title: List of England national rugby union team results 1880–1889
text: # List of England national rugby union team results 1880–1889
  
  These are the list of results that England have played from 1880 to 1889. No fixtures were fulfilled in 1888 .
  
  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 |
  
  ## Year Box
  
  | Preceded by1871-1879 | England Rugby Results 1880–1889 | Succeeded by1890-1899 |
  | - | - | - |
  