Full time18 March 1899
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Home Nations 1899Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –TIreland try · Blucher Doran0–3
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Billy AlexanderProp
- 2Dick HellingsHooker
- 3John BlakeProp
- 4Fred CornishSecond row
- 5Dai Sam DanielSecond row
- 6George BootsFlanker
- 7Alfred BriceFlanker
- 8Jehoida HodgesNumber 8
- 9Llewellyn LloydScrum-half
- 10Selwyn BiggsFly-half
- 11Willie LlewellynWing
- 12Reg SkrimshireCentre
- 13Gwyn NichollsCentre
- 14Viv HuzzeyWing
- 15Billy BancroftFull-back
Ireland
- 1William ByronProp
- 2John McIlwaineHooker
- 3Cecil MoriartyProp
- 4Mike RyanSecond row
- 5Jack RyanSecond row
- 6James SealyFlanker
- 7Tommy LittleFlanker
- 8Andrew MearesNumber 8
- 9Gerald AllenScrum-half
- 10Louis MageeFly-half
- 11Edward CampbellWing
- 12Carl ReidCentre
- 13George HarmanCentre
- 14Blucher DoranWing
- 15PE O'Brien ButlerFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Wales 67–58 Ireland, 6 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 19 March 1898, Wales 11–3 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 17 March 1900
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.