Full time17 January 1953
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1953Head-to-head
England won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Terry Davies3–0
- –CEngland conversion · Nim Hall3–2
- –PEngland penalty · Ted Woodward3–5
- –TEngland try · Lewis Cannell3–8
Line-ups
Wales
- 1John RobinsProp
- 2Geoff BeckinghamHooker
- 3Billy WilliamsProp
- 4Roy JohnSecond row
- 5Rees StephensSecond row
- 6Sid JuddFlanker
- 7Dill JohnsonFlanker
- 8John GwilliamNumber 8
- 9Billy WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Roy BurnettFly-half
- 11Gareth GriffithsWing
- 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 13Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Terry DaviesFull-back
England
- 1Walter HolmesProp
- 2Nicholas LabuschagneHooker
- 3Robert StirlingProp
- 4Akker AdkinsSecond row
- 5Dennis WilkinsSecond row
- 6Alec LewisFlanker
- 7Donald WhiteFlanker
- 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
- 9Patrick SykesScrum-half
- 10Martin ReganFly-half
- 11Reginald BazleyWing
- 12Lewis CannellCentre
- 13Albert AgarCentre
- 14Ted WoodwardWing
- 15Nim HallFull-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: 19 January 1952, Wales 8–6 England
- Next meeting on record: 16 January 1954
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.