Rugby Union | 1880s | Oldest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date	Match
AN Hornby	FB	35y 22d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	4 Mar 1882	Details
R Walker	Fwd	33y 163d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	28 Feb 1880	Details
ET Gurdon	Fwd	32y 47d	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	13 Mar 1886	Details
D Griffiths	Fwd	31y 255d	Wales	v Ireland	Swansea	2 Mar 1889	Details
HT Twynam	HB	31y ?d	England	v Scotland	Blackheath	1 Mar 1884	Details
CP Lewis	FB	30y 145d	Wales	v Scotland	Newport	12 Jan 1884	Details
C Gurdon	Fwd	30y 100d	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	13 Mar 1886	Details
WE MacLagan	3Q	29y 340d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	10 Mar 1888	Details
SJ Goldsworthy	Fwd	29y 334d	Wales	v Scotland	Glasgow	10 Jan 1885	Details
CH Newman	HB	29y 314d	Wales	v England	Llanelli	8 Jan 1887	Details
TJS Clapp	Fwd	29y 130d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	3 Mar 1888	Details
WD Phillips	Fwd	28y 240d	Wales	v Ireland	Cardiff	12 Apr 1884	Details
FW Moore	Fwd	28y 170d	Ireland	v Scotland	Edinburgh	20 Feb 1886	Details
HH Springmann	Fwd	28y ?d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	5 Mar 1887	Details
HC Rowley	Fwd	28y ?d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	4 Mar 1882	Details
WW Hewitt	Fwd	28y ?d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1882	Details
A Budd	Fwd	27y 156d	England	v Scotland	Edinburgh	19 Mar 1881	Details
G Darbishire	Fwd	27y 146d	Wales	v England	Blackheath	19 Feb 1881	Details
W Yiend	Fwd	27y 140d	England	v NZ Natives	Blackheath	16 Feb 1889	Details
B Kilner	Fwd	27y 114d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	2 Feb 1880	Details
JWJ McDaniel	W	27y ?d	Ireland	v Wales	Cardiff	12 Apr 1884	Details
HG Fuller	Fwd	27y 93d	England	v Wales	Leeds	5 Jan 1884	Details
JG Lewis	HB	27y 77d	Wales	v Ireland	Birkenhead	12 Mar 1887	Details
WA Peterkin	Fwd	27y 64d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	7 Mar 1885	Details
AG Petrie	Fwd	27y ?d	Scotland	v England	Manchester	28 Feb 1880	Details
GH Robb	Fwd	26y ?d	Scotland	v Wales	Glasgow	10 Jan 1885	Details
QD Kedzlie	Fwd	26y 347d	Wales	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	3 Mar 1888	Details
FE Hancock	3Q	26y 336d	Wales	v Scotland	Cardiff	9 Jan 1886	Details
JH Payne	HB	26y 325d	England	v Ireland	Manchester	7 Feb 1885	Details
ARD Wauchope	HB	26y 316d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	10 Mar 1888	Details
RW Irvine	Fwd	26y 315d	Scotland	v England	Manchester	28 Feb 1880	Details
G Harrison	Fwd	26y 239d	England	v Ireland	Manchester	7 Feb 1885	Details
TR Lyle	Fwd	26y 177d	Ireland	v Scotland	Belfast	19 Feb 1887	Details
A Teggin	Fwd	26y 134d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	5 Mar 1887	Details
AM Whitestone	HB	26y 111d	Ireland	v Scotland	Belfast	17 Feb 1883	Details
G Scriven	Fwd	26y 100d	Ireland	v Scotland	Belfast	17 Feb 1883	Details
RS Kindersley	Fwd	26y 98d	England	v Wales	Swansea	3 Jan 1885	Details
WA Walls	Fwd	26y 74d	Scotland	v England	Edinburgh	13 Mar 1886	Details
AR Robertshaw	3Q	26y ?d	England	v Scotland	Manchester	5 Mar 1887	Details
AS Taylor	FB	26y 61d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1886	Details
HJ Ryalls	Fwd	26y 57d	England	v Ireland	Manchester	7 Feb 1885	Details
CS Wooldridge	Fwd	26y 38d	England	v Ireland	Manchester	7 Feb 1885	Details
RSF Henderson	Fwd	26y 23d	England	v Wales	Swansea	3 Jan 1885	Details
J Webb	C	26y 18d	Wales	v Scotland	Edinburgh	2 Feb 1889	Details
R Hunt	3Q	26y 16d	England	v Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1882	Details
DJ McFarlan	3Q	26y 9d	Scotland	v Ireland	Edinburgh	10 Mar 1888	Details
JT Hunt	Fwd	26y ?d	England	v Wales	Leeds	5 Jan 1884	Details
AE Stoddart	3Q	25y 342d	England	v NZ Natives	Blackheath	16 Feb 1889	Details
WF Evans	HB	25y 259d	Wales	v Scotland	Edinburgh	8 Jan 1883	Details
A Cattell	Fwd	25y 256d	Wales	v Scotland	Edinburgh	8 Jan 1883	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Wales v Ireland at Swansea, Home Nations, Mar 2, 1889 [0G-0G FT]

England v New Zealand Natives at Blackheath, Feb 16, 1889 [7-0 FT]

Ireland v Scotland at Belfast, Home Nations, Feb 16, 1889 [0G-1G FT]