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Played4 February 1888
Wales
v
Scotland
Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales · Home Nations 1888Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TWales try · Tom Jenkins

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. Dick PowellForward
  3. Ned RobertsBack
  4. William HowellForward
  5. Buller StaddenFly-half
  6. Dick KedzlieForward
  7. George BowenThree-quarter
  8. Alec BlandForward
  9. Arthur GouldThree-quarter
  10. Will ThomasForward
  11. Tom JenkinsThree-quarter
  12. Tom ClappForward
  13. John MeredithForward
  14. T WilliamsForward
  15. Frank HillForward

Scotland

  1. Thomas IrvineForward
  2. Henry ChambersBack
  3. Macbeth DuncanThree-quarter
  4. David MortonForward
  5. Chaarles FraserFly-half
  6. Thomas WhiteForward
  7. Henry StevensonThree-quarter
  8. Alfred DukeForward
  9. Charles BerryForward
  10. Charlie OrrFly-half
  11. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  12. Louis StevensonForward
  13. Matthew McEwanForward
  14. Alex ClayForward
  15. Charles ReidForward

Match officials

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Context

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

Wales going inno earlier scored Tests
Scotland 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.