TheBreakdown
Played16 February 1881
England
v
Wales
Mr. Richardson's Field, Blackheath, EnglandHead-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  2. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  3. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  4. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  5. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  6. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  7. –CEngland conversion · Robert Hunt
  8. –TEngland try · Robert Hunt
  9. –TEngland try · Henry Taylor
  10. –TEngland try · Harry Twynam
  11. –TEngland try · Henry Vassall
  12. –TEngland try · Henry Vassall
  13. –TEngland try · Henry Vassall
  14. –TEngland try · Jimmy Budd
  15. –TEngland try · George Burton
  16. –TEngland try · George Burton
  17. –TEngland try · George Burton
  18. –TEngland try · George Burton
  19. –TEngland try · Charles Fernandes
  20. –TEngland try · Hugh Rowley
  21. –DEngland drop goal · Robert Hunt

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

England

  1. Charles WilsonForward
  2. Harry TwynamFly-half
  3. Henry VassallForward
  4. Thomas FryBack
  5. Robert HuntThree-quarter
  6. Edward GurdonForward
  7. Howard FowlerForward
  8. Hugh RowleyForward
  9. Charles FernandesForward
  10. Henry TaylorFly-half
  11. Charles GurdonForward
  12. Jimmy BuddForward
  13. Walter HewittForward
  14. Lennard StokesThree-quarter
  15. George BurtonForward

Wales

  1. Barry GirlingForward
  2. Edward TreharneForward
  3. Aneurin ReesForward
  4. EJ LewisFly-half
  5. Jim BevanThree-quarter
  6. George HardingForward
  7. Godfrey DarbishireForward
  8. Edward PeakThree-quarter
  9. Richard SummersBack
  10. BB MannForward
  11. Leonard WatkinsFly-half
  12. Frank PurdonForward
  13. William PhilipsForward
  14. Richard WilliamsForward
  15. Charlie NewmanBack

Match officials

Sample data
Referee
Sample Referee
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee
Sample Assistant 2
TMO
Sample TMO

Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.

Context

All-time, England 66–61 Wales, 11 drawn in 138 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going inno earlier scored Tests
Wales going inno earlier scored Tests

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.