Full time15 January 1949
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1949Head-to-head
Wales won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –TWales try · Les Williams3–0
- –TWales try · Les Williams6–0
- –TWales try · Alun Meredith9–0
- –DEngland drop goal · Nim Hall9–3
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Ernie ColemanProp
- 2Bunner TraversHooker
- 3Dai JonesProp
- 4Don HaywardSecond row
- 5Alun MeredithSecond row
- 6Ray CaleFlanker
- 7Gwyn EvansFlanker
- 8John GwilliamNumber 8
- 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
- 10Glyn DaviesFly-half
- 11Les WilliamsWing
- 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 13Jack MatthewsCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Frank TrottFull-back
England
- 1Thomas PriceProp
- 2Alan HendersonHooker
- 3Michael BerridgeProp
- 4Humphrey LuyaSecond row
- 5Geoffrey HoskingSecond row
- 6Edward HorsfallFlanker
- 7Vic RobertsFlanker
- 8Bryan Braithwaite-ExleyNumber 8
- 9Gordon RimmerScrum-half
- 10Nim HallFly-half
- 11Tom DanbyWing
- 12Clive Van RyneveldCentre
- 13Lewis CannellCentre
- 14John GregoryWing
- 15William HolmesFull-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: 17 January 1948, Wales 3–3 England
- Next meeting on record: 21 January 1950
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.