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Played5 January 1884
England
v
Wales
St John's Ground, Leeds, England · Home Nations 1884Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Wilfred Bolton
  2. –TEngland try · Gregory Wade
  3. –TEngland try · Alan Rotherham
  4. –TEngland try · Harry Twynam
  5. –CWales conversion · CP Lewis
  6. –TWales try · Charles Allen

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

Line-ups

England

  1. Henry TristramBack
  2. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  3. Harry TwynamFly-half
  4. Herbert FullerForward
  5. Charles ChapmanThree-quarter
  6. James HuntForward
  7. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  8. Gregory WadeThree-quarter
  9. Robert HendersonForward
  10. Edmund StrongForward
  11. Edward GurdonForward
  12. Charles GurdonForward
  13. Charles WooldridgeForward
  14. William TathamForward
  15. Charles MarriottForward

Wales

  1. Joe SimpsonForward
  2. Horace LyneForward
  3. Fred AndrewsForward
  4. George MorrisForward
  5. Sidney SmithForward
  6. William PhilipsForward
  7. CP LewisBack
  8. William NortonThree-quarter
  9. Tom ClappForward
  10. Charles TaylorThree-quarter
  11. Bob GouldForward
  12. Charlie NewmanFly-half
  13. Charles AllenThree-quarter
  14. Bill GwynnFly-half
  15. Fred MargraveForward

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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.