The Wales team had experienced a fairly stable fullback position, filled by the likes of Charles Lewis, Arthur Gould and for the previous three matches, Llanelli's Harry Bowen.
Hughes was brought in for the second game, which began a period of instability for the Wales fullback position.
[2] The Cardiff match was the last game of the Māori's tour of Wales which had been of mixed fortune for the tourists, though the team had beaten both Newport and Swansea over the last five days.
Under the captaincy of Frank Hill, Cardiff were on top form, with a resurgent Norman Biggs scoring early on.
Cardiff scored a second try later in the game, with a rare joint try from WT Morgan and Sydney Nicholls, which Hughes converted.