England won the toss, and in the first half defended the goal nearest the railway station. A slight breeze prevailed, and was in their favour, but the advantage was scarcely appreciable. At the start Crawshaw stopped Atherton's progress smartly, but the same forward a little later called on Burgess to relieve his lines. The fine passing on the English right was closed by Brown heading Brawn's centre over the bear, though on the other wing Davis forced the first corner of the match by a clever overhead shot at Roose. The players thus early were badly suited by the hard ground and its slippery surface, and mistakes were frequent on both sides. Once Common planted the ball well at Davis's foot, for a splendid centre, but nothing came of it. A rather selfish run by Brawn was followed by excellent work by the Welsh forwards, Atherton missing a good chance. Then the English right wing got going, and by splendid short passing worked the ball up. Roose falling full length to save a beauty from Common near the post. Morris also got in a fine oblique shot over the angle of the goal, after working hard for his position, but the feature of the game hearabouts was a series of splendid centres all into the goal-mouth put in by Brawn from the corner-flag. The outside-right on the Welsh side was just as prominent, and at the end of 16 minutes Meredith accepted a straight pass from his brother, ran clean past Ruddlesdin and Burgess, and, putting the ball very accurately in front of goal, had the satisfaction of seeing Watkins steer it past Baddeley after having once apparently lost his chance. After this reverse the Englishmen played better for a time, but their halves were weak. Still Roose had a fine low shot to save from Brown, whilst Davis and Bache each missed easy chances close in. Still Brawn dropped in his perfect centres, and a corner was given to one of these by Roose, whilst Bache again shot over the bar. Indeed the English shooting, apart from Brawn, was very poor and Roose was given a far easier task than had been anticipated. A rare chance to Wales right in front of Baddeley was lost through Watkins and Morris colliding, and Crompton was just able to clear—a distinctly lucky escape for England. Again the speedy Meredith raced down his wing, well beating Crawshaw, but Lee, who was playing admirably, pulled him up ere he could shoot, and gave the ball to his own forwards. Meredith was quickly back again giving Baddeley a beauty to fist from under the bar, whilst good shots by Common and Brown cannoned back again, and again as Brown looked like going through he was pulled up by the local man, Horace Blew, who was giving an astonishingly good display. Towards the interval Wales again pressed, Baddeley amd Burgess each saving well, whilst at the other end only the resolute tackling of Blew kept Bache from equalising. Just on the cessation Brown trapped the ball with his back to the goal, and tried a flying shot, which passed over the bar, and at half-time the score was:—Wales, one goal; England, nil.
   In the second half Baddeley quickly gave a corner to a grand shot from the right, whilst another followed, but both were cleared. Both Crawshaw and Ruddlesdin came down heavily on the frozen ground, and were badly shaken, whilst it was palpable that the Welshmen kept their feet much better than their rivals, and possibly were better shod. There was plenty of good half-back play on the side of the Principality, where Hughes and Parry were very strong, and Lee still shone as the best of the English halves. At length Wales set up another period of determined pressure, Baddeley twice saving from Jones, whilst Watkins forced a corner from Crompton, Lloyd Davies hitting the bar with a fine shot, and with Baddeley beaten. An excellent save by Blew stopped a dashing dribble by Brawn, and this saw a succession of attacks by England, at the end of which Brown tricked Hughes cleverly, and was going clean through, when Blew blocked the ball, and cleared splendidly, half a dozen yards from goal. Despite his one mistake, Hughes was still playing admirable football. On the English side Davis and Bache were now playing capitally, though occasionally the Villa man dwelt too long on the ball, and with Ruddlesdin planting in a splendid overhead centre, Davis forced a corner, Parry clearing in great style. Nor was the English right wing idle. and a fine passing movement by Common and Brawn was closed by a perfect centre across the goal-mouth, which both Bache and Davis missed. After 25 minutes' play, Lee placed the ball across, after Common had brought it up, and Davis, taking it a foot from the ground, beat Roose with a splendid shot, and so equalled the scores. This only served to get the Welshmen going again, they for a time they had to defend stoutly. Then Crompton was compelled to give a corner, and, the kick being well placed, Lloyd Davies hooked it past Baddeley amid tremendous enthusiasm. The game was now better than at any previous stage, and the Englishmen, nettled by this second reverse, went down beautifully. But Wales were not done with, and headed by Lloyd Davies, Morris, and Watkins, a final shot was made, which Baddeley just scooped out of the corner of the goal. Then the English forwards reasserted themselves, and Bache, taking a fine pass from Davis, banged in a hot shot which Roose would certainly have saved had it not cannoned off Parry's shoulder into the farther corner of the goal, and Wales thus unluckily lost their hard-earned lead. At this point only eleven minutes remained, but Wales were by no means done with, and they assailed Baddeley's charge in force. However, they were sent back, and Roose, in repelling a fast shot by Brawn, had the misfortune to break one of his fingers, though pluckily keeping his place to the end.     
   

The English and Welsh teams, after a close game, drew their match at Wrexham yesterday, each side having scored two goals...
...Wales scored their first goal a quarter of an hour from the start, when Watkins, taking a clever centre from W. Meredith, completely beat Baddeley. Wales held this lead until the last 20 minutes. Then came three goals in quick succession. Davies shot the first equalizing goal for England, and Lloyd-Davies immediately put Wales ahead again, but Bache a few minutes later drove the ball through off one of the defending backs, and made the score two goals all. In the last ten minutes there were many shots at both goals, and it was anybody's game to the finish.