Full time17 January 1948
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1948Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Syd Newman3–0
- –TWales try · Ken Jones3–3
Line-ups
England
- 1Harry WalkerProp
- 2John KeelingHooker
- 3Geoffrey KellyProp
- 4Samuel PerrySecond row
- 5Humphrey LuyaSecond row
- 6Jika TraversFlanker
- 7Michael Steele-BodgerFlanker
- 8Douglas VaughanNumber 8
- 9Richard MadgeScrum-half
- 10Thomas KempFly-half
- 11David SwarbrickWing
- 12Edward ScottCentre
- 13Billy BennettCentre
- 14Richard GuestWing
- 15Syd NewmanFull-back
Wales
- 1Les AnthonyProp
- 2Maldwyn JamesHooker
- 3Cliff DaviesProp
- 4Bill TamplinSecond row
- 5Des JonesSecond row
- 6Ossie WilliamsFlanker
- 7Gwyn EvansFlanker
- 8Les ManfieldNumber 8
- 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
- 10Glyn DaviesFly-half
- 11Jack MatthewsWing
- 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 13Billy CleaverCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Frank TrottFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 18 January 1947, England 9–6 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 15 January 1949
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.