1881-82 Home Nations rugby union matches
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The 1881-82 Home Nations rugby union matches are a series of international friendlies held between the England
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
national rugby union
teams. This was the last season before the introduction of the Home Nations Championship
and was the last time the teams involved faced each other in a friendly competition. The only recognised competition held between the countries was the annual Calcutta Cup
match, contested between England and Scotland. It was the fourth challenge for the Cup, and the first time Scotland won the trophy, beating England by two tries to nil.
, 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.
), JR Atkinson, Thomas St. George McCarthy
(Dublin University
), WW Fletcher (Kingston), EH Greene (Dublin University
), GC Bent (Dublin University
), AJ Forrest (Wanderers) capt., JM Kennedy (Wanderers), F Kennedy (Wanderers), HB Morell (Dublin University
), EA McCarthey (Kingstown), WA Wallis (Wanderers), AJ Downing (Dublin University
), FS Heuston (Kingstown), RG Thompson (Lansdowne)
Wales: Charles Lewis
(Llandovery College
) capt., Samuel Clark
(Neath
), William Norton
(Cardiff
), Bill Evans
(Rhymney
), Charlie Newman
(Newport), George Frederick Harding
(Newport), James Bridie
(Newport), Hugh Vincent
(Bangor
), Frank Purdon
(Swansea
) Tom Clapp
(Nantyglo
), Bob Gould
(Newport), Thomas Baker Jones
(Newport), William David Phillips
(Cardiff
), Tom Williams
(Pontypridd
), George Morris
(Swansea
)
This match was the first ever meeting between the two nations rugby union teams; and resulted in the first ever Welsh victory over international opposition. Ten of the Irish teams were new caps
, which reflected the makeshift nature of the Irish team after ten of the original squad withdrew before the match. Kennedy of Ireland withdrew with an injury after half an hour of play and Atkinson took a serious injury to his nose. The match itself was frequently disrupted after disputes broke out from both sides, with Wales finishing victorious.
The sports correspondent from The Irish Times
wrote a damning article in his match coverage, referring to the "dormant apathy" of the Irish team.
----
), RE McLean (Dublin University
), EJ Wolfe (NIFC
), WW Pike (Kingstown), M Johnston (Dublin University
), GC Bent (Dublin University
), AJ Forrest (Wanderers), JW Taylor (NIFC
) capt., R Nelson (Queens's University
), HB Morell (Dublin University
), WEA Cummins (Cork
), JA McDonald (Queen's University
), RW Hughes (NIFC
), TR Johnson-Smyth (Lansdowne), OS Stokes (Cork Bankers)
England: A. N. Hornby
(Manchester
), WN Bolton
(Blackheath), E Beswick
(Swinton
), R Hunt (Manchester
), HT Twynam
(Richmond
), HC Rowley
(Manchester
), JI Ward (Richmond
), Charles Gurdon
(Richmond
) capt., BB Middleton (Birkenhead Park), Harry Vassall
(Blackheath), Herbert Fuller
(Bath
), JT Hunt (Manchester
), GT Thomson
(Halifax
), A Spurling (Blackheath), WW Hewitt (Queen's House
)
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(Merchiston), Bill Maclagan
(Glasgow Academicals
), F Hunter
(Edinburgh University
), WS Brown (Edinburgh Inst. FP), AGG Asher
(Oxford University
), G Macleod (Glasgow Academicals
), R Ainslie (Edinburgh Inst. FP), C Reid
(Edinburgh Academical), DY Cassels (West of Scotland) capt., D. Somerville
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), D McCowan (West of Scotland), R Maitland
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), T Ainslie
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), AFC Gore (London Scottish
), JB Brown (Glasgow Academicals
)
Ireland: RB Walkington (NIFC
), RE McLean (Dublin University
), JR Atkinson (Dublin University
), RW Morrow (Queens's University
), WW Fletcher (Kingstown), J Pedlow (Bessbrook), AC O'Sulivan (Dublin University
), JW Taylor (NIFC
) capt., R Nelson (Queens's University
), JBW Buchanan (Dublin University
), W Finlay (NIFC
), JA McDonald (Queen's University
), RW Hughes (NIFC
), G Scriven (Dublin University
), J Johnston (Belfast Acads)
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(Manchester
) capt., WN Bolton
(Blackheath), E Beswick
(Swinton
), JH Payne
(Broughton
), HH Taylor
(Blackheath), Charles Coates
(Yorkshire Wanderers), WM Tatham (Oxford University
), Charles Gurdon
(Richmond
), PA Newton (Blackheath), Harry Vassall
(Oxford University
), Herbert Fuller
(Cambridge University
), JT Hunt (Manchester
), GT Thomson
(Halifax
), ET Gurdon
(Richmond
), HC Rowley
(Manchester
)
Scotland: JP Veitch (Royal HSFP), Bill Maclagan
(Glasgow Academicals
), A Philip (Edinburgh Inst. FP), WS Brown (Edinburgh Inst. FP), Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope
(Cambridge University
), Archibald Walker
(West of Scotland), Robert Ainslie (Edinburgh Inst. FP), Charles Reid
(Edinburgh Academical), DY Cassels (West of Scotland) capt., WA Walls (Glasgow Academicals
), D McCowan (West of Scotland), Robert Maitland
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), Thomas Ainslie
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), JG Walker
(West of Scotland), JB Brown (Glasgow Academicals
)
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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...
