1871-72 Home Nations rugby union matches
Encyclopedia
The 1871-72 Home Nations rugby union matches was a single international friendly held between the England
and Scotland
national rugby union
teams. With no other recognised rugby union teams in Britain or the rest of the World, the encounter between Scotland and England represented the only possible match that could be arranged, and would continue as such until 1875, when Ireland
formed a national team
.
, 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.
(West Kent
), Frederick Mills
(Marlborough Nomads
), William Moberly
(Ravenscourt Park
), Harold Freeman
(Marlborough Nomads
), John Edmund Bentley
(Gipsies
), Stephen Finney
(I.C.E. College), P. Wilkinson (Law Club
), Thomas Batson
(Blackheath), James Body
(Gipsies
), James Bush (Clifton
), Frederick Currey
(Marlborough Nomads
), D'Aguilar
(Royal Engineers), Alfred St. George Hamersley
(Marlborough Nomads
), Francis Isherwood
(Ravenscourt Park
), Francis Luscombe
(Gipsies
), James Mackinlay
(St George's Hospital
), William Wyatt Pinching
(Guy's Hospital
), Charles Sherrard
(Royal Engineers), Frederick Stokes
(Blackheath) capt., Dawson Turner
(Richmond
)
Scotland: WD Brown (Glasgow Academicals
), T Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals
), LM Balfour
(Edinburgh Academicals), TR Marshall
(Edinburgh Academicals), RP Maitland (Royal Artillery), JW Arthur
(Glasgow Academicals
), FJ Moncreiff
(Edinburgh Academicals) capt., William Cross
(Merchistonians), J Anderson (West of Scotland), EM Bannerman (Edinburgh Academicals), CW Cathcart (Edinburgh University
), AG Colvile (Merchistonians), JF Finlay
(Edinburgh Academicals), RW Irvine
(Edinburgh Academicals), W Marshall
(Edinburgh Academicals), JLH MacFarlane (Edinburgh University
), JH McClure (West of Scotland), FT Maxwell (Royal Engineers), JAW Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), Henry Renny-Tailyour
(Royal Engineers)
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...
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. With no other recognised rugby union teams in Britain or the rest of the World, the encounter between Scotland and England represented the only possible match that could be arranged, and would continue as such until 1875, when Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
formed a national team
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...
.
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. Scotland
England: A. G. GuillemardA. G. Guillemard
Arthur George Guillemard was an English rugby union fullback who represented for England in the world's very first rugby international in 1871. Guillemard was also a notable sporting administrator and one of the most important early international rugby referees.-Rugby career:Arthur George...
(West Kent
West Kent Football Club
The West Kent Football Club was a short-lived 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:West Kent were...
), Frederick Mills
Frederick Mills (rugby union)
Frederick Mills was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1873.-Early life:Frederick Mills was born on May 5, 1849 in Chertsey...
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), William Moberly
William Moberly
William Octavius Moberly was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and represented the England national rugby union team.-Early life and education:...
(Ravenscourt Park
Ravenscourt Park Football Club
Ravenscourt Park was a short lived 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:Ravenscourt Park was founded...
), Harold Freeman
Harold Freeman
Harold Freeman was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1874.-Rugby union career:Freeman made his international debut on February 5th, 1872 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match....
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), John Edmund Bentley
John Edmund Bentley
John Edmund Bentley was an English sportsman who played in the first international rugby football match in 1871, representing England as a halfback.-Early life:...
(Gipsies
Gipsies Football Club
The Gipsies Football Club was a short lived 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:The Gipsies...
), Stephen Finney
Stephen Finney
Sir Stephen Finney CLE was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1873.-Early life:Stephen Finney was born on September 8, 1852 in Marylebone. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill...
(I.C.E. College), P. Wilkinson (Law Club
Law FC
Law, or The Law Club as they were also known was a 19th century football club that fielded teams playing by rugby football codes. It is notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union and for producing in a very short life span, a number of international...
), Thomas Batson
Thomas Batson
Thomas Batson was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1875.-Rugby union career:Batson made his international debut on February 5th, 1872 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match....
(Blackheath), James Body
James Body
James Body was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1873.-Early life:James Alfed Body was born on 3 September 1846 in Tenterden, Kent, the son of John Body. He attended Tonbridge School from 1860 to 1864 and was a member of the Football XIII in 1862 and 1863...
(Gipsies
Gipsies Football Club
The Gipsies Football Club was a short lived 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:The Gipsies...
), James Bush (Clifton
Clifton Rugby Football Club
Clifton Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club founded in Clifton, Bristol, England. Over the years the club's home games have been played in a variety of locations in northern Bristol, though never in Clifton itself; since 1976 they have been based at the southern end of Cribbs Causeway.Clifton...
), Frederick Currey
Frederick Currey
Frederick Currey was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1872.-Rugby union career:Currey made his international debut on 5 February 1872 at The Oval in the England vs Scotland match.-References:...
