01
4 Jan 1896
Home Nations Championship
Rectory Field, Blackheath
England
25–0
Wales
England won
Home Nations Championship
1896
Home Nations
England: 3rd
How England performed
A 25–0 win over Wales at Rectory Field, Blackheath, opened England's 1896 campaign on 4 January, but it proved to be their only victory. Ireland won 10–4 at Meanwood Road, Leeds, on 1 February, and Scotland closed England's programme with an 11–0 win at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on 14 March.
England finished third with one win and two defeats, scoring 29 points and conceding 21, a drop of one place from second in 1895.
- Head coach
- None (the first was appointed in 1969)
- Record
- P3 W1 D0 L2
- Points
- 29 for, 21 against
England fixtures
England: 1896 Home Nations
02
1 Feb 1896
Home Nations Championship
Meanwood Road, Leeds
England
4–10
Ireland
England lost
03
14 Mar 1896
Home Nations Championship
Old Hampden Park, Glasgow
Scotland
11–0
England
England lost