TheBreakdown
Played3 January 1885
Wales
v
England
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Home Nations 1885Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Arthur Gould
  2. –TWales try · Martyn Jordan
  3. –TWales try · Martyn Jordan
  4. –CEngland conversion · John Payne
  5. –TEngland try · Joseph Hawcridge
  6. –TEngland try · Gregory Wade
  7. –TEngland try · Richard Kindersley
  8. –TEngland try · Henry Ryalls
  9. –TEngland try · Alfred Teggin

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

Line-ups

Wales

  1. LC ThomasForward
  2. Horace LyneForward
  3. Martyn JordanThree-quarter
  4. Tom JonesForward
  5. Sidney SmithForward
  6. Arthur GouldBack
  7. Frank HancockThree-quarter
  8. Tom ClappForward
  9. Charles TaylorThree-quarter
  10. Bob GouldForward
  11. Charlie NewmanFly-half
  12. Evan RichardsForward
  13. Samuel GoldsworthyForward
  14. Ernest RowlandForward
  15. Bill GwynnFly-half

England

  1. Henry RyallsForward
  2. Henry TristramBack
  3. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  4. Arthur KembleForward
  5. Gregory WadeThree-quarter
  6. Joseph HawcridgeThree-quarter
  7. Robert HendersonForward
  8. Alfred TegginForward
  9. John PayneFly-half
  10. Edward GurdonForward
  11. Edward CourtForward
  12. Gillie HarrisonForward
  13. Richard KindersleyForward
  14. Andrew StoddartThree-quarter
  15. F MossForward

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Context

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

Wales going inno earlier scored Tests
England 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.