TheBreakdown
Full time4 January 1896
England
25–0
Wales
Rectory Field, Blackheath, England · Home Nations 1896Head-to-head

England won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · James Valentine2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Little Billy Taylor4–0
  3. –TEngland try · Samuel Morfitt7–0
  4. –TEngland try · Samuel Morfitt10–0
  5. –TEngland try · Ernest Fookes13–0
  6. –TEngland try · Ernest Fookes16–0
  7. –TEngland try · Richard Cattell19–0
  8. –TEngland try · Richard Cattell22–0
  9. –TEngland try · Frank Mitchell25–0

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Godfrey CareyProp
  2. 2Frank MitchellHooker
  3. 3Lyndhurst GiblinProp
  4. 4W WhiteleySecond row
  5. 5Anthony StarksSecond row
  6. 6John WardFlanker
  7. 7John PinchFlanker
  8. 8John RhodesNumber 8
  9. 9Little Billy TaylorScrum-half
  10. 10Richard CattellFly-half
  11. 11Ernest FookesWing
  12. 12Edward BakerCentre
  13. 13James ValentineCentre
  14. 14Samuel MorfittWing
  15. 15Sam HoughtonFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Harry PackerProp
  2. 2Wallace WattsHooker
  3. 3Arthur BoucherProp
  4. 4Albert JenkinSecond row
  5. 5Ernie GeorgeSecond row
  6. 6Frank MillsFlanker
  7. 7Sam RamsayFlanker
  8. 8Boomer NichollNumber 8
  9. 9Dai MorganScrum-half
  10. 10Ben DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Cliff BowenWing
  12. 12Owen BadgerCentre
  13. 13Arthur GouldCentre
  14. 14Berr DaunceyWing
  15. 15Billy BancroftFull-back

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Context

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

England going in
Wales going in

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.