Home Championship: 05/02/1887, Saturday, 14:45. 
England — Ireland 7:0 (4:0)
Place: Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
Referee: Alexander Hunter (Tiverton).
Umpires: J. C. Clegg and John McAlery.
Estimated attendance: 6.000.

England: Arthur — Howarth, Mason — Haworth, Brayshaw, J. Forrest — Sayer, Dewhurst, Lindley, W. N. Cobbold, E. C. Brambridge(c).

Ireland: Gillespie — Fox, F. Brown — Allen, Rosbotham, Crone — Stansfield, Gibb(c), N. Brown, Small, Leslie.

Goals: Dewhurst(2min, 89min), W. N. Cobbold(25min, 49min), Lindley(27min, 43min, 52min).