Wales v Ireland 4-1 (International: February 24, 1894)

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February 24, 1894
International, British Home Championship, at St. Helens Rugby Club (Swansea).
Wales – Ireland 4-1 (0-1).
Attendance: 7,000.
Referee: Mr. John Campbell (Scotland).
Wales (2-3-5): Jimmy Trainer (Captain, Preston North End), Smart Arridge (Everton), Oliver Taylor (Newtown), Robert Jones (Everton), Tom Chapman (Newtown), Abel Hayes (Wrexham), John Evans (Oswestry United), Benjamin Lewis (Wrexham), Billy Lewis (Chester), Jack Rea (Aberystwyth), Edwin James (Chirk).
Ireland (2-3-5): Thomas Gordon (Linfield), Robert Stewart (Cliftonville), Sam Torrans (Captain, Linfield), Nathaniel “Thanny” McKeown (Linfield), John Burnett (Distillery), Robert Milne (Linfield), William Dalton (Linfield), George Gaffikin (Linfield), Olphert Stanfield (Distillery), William Kennedy Gibson (Cliftonville), James Barron (Cliftonville).
The goals: 0-1 Stanfield (20 min.), 1-1 Lewis (55 min.), 2-1 James (65 min.), 3-1 Rea (75 min.), 4-1 Lewis (82 min.).

Jimmy Trainer, Preston North End and Wales XI.

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