1876-77 Home Nations rugby union matches
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The 1876-77 Home Nations rugby union matches are a series of international friendlies held between the England
, Ireland
and Scotland
national rugby union
teams.
, 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.
), L Stokes
(Blackheath F.C.), A. N. Hornby
(Preston
), Reg Birkett
(Clapham Rovers
), WC Hutchinson
(I.C.E. College
), PLA Price
(I.C.E. College
), Edward Kewley
(Liverpool
) capt., FR Adams
(Richmond
), RH Fowler
(Leeds
), Murray Marshall
(Blackheath F.C.), G Harrison
(Hull), WH Hunt (Preston
), Charles Touzel
(Cambridge University
), FH Lee (Oxford University
), Edward Beadon Turner
(St. George's Hospital
)
Ireland: RB Walkington (NIFC
), R Galbraith (Dublin University
) capt:, H Brown (Windsor), FW Kidd (Lansdowne), AM Whitestone (Dublin University
), TG Gordon
(NIFC
), HW Jackson (Dublin University
), HL Cox (Dublin University
), W Finlay (NIFC
), J Ireland (Windsor), WH Wilson (Dublin University
), HG Edwards (Dublin University
), HC Kelly (NIFC
), T Brown (Windsor), WJ Hamilton (Dublin University
)
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, J Correll, HL Cox, W Finlay, JA McDonald, WH Wilson capt:, HW Murray, HC Kelly, T Brown, WH Ash
Scotland: HH Johnston
(Edinburgh University RFC
), Malcolm Cross
, RC MacKenzie
, EI Pocock
(Edinburgh Wanderers), JR Hay-Gordon, SH Smith, DH Watson, D Lang, C Villar, RW Irvine
capt., AG Petrie, JHS Graham, HM Napier, J Reid
, JE Junor
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, A. N. Hornby
, AW Pearson
, WAD Evanson, PLA Price
, Edward Kewley
capt., HWT Garnett
, R Todd, Murray Marshall
, G Harrison
(Hull), WH Hunt (Preston
), Charles Touzel
, CC Bryden, AF Law
Scotland: JS Carrick
, HH Johnston
(Edinburgh Collegiate RFC), Malcolm Cross
, RC MacKenzie
, EI Pocock
(Edinburgh Wanderers), JR Hay-Gordon, DH Watson, TJ Torrie, C Villar, RW Irvine
capt., AG Petrie, JHS Graham, HM Napier, J Reid
, JE Junor
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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...
and 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...
national rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
teams.
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.
England vs. Ireland
England: LH Birkett (Clapham RoversClapham Rovers F.C.
Clapham Rovers was from its foundation in 1869 a leading English sports organisation in the two dominant codes of football, association football and rugby union. It was a prominent club in the late 19th century but is now defunct...
), L Stokes
Lennard Stokes
Dr. Lennard Stokes was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1881. He also captained his country on five occasions, notably in the first ever match against Wales...
(Blackheath F.C.), A. N. Hornby
A. N. Hornby
Albert Neilson Hornby, commonly designated A. N. Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby was one of the best known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth century excelling in both rugby and cricket...
(Preston
Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.
Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Preston, Lancashire. It was founded on 28 September 1869 at a meeting held at the Bull Hotel, Preston making one of the oldest 'northern' rugby union teams....
), Reg Birkett
Reg Birkett
Reginald Halsey Birkett was an English football player who played for Clapham Rovers, as well as the English national side. He also played international rugby union for England in 1871, in the first ever international rugby match. In this match he scored England's first ever try.-Early...
(Clapham Rovers
Clapham Rovers F.C.
Clapham Rovers was from its foundation in 1869 a leading English sports organisation in the two dominant codes of football, association football and rugby union. It was a prominent club in the late 19th century but is now defunct...
), WC Hutchinson
William Hutchinson (rugby union)
William Hutchinson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1876 to 1877.-Rugby union career:Hutchinson attended and played his club rugby for the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill. He was selected to play for England in 1876 and made his international debut on...
(I.C.E. College
Royal Indian Engineering College
The Royal Indian Engineering College was a British college of Civil Engineering founded by Sir George Tomkyns Chesney in 1870. It was intended to train engineers for the Indian Public Works department. The work of the college was transferred to India in 1906....
), PLA Price
Petley Price
Petley Price was a rugby union international who represented England on three occasions from 1877 to 1878.-Early life:...
