:1887 Home Nations Championship

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date = 8 January 1887|

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score = 0–0 |

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stadium = Llanelli |

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date = 5 February 1887|

home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}} |

score = 2–0 |

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stadium = Dublin |

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date = 19 February 1887|

home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}} |

score = 0–2 |

away = {{Ru|SCO}} |

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stadium = Belfast |

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date = 26 February 1887|

home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |

score = 4–0 |

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stadium = Edinburgh |

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date = 5 March 1887|

home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |

score = (1T) 0–0 (1T) |

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stadium = Manchester |

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date = 12 March 1887|

home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1807}} |

score = 1–0 |

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stadium = Birkenhead |

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The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a try, 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.

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|date = January 8, 1887

|home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1807}}

|score = nil – nil

|away = {{Ru|ENG}}

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|stadium = Cricket pitch adjacent to Stradey Park, Llanelli
Stradey Park abandoned to frozen pitch

|attendance = 8,000Bevan, Alun Wyn, Stradey Stories Gomer Press (2005); pg 5. {{ISBN|978-1-84323-570-5}}

|referee = George Rowland Hill (England) }}

Wales: Harry Bowen (Llanelli), Charles Taylor (Blackheath), Arthur Gould (Newport), Charlie Newman (Newport) capt., Billy Douglas (Cardiff), Jem Evans (Cardiff), Albert Hybart (Cardiff), Bob Gould (Newport), Alexander Bland (Cardiff), William Bowen (Swansea), D Morgan (Swansea), Edward Alexander (Cambridge Uni.), Tom Clapp (Newport), Willie Thomas (Llandovery), Thomas William Lockwood (Newport)

England: Samuel Roberts (Swinton), Richard Lockwood (Dewsbury), Rawson Robertshaw (Bradford), John Le Fleming (Blackheath), Alan Rotherham (Richmond) capt., Fred Bonsor (Bradford), Robert Seddon (Broughton Rangers), WG Clibbon (Richmond), CR Cleveland (Oxford Uni.), GL Jeffery (Blackheath), Lawrie Hickson (Bradford), JH Dewhurst (Cambridge Uni.), Edgar Wilkinson (Bradford), N Spurling (Blackheath), HC Baker (Clifton)

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|date = February 5, 1887

|home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}}

|score = 2G – nil

|away = {{Ru|ENG}}

|homescore = Try: Montgomery
Tillie
Con: Rambaut (2)

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|stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = WD Phillips (Wales) }}

Ireland: Dolway Walkington (NIFC), CR Tillie (Dublin Uni.), DF Rambaut (Dublin Uni.), R Montgomery (Cambridge University), JH McLaughlin (Derry), RG Warren (Lansdowne) capt., Victor Le Fanu (Cambridge University), Thomas Lyle (Dublin Uni.), EJ Walsh (Lansdowne), JS Dick (Queen's College, Cork), R Stevenson (Lisburn), J Macauley (Limerick), J Chambers (Dublin Uni.), J Johnston (Belfast Albion), HJ Neill (NIFC)

England: S Roberts (Swinton), RE Lockwood (Dewsbury), A St L Fagan (United Hospitals), WN Bolton (Blackheath), A Rotherham (Richmond) capt., Mason Scott (Cambridge Uni.), Robert Seddon (Broughton Rangers), WG Clibbon (Richmond), CJB Marriott (Blackheath), GL Jeffery (Blackheath), JL Hickson (Bradford), JH Dewhurst (Cambridge Uni.), AT Kemble (Liverpool), FE Pease (Hartlepool Rovers), A Teggin (Broughton Rangers)

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|date = February 19, 1887

|home = {{Ru-rt|IRE|1783}}

|score = nil – 1G 2T 1GM

|away = {{Ru|SCO}}

|homescore =

|awayscore = Try: Maclagan
McEwan
Morton
Con: Berry

|stadium = Ormeau, Belfast

|attendance =

|referee = George Rowland Hill (England) }}

Ireland: JM O'Sullivan (Cork), CR Tillie (Dublin Uni.), DF Rambaut (Dublin Uni.), R Montgomery (Cambridge University), JH McLaughlin (Derry), RG Warren (Lansdowne) capt., CM Moore (Dublin Uni.), Thomas Lyle (Dublin Uni.), EJ Walsh (Lansdowne), JS Dick (Queen's College, Cork), R Stevenson (Lisburn), J Macauley (Limerick), J Chambers (Dublin Uni.), J Johnston (Belfast Albion), HJ Neill (NIFC)

Scotland: WF Holmes (London Scottish), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish), DJ McFarlan (London Scottish), AN Woodrow (Glasgow Acads), PH Don Wauchope (Fettesian-Lorettonians), CE Orr (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan (West of Scotland), AT Clay (Edinburgh Acads), J French (Glasgow Acads), TW Irvine (Edinburgh Acads), WC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), CW Berry (Edinburgh Wanderers), C Reid (Edinburgh Acads) capt., HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), DS Morton (West of Scotland)

