TheBreakdown
Full time1 February 1890
Wales
1–5
Scotland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Home Nations 1890Head-to-head

Scotland won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –TWales try · Arthur Gould
  2. –CScotland conversion · Matthew McEwan
  3. –TScotland try · Bill Maclagan
  4. –TScotland try · D'Arcy Anderson
  5. –TScotland try · John Boswell

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

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Frank HillProp
  2. 2William WilliamsHooker
  3. 3Alec BlandProp
  4. 4William BowenSecond row
  5. 5John MeredithSecond row
  6. 6Walter EvansFlanker
  7. 7Stephen ThomasFlanker
  8. 8Jim HannanNumber 8
  9. 9Buller StaddenScrum-half
  10. 10Evan JamesFly-half
  11. 11Percy LloydWing
  12. 12Dickie GarrettCentre
  13. 13Arthur GouldCentre
  14. 14Charlie ThomasWing
  15. 15Billy BancroftFull-back

Scotland

  1. Frederick GoodhueForward
  2. William AuldForward
  3. Adam DalgleishForward
  4. Gregor MacGregorBack
  5. John BoswellForward
  6. D'Arcy AndersonFly-half
  7. Ian MacIntyreForward
  8. Henry StevensonThree-quarter
  9. Alfred DukeForward
  10. John OrrForward
  11. Charlie OrrFly-half
  12. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  13. George WilsonThree-quarter
  14. Matthew McEwanForward
  15. Robert MacMillanForward

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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.