, 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...
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. This was the last season before the introduction of the Home Nations Championship
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....
and was the last time the teams involved faced each other in a friendly competition. The only recognised competition held between the countries was the annual Calcutta Cup
Calcutta Cup
The Calcutta Cup is a rugby union trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between England and Scotland. It is currently England's since the 2009 Six Nations Championship....
match, contested between England and Scotland. It was the fourth challenge for the Cup, and the first time Scotland won the trophy, beating England by two tries to nil.
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.
Ireland vs. Wales
Ireland: RE McLean (NIFCNorth 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...
), JR Atkinson, Thomas St. George McCarthy
Thomas St. George McCarthy
Thomas St. George MacCarthy was an Ireland rugby union international and founder member of the Gaelic Athletic Association, being present at Hayes Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland at the Association's inaugural meeting on 1 November 1884....
(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:...
), WW Fletcher (Kingston), EH Greene (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:...
), GC Bent (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:...
), AJ Forrest (Wanderers) capt., JM Kennedy (Wanderers), F Kennedy (Wanderers), HB Morell (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:...
), EA McCarthey (Kingstown), WA Wallis (Wanderers), AJ Downing (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:...
), FS Heuston (Kingstown), RG Thompson (Lansdowne)
Wales: Charles Lewis
Charles Lewis (rugby player)
Charles Prytherch Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union player, who won five caps between 1882 and 1884.-Life:...
(Llandovery College
Llandovery College
Llandovery College is an independent school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It was founded and endowed by Thomas Phillips in 1847 to provide a classical and liberal education in which the Welsh language; the study of Welsh literature and history were also to be cultivated.Llandovery...
) capt., Samuel Clark
Samuel Clark (rugby player)
Samuel Simmonds Clark was an English-born rugby union official and international rugby union full-back who played club rugby for Neath...
(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...
), William Norton
William Norton (rugby player)
William Barron Norton was a Welsh international rugby union three-quarter who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. He was awarded six caps for Wales.- 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...
), Bill Evans
Bill Evans (rugby player)
William Frederick Evans was a Welsh international rugby union player, who won two caps for Wales in 1882 and 1883.-Rugby career:Evans was born in Rhymney, Monmouthshire...
(Rhymney
Rhymney RFC
Rhymney Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Rhymney in Wales. The Senior team presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Three East league. Rhymney is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.Rugby union was first played in...
), Charlie Newman
Charlie Newman
Charlie Newman was a Welsh international three-quarter who played club rugby for Newport. He was awarded ten caps for Wales and captained the team on six occasions. An original member of the Newport squad he captained the team in the 1882/83 season.-Personal life:Newman was born Newport in 1857 to...
(Newport), George Frederick Harding
George Frederick Harding
George Frederick Harding JP was an English-born international rugby union player who played club rugby for Newport and international rugby for Wales. Harding was a member of the very first Wales international team that faced England in 1881.-Rugby career:Harding first played rugby for Newport in...
