Full time9 January 1897
Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales · Home Nations 1897Head-to-head
Wales won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Billy Bancroft2–0
- –TWales try · Tom Pearson5–0
- –TWales try · Dan Jones8–0
- –TWales try · Arthur Boucher11–0
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Harry PackerProp
- 2Arthur BoucherHooker
- 3Bill MorrisProp
- 4Jack EvansSecond row
- 5Dick HellingsSecond row
- 6Fred CornishFlanker
- 7Jack RappsFlanker
- 8David EvansNumber 8
- 9Dan JonesScrum-half
- 10Selwyn BiggsFly-half
- 11Tom PearsonWing
- 12Arthur GouldCentre
- 13Gwyn NichollsCentre
- 14Cliff BowenWing
- 15Billy BancroftFull-back
England
- 1Fred JacobProp
- 2Rodney ManglesHooker
- 3William AshfordProp
- 4Frank StoutSecond row
- 5Percy EbdonSecond row
- 6James BarronFlanker
- 7Wilfrid StoddartFlanker
- 8Robert OakesNumber 8
- 9Little Billy TaylorScrum-half
- 10Cyril WellsFly-half
- 11Francis ByrneWing
- 12Edward BakerCentre
- 13Thomas FletcherCentre
- 14Ernest FookesWing
- 15James ByrneFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Wales 61–66 England, 11 drawn in 138 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
England going in
- Previous meeting: 4 January 1896, Wales 0–25 England
- Next meeting on record: 2 April 1898
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.