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|date = February 26, 1887

|home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}}

|score = 4G 8T – nil

|away = {{Ru|WAL|1807}}

|homescore = Try: Lindsay (5)
Don Wanchope
Orr
Reid
MacMillan
McEwan
Maclagan
Morton
Con: Berry (2)
Woodrow (2)

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|stadium = Raeburn Place, Edinburgh

|attendance =

|referee = FI Currey (England) }}

Scotland: AWC Cameron (Watsonians), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish), GC Lindsay (London Scottish), AN Woodrow (Glasgow Acads), PH Don Wauchope (Fettesian-Lorettonians), CE Orr (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan (West of Scotland), AT Clay (Edinburgh Acads), J French (Glasgow Acads), TW Irvine (Edinburgh Acads), WC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), CW Berry (Edinburgh Wanderers), C Reid (Edinburgh Acads) capt., HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), DS Morton (West of Scotland)

Wales: Hugh Hughes (Cardiff), David Gwynn (Swansea), Arthur Gould (Newport), George Bowen (Swansea), Billy Douglas (Cardiff), Jem Evans (Cardiff), William Williams (Cardiff), Bob Gould (Newport) capt., Alexander Bland (Cardiff), William Bowen (Swansea), D Morgan (Swansea), Evan Richards (Swansea), Tom Clapp (Newport), Willie Thomas (Llandovery), Thomas William Lockwood (Newport)

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|date = March 5, 1887

|home = {{Ru|ENG}}

|score = 1T – 1T

|away = {{Ru|SCO}}

|homescore = Try: Jeffery

|awayscore = Try: Morton

|stadium = Whalley Range, Manchester

|attendance =

|referee = Thomas Lyle (Ireland) }}

England: HB Tristram (Richmond), RE Lockwood (Dewsbury), R Robertshaw (Bradford), WN Bolton (Blackheath), A Rotherham (Richmond) capt., F Bonsor (Bradford), Robert Seddon (Broughton Rangers), WG Clibbon (Richmond), CR Cleveland (Oxford Uni.), GL Jeffery (Blackheath), JL Hickson (Bradford), JH Dewhurst (Cambridge Uni.), E Wilkinson (Bradford), HH Springman (Liverpool), A Teggin (Broughton Rangers)

Scotland: WF Holmes (London Scottish), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish), GC Lindsay (London Scottish), AN Woodrow (Glasgow Acads), PH Don Wauchope (Fettesian-Lorettonians), CE Orr (West of Scotland), Robert MacMillan (West of Scotland), AT Clay (Edinburgh Acads), J French (Glasgow Acads), TW Irvine (Edinburgh Acads), WC McEwan (Edinburgh Acads), CW Berry (Edinburgh Wanderers), C Reid (Edinburgh Acads) capt., HT Ker (Glasgow Acads), DS Morton (West of Scotland)

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|date = March 12, 1887

|home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1807}}

|score = 1T 1DG – 3T

|away = {{Ru|IRE|1783}}

|homescore = Try: Morgan
Drop: Gould

|awayscore = Try: Montgomery (3)

|stadium = Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead

|attendance =

|referee = JA Gardener (Scotland) }}

Wales: Samuel Clark (Neath), Charles Taylor (Blackheath), Arthur Gould (Newport), George Bowen (Swansea), John Goulstone Lewis (Llanelli), William Stadden (Cardiff), William Williams (Cardiff), Evan Roberts (Llanelli), Alexander Bland (Cardiff), William Bowen (Swansea), D Morgan (Swansea), Edward Alexander (Cambridge Uni.), Tom Clapp (Newport) capt., William Towers (Swansea), Thomas William Lockwood (Newport)

Ireland: Dolway Walkington (NIFC), Maxwell Carpendale (Monkstown), DF Rambaut (Dublin Uni.), R Montgomery (Cambridge University), PJ O'Connor (Lansdowne), RG Warren (Lansdowne) capt., Victor Le Fanu (Cambridge University), T Taggart (Dublin Uni.), EJ Walsh (Lansdowne), JS Dick (Queen's College, Cork), R Stevenson (Lisburn), W Davison (Belfast Academy), J Chambers (Dublin Uni.), J Johnston (Belfast Albion), HJ Neill (NIFC)

• {{cite web| url=http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm |title=6 Nations History |publisher=rugbyfootballhistory.com |access-date=2007-10-28| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071014005615/http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/6nations.htm| archive-date= 14 October 2007 | url-status= live}}

• {{cite book |last=Godwin |first=Terry |title=The International Rugby Championship 1883-1983 |year=1984 |publisher=Willows Books |location=London |isbn=0-00-218060-X}}
• {{cite book |last=Griffiths |first=John|title=The Phoenix Book of International Rugby Records |year=1987 |publisher=Phoenix House |location=London |isbn=0-460-07003-7}}

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