Played26 February 1887
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1887Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Charles Berry
  2. –CScotland conversion · Charles Berry
  3. –CScotland conversion · Alexander Woodrow
  4. –CScotland conversion · Alexander Woodrow
  5. –TScotland try · George Lindsay
  6. –TScotland try · George Lindsay
  7. –TScotland try · Charlie Orr
  8. –TScotland try · Patrick Don Wauchope
  9. –TScotland try · Bill Maclagan
  10. –TScotland try · George Lindsay
  11. –TScotland try · George Lindsay
  12. –TScotland try · George Lindsay
  13. –TScotland try · Charles Reid
  14. –TScotland try · Matthew McEwan
  15. –TScotland try · Robert MacMillan
  16. –TScotland try · David Morton

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

Line-ups

Wales

  1. Jem EvansFly-half
  2. William WilliamsForward
  3. D MorganForward
  4. Tom LockwoodForward
  5. George BowenFly-half
  6. Billy DouglasThree-quarter
  7. William BowenForward
  8. Alec BlandForward
  9. Arthur GouldThree-quarter
  10. Will ThomasForward
  11. Dai GwynnThree-quarter
  12. Tom ClappForward
  13. Bob GouldForward
  14. Evan RichardsForward
  15. Hugh HughesBack

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, Scotland 49–74 Wales, 2 drawn in 125 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.