Home Nations - Lansdowne Road, 4 February 1884
Ireland 0G - 1G England (FT)

Notes

 
Result England won by a margin of 1 goal
Home Nations points England 2, Ireland 0
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
 
Referee JS Lang (Scotland)
 
Ireland Test debuts HM Brabazon, W Higgin, FJ Levis, DJ Ross, WG Rutherford
England Test debuts H Bell, H Fallas, CH Sample, A Teggin, HJ Wigglesworth, A Wood
 
Points scoring rules no points awarded, match is decided by a majority of goals