Played2 January 1886
Rectory Field, Blackheath, England · Home Nations 1886Head-to-head
No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.
Scoring
- –TEngland try · Gregory Wade
- –TEngland try · Edgar Wilkinson
- –DEngland drop goal · Andrew Stoddart
- –CWales conversion · Charles Taylor
- –TWales try · Buller Stadden
The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.
Line-ups
England
- Baby HancockForward
- Arthur TaylorBack
- Alan RotherhamFly-half
- William ClibbornForward
- Gregory WadeThree-quarter
- George JefferyForward
- Edgar WilkinsonForward
- Fred BonsorFly-half
- Charles GurdonForward
- Rawson RobertshawThree-quarter
- Rupert InglisForward
- Andrew StoddartThree-quarter
- Charles ElliotForward
- F MossForward
- Charles MarriottForward
Wales
- Harry BowenBack
- Evan RobertsForward
- George YoungForward
- D MorganForward
- Buller StaddenFly-half
- Billy DouglasThree-quarter
- William BowenForward
- Arthur GouldThree-quarter
- Will ThomasForward
- Dai LewisForward
- EP AlexanderForward
- Charles TaylorThree-quarter
- Bob GouldForward
- Charlie NewmanFly-half
- Frank HillForward
Match officials
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- TMO
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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
- Next meeting on record: 15 February 1890
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.