Rugby Union | 1890s | v England | Oldest appearance

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Ground	Date	Match
JA Gould	C	32y 91d	Wales	Newport	9 Jan 1897	Details
RG MacMillan	Fwd	31y 344d	Scotland	Manchester	13 Mar 1897	Details
WE MacLagan	3Q	31y 330d	Scotland	Edinburgh	1 Mar 1890	Details
HT Day	Fwd	29y ?d	Wales	Cardiff	7 Jan 1893	Details
AD Clinch	Fwd	29y 70d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1897	Details
D Gwyn	C	29y 6d	Wales	Newport	3 Jan 1891	Details
HTS Gedge	W	28y 204d	Scotland	Blackheath	11 Mar 1899	Details
H Packer	Fwd	28y 128d	Wales	Newport	9 Jan 1897	Details
LQ Bulger	W	28y 0d	Ireland	Richmond	5 Feb 1898	Details
AF Hill	Fwd	27y 358d	Wales	Birkenhead	6 Jan 1894	Details
CJN Fleming	C	27y 344d	Scotland	Glasgow	14 Mar 1896	Details
W Bancroft	FB	27y 311d	Wales	Swansea	7 Jan 1899	Details
JE Orr	Fwd	27y 196d	Scotland	Leeds	4 Mar 1893	Details
RL Thomas	Fwd	27y 175d	Wales	Blackheath	2 Jan 1892	Details
W Rice-Evans	Fwd	27y 115d	Wales	Newport	3 Jan 1891	Details
A Brice	Fwd	27y 106d	Wales	Swansea	7 Jan 1899	Details
HF Menzies	Fwd	26y ?d	Scotland	Edinburgh	17 Mar 1894	Details
W Morris	Fwd	27y 72d	Wales	Newport	9 Jan 1897	Details
JD Boswell	Fwd	27y 29d	Scotland	Edinburgh	17 Mar 1894	Details
GC Kerr	Fwd	26y 316d	Scotland	Blackheath	11 Mar 1899	Details
R Stevenson	Fwd	26y 314d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	4 Feb 1893	Details
J Elliot	SH	26y 232d	Wales	Blackheath	2 Apr 1898	Details
EV Pigge	Fwd	26y 212d	Wales	Newport	3 Jan 1891	Details
G MacGregor	FB	26y 196d	Scotland	Glasgow	14 Mar 1896	Details
AW Boucher	Fwd	26y 194d	Wales	Newport	9 Jan 1897	Details
MC McEwan	Fwd	26y 152d	Scotland	Edinburgh	5 Mar 1892	Details
S Lee	C	26y 132d	Ireland	Richmond	5 Feb 1898	Details
EG Forrest	Fwd	26y 124d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	6 Feb 1897	Details
VC le Fanu	Fwd	26y 115d	Ireland	Manchester	6 Feb 1892	Details
WJ Parker	Fwd	26y ?d	Wales	Swansea	7 Jan 1899	Details
TW Pearson	W	25y 327d	Wales	Blackheath	2 Apr 1898	Details
J Evans	Fwd	25y 321d	Wales	Newport	9 Jan 1897	Details
W Wotherspoon	HB	25y 319d	Scotland	Edinburgh	17 Mar 1894	Details
A MacKinnon	Fwd	25y 315d	Scotland	Blackheath	11 Mar 1899	Details
WH Watts	Fwd	25y 285d	Wales	Blackheath	4 Jan 1896	Details
HO Smith	Fwd	25y 253d	Scotland	Blackheath	11 Mar 1899	Details
HJ Stevenson	FB	25y 235d	Scotland	Leeds	4 Mar 1893	Details
RC Stevenson	Fwd	25y 229d	Scotland	Blackheath	11 Mar 1899	Details
CB Nicholl	Fwd	25y 199d	Wales	Blackheath	4 Jan 1896	Details
R Welsh	W	25y 140d	Scotland	Richmond	9 Mar 1895	Details
CE Orr	HB	25y 105d	Scotland	Edinburgh	5 Mar 1892	Details
HC McCoull	Fwd	25y 76d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	4 Feb 1899	Details
HM Ingledew	HB	25y 69d	Wales	Newport	3 Jan 1891	Details
AK Wallis	Fwd	25y 31d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	4 Feb 1893	Details
WP Donaldson	HB	25y 10d	Scotland	Glasgow	14 Mar 1896	Details
RS Montgomery	3Q	25y 6d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	7 Feb 1891	Details
WJ Elsey	Fwd	25y ?d	Wales	Swansea	5 Jan 1895	Details
TH Jackson	Fwd	24y ?d	Wales	Swansea	5 Jan 1895	Details
EJ Walshe	Fwd	24y 337d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	4 Feb 1893	Details
GG Allen	HB	24y 327d	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	4 Feb 1899	Details

Only the player's most recent appearance listed

Records include the following current or recent matches:

Ireland v England at Lansdowne Road, Home Nations, Feb 4, 1899 [6-0 FT]

Wales v England at Swansea, Home Nations, Jan 7, 1899 [26-3 FT]

Scotland v England at Edinburgh, Home Nations, Mar 12, 1898 [3-3 FT]