(Newport), James Bridie
James Bridie (rugby player)
James Bridie was a Scottish-born rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby union for Cardiff and Newport, international Wales and county rugby for Monmouthshire.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Hugh Vincent
Hugh Vincent
Sir Hugh Corbet Vincent was a Welsh rugby union and association football player. He played club rugby for Bangor RFC and club football for Bangor City F.C. as well as a single international for the Wales national rugby union team...
(Bangor
Bangor RFC
Bangor Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Bangor, North Wales. Bangor RFC is a founding member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets...
), Frank Purdon
Frank Purdon
Frank Thomas Purdon was an Irish-born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Swansea. Purdon was capped four times for Wales including the very first Wales international, against England in 1881.-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...
) Tom Clapp
Tom Clapp
Tom Clapp was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Nantyglo RFC. He won 14 caps for Wales and captained the team on three occasions...
(Nantyglo
Nantyglo RFC
Nantyglo Rugby Football Club is a rugby union, from Nantyglo Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.....
), Bob Gould
Bob Gould (rugby player)
Bob Gould was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 11 caps for Wales and captained them for one match...
(Newport), Thomas Baker Jones
Thomas Baker Jones
Thomas Baker Jones was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby union for Newport. Jones was capped six times for Wales and was the first player to score recognised international points for the national team....
(Newport), William David Phillips
William David Phillips
William David Phillips was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby 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 Williams
Tom Williams (Welsh rugby player)
Thomas Williams was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff and Pontypridd and international rugby for Wales. A solicitor by profession, Williams would later become a national selector for the Welsh Rugby Union...
(Pontypridd
Pontypridd RFC
Pontypridd Rugby Football Club, known as Ponty, are a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, currently playing in the British and Irish Cup, Principality Premiership, and are the current SWALEC Cup champions....
), George Morris
George Lockwood Morris
Sir George Lockwood Morris, 8th Baronet was a Welsh industrialist and iron founder. As a youth he was also notable as an international rugby union forward who won five 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...
)
This match was the first ever meeting between the two nations rugby union teams; and resulted in the first ever Welsh victory over international opposition. Ten of the Irish teams were new caps
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
, which reflected the makeshift nature of the Irish team after ten of the original squad withdrew before the match. Kennedy of Ireland withdrew with an injury after half an hour of play and Atkinson took a serious injury to his nose. The match itself was frequently disrupted after disputes broke out from both sides, with Wales finishing victorious.
The sports correspondent from The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
wrote a damning article in his match coverage, referring to the "dormant apathy" of the Irish team.
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Ireland vs. England
Ireland: RB Walkington (NIFCNorth 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...
), RE McLean (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:...
), EJ Wolfe (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...
), WW Pike (Kingstown), M Johnston (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:...
), GC Bent (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:...
), AJ Forrest (Wanderers), JW Taylor (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...
) capt., R Nelson (Queens's University
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), HB Morell (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:...
), WEA Cummins (Cork
University College Cork RFC
University College Cork Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of University College Cork, based in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. They currently play in Division 1B of the AIB League. Founded in 1872, they originally played as Queen’s College Cork, as UCC was then known. Recent successes...
), JA McDonald (Queen's University
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), RW Hughes (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...
), TR Johnson-Smyth (Lansdowne), OS Stokes (Cork Bankers)
England: 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...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), WN Bolton
Wilfred Bolton
Wilfred Bolton was a rugby union international who represented England from 1882 to 1887.-Rugby union career:Bolton made his international debut on Feb 6, 1882 at Lansdowne Road in the Ireland vs England match....
(Blackheath), E Beswick
Edmund Beswick
Edmund "Ted"/"Teddy" Beswick was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Swinton, playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre...
(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:...
), R Hunt (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), HT Twynam
Henry Twynam (rugby union)
Henry Twynam was a rugby union international who represented England from 1879 to 1884.-Rugby union career:Twynam made his international debut on 24 March 1879 at The Oval in the England vs Ireland match. Of the 8 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 7 occasions....
(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...
), HC Rowley
Hugh Rowley
Hugh Campbell Rowley was a rugby union international who represented England from 1879 to 1882.-Rugby union career:Rowley was originally a member of the Bowdon and Lymm Club, and was selected form this club to represent the county of Cheshire in the first match between Cheshire and Lancashire on...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), JI Ward (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...
