Full time18 January 1947
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1947Head-to-head
England won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –TWales try · Rees Stephens3–0
- –TWales try · Gwyn Evans6–0
- –CEngland conversion · Arthur Gray6–2
- –TEngland try · Donald White6–5
- –DEngland drop goal · Nim Hall6–9
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Dai JonesProp
- 2Reg BlakemoreHooker
- 3Griff BevanProp
- 4Stan WilliamsSecond row
- 5George ParsonsSecond row
- 6Ossie WilliamsFlanker
- 7Gwyn EvansFlanker
- 8Rees StephensNumber 8
- 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
- 10Bleddyn WilliamsFly-half
- 11Les WilliamsWing
- 12Billy CleaverCentre
- 13Jack MatthewsCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Howard DaviesFull-back
England
- 1Geoffrey KellyProp
- 2Alan HendersonHooker
- 3Harry WalkerProp
- 4Joseph MycockSecond row
- 5Samuel PerrySecond row
- 6Michael Steele-BodgerFlanker
- 7Donald WhiteFlanker
- 8Jika TraversNumber 8
- 9William MooreScrum-half
- 10Nim HallFly-half
- 11David SwarbrickWing
- 12Edward ScottCentre
- 13Billy BennettCentre
- 14Richard GuestWing
- 15Arthur GrayFull-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: 21 January 1939, Wales 0–3 England
- Next meeting on record: 17 January 1948
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.