Officials       

It was not anticipated that Bristol's first International would draw a record gate. Nevertheless the attendance was good. The crowd was thick all round the ground, and at the start the figure was estimated at 9000 or 10,000. The weather was fine but cold. The elevens were heartily cheered on taking the field. England won the toss and decided to defend the park end, and when Mr Tom Robertson of Glasgow, whistled the start, the men took up their positions.
 Their was nothing startling in the opening exchanges. Wales got down from the kick-off, and Vaughan ran the ball out, and then England moved up the field, and Athersmith placed behind the net. Owen started a second rush for Wales, and Morris sent to Vaughan, who sent in the first shot of the match. It was a long one, and Robinson threw it out easily. Needham and Settle with clever work transferred play to the other end, and when the defence cleared, Williams, with a terrific kick, drove the ball clean out of the ground. After a few minutes England began to shape better. The forwards adopted a clever, short passing game, which was very pretty to watch, if not the best method of goal-getting. Athersmith, Bloomer, and Smith delighted the crowd, their reputations, of course, making all  their actions of interest. But the lefts were equally clever, Settle being exceedingly quick. The pretty work went on for a time with no definite result. Then Atherton got away and proved careless. It looked dangerous for England but Needham nipped in and secured the ball and ran it back upfield. A return attack on the part of the Welsh forwards forced Robinson to fist out. But most of the attacking was at the other end. Jones was kept pretty busy and he saved well from Settle and Athersmith. A couple of corners brought no score to England and matters were getting tame when, half an hour from the start, G.O. Smith forced a corner. It was well placed and Jones had to deal with a shot. He caught the ball nicely but ran more than the regulation distance, and a free was given at the side of the net. Fred Forman touched the ball to Settle, who passed back to Needham, who opened the scoring (1-0). A rush by Wales was repulsed and then the English forwards made a clinking attack, in the course of which Settle banged the ball against the crossbar and Jones fisted out to Athersmith who struck the upright with a stinging shot. The defence cleared, but just on half-time the forwards came through prettily and Bloomer netted, so that at the interval England led by 2 goals to nil.
After a brief interval England restarted, and worked their way down to the Welsh goal. Jones cleared, and Atherton and Morris got away and travelled up to Williams, who stopped their progress. Athersmith dribbled back and troubled Jones, who again cleared smartly. A number of good rushes were made by the Welsh forwards, Morris, Atherton, and Meredith being the most prominent. But the English backs generally got the upper hand, for the Welshmen lacked combination, and their long passing was far from accurate. Once Morris made a very brilliant run and burst through the defence. The ex-Swindon centre went straight for goal, and when 30 yards away sent in a high hard shot. A point seemed certain, but Robinson very smartly tipped the ball over. The corner was cleared in a sensational manner. Athersmith secured the ball and went down the centre of the field at top speed. The Villa man is a known sprinter, and he outpaced the Welsh backs and went straight for goal. He did not shoot, but passed to Fred Forman, who had followed up on the wing. Forman ran the ball in a little and netted with a swift oblique shot, which Jones was powerless to stop (3-0). England slackened up after this, and Wales had more of the attacking than at any period of the match. Williams cleared a feeble shot from Trevor Owen, and Meredith tried a grounder which Robinson dealt with. Play became tame until Bloomer livened up things by a brilliant run, but his shot was wide. Four minutes from the end Forman centred, and Bloomer scored (4-0). Wales continued to make plucky efforts, and Robinson cleared from Vaughan by running some distance with the ball. In the last minute Wales had a corner, but nothing resulted, and the game ended in a win for England by four goals to nil.