was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan. Both Biggs and his brother Selwyn played international rugby for Wales, though they never played together in the same match for Wales...
(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...
), Tom Pearson
Tom Pearson (rugby player)
Thomas William Rory Pearson was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff and Newport and county rugby with Middlesex. He won 13 caps for Wales and captained the team on one occasion, against England. Pearson was an all-round sportsman, representing Wales not only in rugby, but...
(Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....
), Jack Elliott
Jack Elliott (rugby player)
John "Jack" Elliott was a Welsh rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Cardiff and international rugby for Wales, winning three caps....
(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...
), Dai Fitzgerald
Dai Fitzgerald
David "Dai" Fitzgerald was a Welsh rugby centre who played club rugby under the union code for Cardiff and later switched to professional rugby league team Batley...
(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...
), Ralph Sweet-Escott
Ralph Sweet-Escott
Ralph Bond Sweet-Escott was an English-born international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cardiff and was capped three times for Wales. Sweet-Escott also played cricket for Glamorgan representing the county in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship...
(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...
), Fred Parfitt
Fred Parfitt
Frederick 'Fred' Charles Parfitt was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport, regional rugby for Somerset and was capped nine times for Wales...
(Newport), Frank Mills
Frank Mills (rugby player)
Frank Musgrave Mills was an English-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Swansea and won 13 caps for Wales...
(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...
), Fred Hutchinson
Fred Hutchinson (rugby player)
Frederick Osborne Hutchinson was a Welsh international rugby union back row who played club rugby for Maesteg, Bridgend and Neath and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...
(Neath
Neath RFC
Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem...
), David Daniel
David Daniel
David John Daniel was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Personal history:...
(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...
), 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), 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., Harry Day
Harry Day (rugby player)
Henry "Harry" Thomas Day was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Cardiff. Day was awarded five caps for Wales, and was most notable for being part of the 1893 Welsh Triple Crown winning team...
(Newport), David Nicholl
David Nicholl (rugby player)
David Nicholl was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-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...
), Wallace Watts
Wallace Watts
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(Newport)