(I.C.E. College
Royal Indian Engineering College
The Royal Indian Engineering College was a British college of Civil Engineering founded by Sir George Tomkyns Chesney in 1870. It was intended to train engineers for the Indian Public Works department. The work of the college was transferred to India in 1906....
), Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley was an English sportsman who played rugby union for England and also played first class cricket for Lancashire...
(Liverpool
Liverpool St Helens F.C.
Liverpool St Helens Football Club are a rugby union team formed from the merger of Liverpool Football Club and St. Helens RUFC. The club currently plays in North 1 West....
) capt., FR Adams
Frank Reginald Adams
Frank Adams was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1879. He also captained his country.-Early life:Frank Adams was born in 1852, the second son of Frank Adams and Ellen Straith...
(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...
), RH Fowler
Henry Fowler (rugby)
R. Henry Fowler was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Leeds, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Leeds
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...
), Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1878. He also captained his country.-Early life:Murray Marshall was born 7 October 1852 in Guildford and baptised on 3 November 1852 in the parish of St Peter and St Paul, Godalming. His parents were Murray and...
(Blackheath F.C.), G Harrison
Gilbert Harrison (rugby)
Gilbert "Gillie" Harrison was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s and '80s who at representative level played for England, and at club level was Captain for Hull, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Hull), WH Hunt (Preston
Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.
Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Preston, Lancashire. It was founded on 28 September 1869 at a meeting held at the Bull Hotel, Preston making one of the oldest 'northern' rugby union teams....
), Charles Touzel
Charles Touzel
Charles John Cliff Touzel was an English priest who became the rector of Heswall in Cheshire. In his younger days he was a rugby union player of note, representing Cambridge University and winning two international caps for England....
(Cambridge University
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...
), FH Lee (Oxford University
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:...
), Edward Beadon Turner
Edward Beadon Turner
Edward Beadon Turner was an English medical doctor and medical administrator. Turner was a powerful orator and made himself available to multiple medical committees...
(St. George's Hospital
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC
St. George’s Hospital Medical School RFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the world having been founded in 1863. The side is notable for its long history, its participation in the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as having produced a large number of international...
)
Ireland: RB Walkington (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...
), R Galbraith (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
) capt:, H Brown (Windsor), FW Kidd (Lansdowne), AM Whitestone (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), TG Gordon
Thomas Gisborne Gordon
Thomas Gisborne Gordon, was a rugby football player who played for North of Ireland F.C. and represented Ireland. He has the distinction of being the only one-handed/armed man ever to play international rugby ....
(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...
), HW Jackson (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), HL Cox (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), W Finlay (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...
), J Ireland (Windsor), WH Wilson (Dublin University
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 Edwards (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), HC Kelly (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...
), T Brown (Windsor), WJ Hamilton (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
)
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Ireland vs. Scotland
Ireland: RGM Shaw, H Moore, RB Walkington, FW Kidd, J Heron, TG GordonThomas Gisborne Gordon
Thomas Gisborne Gordon, was a rugby football player who played for North of Ireland F.C. and represented Ireland. He has the distinction of being the only one-handed/armed man ever to play international rugby ....
, J Correll, HL Cox, W Finlay, JA McDonald, WH Wilson capt:, HW Murray, HC Kelly, T Brown, WH Ash
Scotland: HH Johnston
Henry Halcro Johnston
Colonel Henry Halcro Johnston, C.B., C.B.E., D.L., D.Sc., M.D.C.M., F.R.S.F., F.L.S. was a rugby union international who as a member of Edinburgh University RFC, represented Scotland in 1877 and who went on to make a significant contribution to botany and horticulture hrough his meticulous...
(Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped nine times for between 1875-80. He also played for Merchistonians.He was the brother of William Cross who was also capped for Scotland, and who scored the first ever conversion in international rugby.-References:* Bath, Richard The...
, RC MacKenzie
Robert MacKenzie (rugby)
Robert Campbell MacKenzie was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for . He was capped four times between 1877-81, scoring two goals , three tries, and two drop goals.-References:* on scrum.com...
, EI Pocock
Edward Innes Pocock
Edward Innes Pocock was a Scottish rugby union player. Playing at three-quarters, Pocock gained two caps for Scotland while representing Edinburgh Wanderers at club level. A soldier by profession, he served in Cecil Rhodes' Pioneer Column...