), Charles Gurdon
Charles Gurdon
Charles Gurdon was an English rower and rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Richmond. Gurdon represented England fourteen times during the early development of international rugby union, once as captain...
(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...
) capt., BB Middleton (Birkenhead Park), Harry Vassall
Harry Vassall
Henry Vassall was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University. Vassall played international rugby for England in the early years of the sport, winning five caps and scoring a hat-trick of tries in the first encounter between England and Wales.While at Oxford...
(Blackheath), Herbert Fuller
Herbert Fuller
Herbert George Fuller was an English born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and won four international caps for the England national rugby union team between 1882 and 1884.-Early life:...
(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...
), JT Hunt (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), GT Thomson
George Thomson (rugby)
George Thomas Thomson was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s and '80s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Halifax, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(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...
), A Spurling (Blackheath), WW Hewitt (Queen's House
Queen's House Football Club
Queen's House 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.-History:...
)
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Scotland vs. Ireland
Scotland: T AndersonThomas Anderson (rugby)
Thomas Anderson was a Scottish rugby football player, and cricketer.He attended Merchiston Castle School.He was capped once for in the 1882 match against at fullback...
(Merchiston), Bill Maclagan
Bill Maclagan
William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....
(Glasgow Academicals
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...
), F Hunter
Frank Hunter (rugby)
Frank Hunter was a Scottish international rugby and cricketer.Hunter went to Fettes College, and then studied at Edinburgh University.One of the earliest Scottish players, he was capped once for in 1882 against...
(Edinburgh University
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...
), WS Brown (Edinburgh Inst. FP), AGG Asher
A.G.G. Asher
Sir Augustus Gordon Grant Asher CBE was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.-Biography:Grant Asher was born in India in 1861....
(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:...
), G Macleod (Glasgow Academicals
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...
), R Ainslie (Edinburgh Inst. FP), C Reid
Charles Reid
Charles Reid, nicknamed Hippo, was a Scottish international rugby players. He was capped twenty times for between 1881-88. Reid vies with Ninian Finlay for the title of the youngest player ever to be capped for - he was seventeen years and thirty six days old when he was capped against on 19...
(Edinburgh Academical), DY Cassels (West of Scotland) capt., D. Somerville
D. Somerville
D. Somerville was a Scottish rugby union player of the late nineteenth century.He was capped six times for between 1879-84 including the 1883 Home Nations Championship....
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), D McCowan (West of Scotland), R Maitland
Robert Maitland
Robert Maitland was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1881-85. He also played for Edinburgh Institute FP/Edinburgh Institution FP.He was the brother of Gardyne Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), T Ainslie
Thomas Ainslie
Thomas Ainslie was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped eleven times for between 1881-85. He also played for Edinburgh Institute FP/Edinburgh Institution FP.He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), AFC Gore (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:...
), JB Brown (Glasgow Academicals
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...
)
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...
), RE McLean (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:...
), JR Atkinson (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:...
), RW Morrow (Queens's University
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), WW Fletcher (Kingstown), J Pedlow (Bessbrook), AC O'Sulivan (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:...
), JW Taylor (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...
) capt., R Nelson (Queens's University
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), JBW Buchanan (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...
), JA McDonald (Queen's University
Queen's University RFC
Queen's University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of Queen's University Belfast. Founded in 1869, it is the second oldest rugby union club in Northern Ireland . They originally played as Queen's College, Belfast and have won the Ulster Senior Cup a record 21 times...
), RW Hughes (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...
), G Scriven (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:...
), J Johnston (Belfast Acads)
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England vs. Scotland
England: A. N. HornbyA. 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...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
) capt., WN Bolton
Wilfred Bolton
Wilfred Bolton was a rugby union international who represented England from 1882 to 1887.-Rugby union career:Bolton made his international debut on Feb 6, 1882 at Lansdowne Road in the Ireland vs England match....
(Blackheath), E Beswick
Edmund Beswick
Edmund "Ted"/"Teddy" Beswick was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Swinton, playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre...
(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:...
