Full time21 January 1956
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head
Wales won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Dennis Allison3–0
- –CWales conversion · Garfield Owen3–2
- –TWales try · Cowboy Davies3–5
- –TWales try · Russell Robins3–8
Line-ups
England
- 1Sandy SandersProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3Charles JacobsProp
- 4David MarquesSecond row
- 5John CurrieSecond row
- 6Vic RobertsFlanker
- 7Peter RobbinsFlanker
- 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10Michael SmithFly-half
- 11Peter ThompsonWing
- 12William DaviesCentre
- 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15Dennis AllisonFull-back
Wales
- 1Billy WilliamsProp
- 2Bryn MeredithHooker
- 3Courtenay MeredithProp
- 4Rhys WilliamsSecond row
- 5Russell RobinsSecond row
- 6Brian SparksFlanker
- 7Clem ThomasFlanker
- 8Leighton JenkinsNumber 8
- 9Onllwyn BraceScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Cowboy DaviesWing
- 12Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 13Harry MorganCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Garfield OwenFull-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: 22 January 1955, England 0–3 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 19 January 1957
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.