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), D'Aguilar
Francis d'Aguilar
Francis d'Aguilar was a rugby union international who represented England in 1872, scoring a try in that match.-Early life:Francis d'Aguilar was born on 11 December 1849. He was the grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel George Thomas d'Aguilar and Catherine Burton, who between them reportedly had 20...
(Royal Engineers), Alfred St. George Hamersley
Alfred St. George Hamersley
Alfred St. George Hamersley was a nineteenth-century solicitor and entrepreneur of great renown, an English MP and perhaps most notably an English rugby union international who played in the first ever international match, went on to captain his country and pioneered the sport in the south of New...
(Marlborough Nomads
Marlborough Nomads
The Marlborough Nomads was a 19th century rugby football club that was notable for being one of the twenty-one founding members of the Rugby Football Union, as well as producing a number of international players in the sport's early international fixtures....
), Francis Isherwood
Francis Isherwood
Francis William Ramsbottom Isherwood was an English sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket....
(Ravenscourt Park
Ravenscourt Park Football Club
Ravenscourt Park was a short lived 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:Ravenscourt Park was founded...
), Francis Luscombe
Francis Luscombe
Francis Luscombe was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1876. He also captained his country.-Early life:Francis Luscombe was born on 1849 in Norwood, then in Surrey...
(Gipsies
Gipsies Football Club
The Gipsies Football Club was a short lived 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:The Gipsies...
), James Mackinlay
James Mackinlay
James Mackinlay was a rugby union international who represented England from 1872 to 1875.-Early life:James Mackinlay was born on December 17, 1850 in Guildford. He attended Oxford University and went on to study medicine at St...
(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...
), William Wyatt Pinching
William Wyatt Pinching
William Wyatt "Nipper" Pinching was a rugby union international who represented England in 1872.-Early life:Nipper Pinching was born on March 24, 1851 in Gravesend, the third son of CJ Pinching...
(Guy's Hospital
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...
), Charles Sherrard
Charles Sherrard
Charles Sherrard RE was a rugby union international who represented England from 1871 to 1872. Additionally, along with Lieutenant Charles Arthur Crompton RE, he was the first member of the armed forces to represent their national side.-Early life:...
(Royal Engineers), Frederick Stokes
Frederick Stokes (rugby union)
Frederick Stokes was the first captain of the England national rugby union team, who played for and captained the team in the first three rugby internationals, all between England and Scotland...
(Blackheath) capt., Dawson Turner
Dawson Turner (rugby union)
For the English banker and botanist see Dawson Turner.Dawson Turner was a rugby union international who represented England from 1871 to 1875.-Early life:...
(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...
)
Scotland: WD 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...
), T Chalmers (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...
), LM Balfour
Leslie Balfour-Melville
Leslie Melville Balfour-Melville , born Leslie Melville Balfour, was an outstanding all-round Scottish amateur sportsman. The finest moment in his sporting career was on 29 July 1882. As captain, opening batsman and wicket-keeper, he led Scotland to victory over Australia at cricket...
(Edinburgh Academicals), TR Marshall
Thomas Roger Marshall
Thomas Roger Marshall was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player. He played at three quarter back.-Rugby career:One of the earliest Scottish players, he was capped four times for between 1871 and 1874. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals...
(Edinburgh Academicals), RP Maitland (Royal Artillery), JW Arthur
John Arthur (rugby union)
-Rugby career:John W. Arthur represented Scotland in 1871 in the first international match. He was capped again on the return fixture the following year...
(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...
), FJ Moncreiff
Francis Moncreiff
Hon. Francis Jeffrey Moncreiff was a Scottish rugby union player, and 's first captain, making him one of the two first captains in international rugby. He was capped on three occasions between 1871 and 1873 for ....
(Edinburgh Academicals) capt., William Cross
William Cross
William Cross was a Scottish rugby internationalist. He is notable for scoring the first conversion in international rugby in 1871 in the match between and , after Angus Buchanan scored a pushover try, and he also 's second ever try later in the match.-Rugby career:Cross represented Scotland in...
(Merchistonians), J Anderson (West of Scotland), EM Bannerman (Edinburgh Academicals), CW Cathcart (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...
), AG Colvile (Merchistonians), JF Finlay
James Finlay
James F. Finlay was a Scottish rugby union player.He was capped four times for between 1871–75, including the first ever international. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals....
(Edinburgh Academicals), 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...
(Edinburgh Academicals), W Marshall
William Marshall (rugby)
William Marshall was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped once for in 1872. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals.He was the brother of Thomas Roger Marshall who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
(Edinburgh Academicals), JLH MacFarlane (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...
), JH McClure (West of Scotland), FT Maxwell (Royal Engineers), JAW Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), Henry Renny-Tailyour
Henry Renny-Tailyour
Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour was an amateur all-round sportsman who appeared for Scotland in some of the earliest international football and rugby union matches, remaining to this day the only player to have represented the country in both codes...
(Royal Engineers)