), JH Payne
John Payne (rugby)
John H. Payne was an English rugby union footballer of the 1880s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Broughton Rangers, playing at Half-back, e.g. Fly-half, or Scrum-half...
(Broughton
Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers was a British rugby football, and subsequently a rugby league club. It was based in Broughton, Salford.-History:Broughton Rangers was founded in 1877 as Broughton and added Rangers for its second season...
), HH Taylor
Henry Taylor (rugby union)
Henry Taylor was a rugby union international who represented England from 1879 to 1882.-Early life:Henry Taylor was born on September 21, 1858 in Greenwich. He attended Merchant Taylors' School.-Rugby union career:...
(Blackheath), Charles Coates
Charles Coates
The Reverend Charles Hutton Coates was a clergyman who also played international rugby union for England. An all round sportsman, he competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London for Great Britain in archery....
(Yorkshire Wanderers), WM Tatham (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:...
), Charles Gurdon
Charles Gurdon
Charles Gurdon was an English rower and rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and Richmond. Gurdon represented England fourteen times during the early development of international rugby union, once as captain...
(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...
), PA Newton (Blackheath), Harry Vassall
Harry Vassall
Henry Vassall was an English rugby union player, best known as a centre for Oxford University. Vassall played international rugby for England in the early years of the sport, winning five caps and scoring a hat-trick of tries in the first encounter between England and Wales.While at Oxford...
(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:...
), Herbert Fuller
Herbert Fuller
Herbert George Fuller was an English born rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge University and won four international caps for the England national rugby union team between 1882 and 1884.-Early life:...
(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...
), JT Hunt (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), GT Thomson
George Thomson (rugby)
George Thomas Thomson was a rugby union footballer of the 1870s and '80s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Halifax, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
(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...
), ET Gurdon
Edward Temple Gurdon
Edward Temple Gurdon, often known as Temple Gurdon, was a rugby union international who represented England from 1878 to 1886. He also captained his country.-Early life:Temple Gurdon was born on January 25, 1854 in Barnham Broom, Norfolk...
(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...
), HC Rowley
Hugh Rowley
Hugh Campbell Rowley was a rugby union international who represented England from 1879 to 1882.-Rugby union career:Rowley was originally a member of the Bowdon and Lymm Club, and was selected form this club to represent the county of Cheshire in the first match between Cheshire and Lancashire on...
(Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
)
Scotland: JP Veitch (Royal HSFP), Bill Maclagan
Bill Maclagan
William Edward "Bill" Maclagan was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for London Scottish F.C....
(Glasgow Academicals
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 Philip (Edinburgh Inst. FP), WS Brown (Edinburgh Inst. FP), Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope
Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope
Andrew Ramsay "Bunny" Don-Wauchope was a Scottish international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cambridge and Fettesian-Lorettonian. Don Wauchope played an important role within the early growth of Scottish rugby and after retiring from international rugby he became a referee and was...
(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...
), Archibald Walker
Archibald Walker
Archibald Walker was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1881–1883. He also played for West of Scotland FC.He was the brother of James Walker who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(West of Scotland), Robert Ainslie (Edinburgh Inst. FP), Charles Reid
Charles Reid
Charles Reid, nicknamed Hippo, was a Scottish international rugby players. He was capped twenty times for between 1881-88. Reid vies with Ninian Finlay for the title of the youngest player ever to be capped for - he was seventeen years and thirty six days old when he was capped against on 19...
(Edinburgh Academical), DY Cassels (West of Scotland) capt., WA Walls (Glasgow Academicals
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...
), D McCowan (West of Scotland), Robert Maitland
Robert Maitland
Robert Maitland was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1881-85. He also played for Edinburgh Institute FP/Edinburgh Institution FP.He was the brother of Gardyne Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), Thomas Ainslie
Thomas Ainslie
Thomas Ainslie was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped eleven times for between 1881-85. He also played for Edinburgh Institute FP/Edinburgh Institution FP.He was the brother of Robert Ainslie who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(Edinburgh Inst. FP), JG Walker
James Walker (rugby)
James George Walker , was a Scottish rugby football player, and cricket player.Walker was born in Tradeston, Glasgow. He was capped twice for between 1882-83...
(West of Scotland), JB Brown (Glasgow Academicals
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...
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