1888 Home Nations Championship

), Bill Maclagan (London Scottish), HJ Stevenson (Edinburgh Acads), MM Duncan (Cambridge U.

), TB White (Edinburgh Acads) Wales achieved their first victory over Scotland with a debut try from Pryce-Jenkins.

It was also the last time Wales fielded nine forwards, adopting the four threequarter system after its successful use in the encounter with the New Zealand Māori in December.

), RG Warren (Landsdowne), JH McLaughlin (Derry), HJ Neill (NIFC) capt., EW Stoker (Wanderers), WA Morton (Dublin U.

), J Moffatt (Belfast Academy), RH Mayne (Belfast Academy), W Ekin (Queen's College) The match was notable for being the last international game by Scotland's influential captain Charles Reid, who ended his career with twenty caps, a record for a forward.

Although Ireland lost to Scotland for the sixth consecutive time, their superior score over Wales enabled them to win the tie-breaker decision for best record in the tournament, though the Championship itself was deemed not to have been completed due to the missing English side.