List of England national rugby union team results 1880–89

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These are the list of results that England have played from 1880 to 1889. No fixtures were fulfilled in 1888 .

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The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on a total of 28 occasions, 13 times winning the Grand Slam and 25 times winning the Triple Crown, making them the most successful outright winners in the tournament's history. They are ranked fourth in the world by the International Rugby Board as of 18 March 2019. England are to date the only team from the northern hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, when they won the tournament back in 2003. They were also runners-up in 1991 and 2007.

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A standard points scoring system was at the time undeveloped .

1880

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Ireland 1G 1T 1T 30/01/1880 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Test Match
Scotland 2G 3T 1G 28/02/1880 Whalley Range, Manchester Test Match

1881

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Ireland 2G 2T 0 05/02/1881 Whalley Range, Manchester Test Match
Wales 7G 1DG 6T 0 19/02/1881 Rectory Field, Blackheath Test Match
Scotland 1DG 1T 1G 1T 19/03/1881 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Test Match

1882

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Ireland 2T 2T 06/02/1882 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Test Match
Scotland 0 2T 04/03/1882 Whalley Range, Manchester Test Match
Wales 2G 4T 0 16/12/1882 St. Helen's, Swansea Home Nations Championship

1883

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Ireland 1G 3T 1T 05/02/1883 Whalley Range, Manchester Home Nations Championship
Scotland 2T 1T 03/03/1883 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Home Nations Championship

1884

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Wales 1G 2T 1G 05/01/1884 Cardigan Fields, Leeds Home Nations Championship
Ireland 1G 0 04/02/1884 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Home Nations Championship
Scotland 1G 1T 0 01/03/1884 Rectory Field, Blackheath Home Nations Championship

1885

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Wales 1G 4T 1G 1T 03/01/1885 St. Helen's, Swansea Home Nations Championship
Ireland 2T 1T 07/02/1885 Whalley Range, Manchester Home Nations Championship

1886

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Wales 1GM 2T 1G 02/01/1886 Rectory Field, Blackheath Home Nations Championship
Ireland 1T 0 06/02/1886 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Home Nations Championship
Scotland 0 0 18/03/1886 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh Home Nations Championship

1887

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
Wales 0 0 08/01/1878 Land next to Stradey Park, Llanelli Home Nations Championship
Ireland 0 2G 05/02/1887 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Home Nations Championship
Scotland 1T 1T 05/03/1887 Whalley Range, Manchester Home Nations Championship

1888

Home Nations teams refused to play England following the England Rugby Football Union's decision not to join the International Rugby Board .

1889

Scores and results list England's points tally first.
Opposing Teams For Against Date Venue Status
New Zealand 1G 1T 16/02/1889 Rectory Field, Blackheath Test Match

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Preceded by
1871-1879 		England Rugby Results
1880–1889 		Succeeded by
1890-1899

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Notes

  1. ↑ Official RFU History Woolgar
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