(Edinburgh Wanderers), JR Hay-Gordon, SH Smith, DH Watson, D Lang, C Villar, RW Irvine
Bulldog Irvine
Doctor Robert W. Irvine, nicknamed "Bulldog", was a Scottish rugby football player.-Rugby career:He was capped 13 times for between 1871–80, including the first ever rugby international...
capt., AG Petrie, JHS Graham, HM Napier, J Reid
James Reid (rugby)
James Reid was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1874-77. He also played for Edinburgh Wanderers.He was the brother of Charles Reid who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
, JE Junor
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Scotland vs. England
England: LH Birkett, L StokesLennard Stokes
Dr. Lennard Stokes was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1881. He also captained his country on five occasions, notably in the first ever match against Wales...
, A. N. Hornby
A. N. Hornby
Albert Neilson Hornby, commonly designated A. N. Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby was one of the best known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth century excelling in both rugby and cricket...
, AW Pearson
Alexander William Pearson
Alexander "Alec" William Pearson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1878. He was described as late as 1925 as "about as fíne a full back as ever played", and was the first Australian born rugby union international.-Early life and family:Alexander William Pearson...
, WAD Evanson, PLA Price
Petley Price
Petley Price was a rugby union international who represented England on three occasions from 1877 to 1878.-Early life:...
, Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley
Edward Kewley was an English sportsman who played rugby union for England and also played first class cricket for Lancashire...
capt., HWT Garnett
Harry Garnett
Harry Wharfedale Tennant Garnett was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s, and rugby union administrator of the 1890s 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 27 August 1895, Bradford...
, R Todd, Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall
Murray Marshall was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1878. He also captained his country.-Early life:Murray Marshall was born 7 October 1852 in Guildford and baptised on 3 November 1852 in the parish of St Peter and St Paul, Godalming. His parents were Murray and...
, G Harrison
Gilbert Harrison (rugby)
Gilbert "Gillie" Harrison was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s and '80s who at representative level played for England, and at club level was Captain for Hull, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(Hull), WH Hunt (Preston
Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C.
Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from Preston, Lancashire. It was founded on 28 September 1869 at a meeting held at the Bull Hotel, Preston making one of the oldest 'northern' rugby union teams....
), Charles Touzel
Charles Touzel
Charles John Cliff Touzel was an English priest who became the rector of Heswall in Cheshire. In his younger days he was a rugby union player of note, representing Cambridge University and winning two international caps for England....
, CC Bryden, AF Law
Scotland: JS Carrick
James Stewart Carrick
James Stewart Carrick was a Scottish rugby union and cricket player. He died in Seattle, Washington in 1923....
, HH Johnston
Henry Halcro Johnston
Colonel Henry Halcro Johnston, C.B., C.B.E., D.L., D.Sc., M.D.C.M., F.R.S.F., F.L.S. was a rugby union international who as a member of Edinburgh University RFC, represented Scotland in 1877 and who went on to make a significant contribution to botany and horticulture hrough his meticulous...
(Edinburgh Collegiate RFC), Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped nine times for between 1875-80. He also played for Merchistonians.He was the brother of William Cross who was also capped for Scotland, and who scored the first ever conversion in international rugby.-References:* Bath, Richard The...
, RC MacKenzie
Robert MacKenzie (rugby)
Robert Campbell MacKenzie was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for . He was capped four times between 1877-81, scoring two goals , three tries, and two drop goals.-References:* on scrum.com...
, EI Pocock
Edward Innes Pocock
Edward Innes Pocock was a Scottish rugby union player. Playing at three-quarters, Pocock gained two caps for Scotland while representing Edinburgh Wanderers at club level. A soldier by profession, he served in Cecil Rhodes' Pioneer Column...
(Edinburgh Wanderers), JR Hay-Gordon, DH Watson, TJ Torrie, C Villar, RW Irvine
Bulldog Irvine
Doctor Robert W. Irvine, nicknamed "Bulldog", was a Scottish rugby football player.-Rugby career:He was capped 13 times for between 1871–80, including the first ever rugby international...
capt., AG Petrie, JHS Graham, HM Napier, J Reid
James Reid (rugby)
James Reid was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1874-77. He also played for Edinburgh Wanderers.He was the brother of Charles Reid who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
, JE Junor
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