V. J. Woodward, who captained the home side, won the toss, and decided to play with the sun behind his back, and with an oblique wind in his favour. The initial dash by the Welsh forwards was pulled up by Wedlock, who made considerable ground and then pushed the ball through to Holley, who had Roose well beaten with a rasping shot that travelled right across the goal and just missed the farther post. This was a very narrow escape, and within a minute there was another, as Woodward indulged in some juggling, and having drawn the defence, sent Freeman off, the latter only losing the ball through a partial stumble when within a half-dozen yards of goal. The English halves were playing a fine spoiling game, and they were keeping their forwards so well fed that the latter were able frequently to threaten danger. The Welsh defence, however, was safe, Morris being particularly prominent, and it was subsequent to one of his clearances that Meredith dashed away on the right and dropped the ball nicely in front of goal. Davies, the centre, had a race with Crompton for possession, and the latter, getting his head to the ball, sent on to Wedlock, who started Bridgett in a run which Blew summarily closed. Two fouls against Wales were given, Parry coming under the ban of the referee for indulging in questionable tactics. Pentland here left the field, and during his absence Warren pulled up Lot Jones and then pushed the ball through to Woodward. Clever work between the latter and Freeman ended in the Evertonian making an opening for Holley, and he shot past Roose from ten yards' range, England taking the lead sixteen minutes from the start. Pentland returned shortly afterwards, but although he did not lack the will, he could not get going in his usual style, and this meant that Woodward had additional work thrown upon him. Danger, however, frequently threatened Wales, and there were some thrilling tussles between Freeman and Woodward on the one side and Morris and Peake on the other.
   As the game got older, so did the visitors improve. Meredith had not had much to do, but his confreres now began to sedulously feed him, and as Veitch allowed him plenty of liberty, the Mancunian got in a succession of centres and shots that sorely troubled the home defence. On several occasions, when Veitch was well down the field, Pennington rushed across, and as between the West Bromwich man and Meredith honours were about even. Although some good work was also done on the Welsh left, and the inside men were well plied with the ball, they were kept so well in hand that they seldom troubled Hardy. The English forwards were much more insistent, and although their shooting lacked accuracy, it did not lack force, Holley, Bridgett, and Freeman all missing the posts by a few feet. One terrific shot by Freeman was going straight for the corner of the goal, with Roose at the other end, but Morris headed out from almost under the bar, and in a few seconds the goalkeeper cleared an express drive from Holley, and threw away a neat header from Woodward. Bridgett was left, after a short bombardment of the Welsh goal, with a ridiculously easy chance of scoring, but he lofted the ball over the bar. From the kick off Meredith was given a clear run, and having only Pennington to beat, he worked in and brought Hardy to his knees with a lovely shot. For some minutes Wales more than held her own, but she could not make any definite impression on the solid defence opposed to her. The English left wing changed the venue of play, and next came a bout of passing, in which Warren, Woodward, and Pentland figured, the movement being ended by Holley heading into Roose's hands. Nearing the interval England applied severe pressure, and consummate strategy by Woodward enabled him to give Freeman a clear opening, and the centre forward promptly netted with a shot that Roose had no chance to save.
   The first half ran strongly in favour of the home country, but Wales certainly had the better of the exchanges in the second half. There appeared to be contentment among the English players at what they had achieved, and they developed a lethargy that boded ill for their success. On the other hand, the Welshmen were much quicker on the ball, and yet they were seldom dangerous in front of goal. The only player who seemed likely to score was Meredith, and early on he made a long, sinuous run, during which he outwitted Veitch and rounded Pennington, but he had still to reckon with Hardy, and the goalkeeper was equal to a powerful cross drive, which must have scored against a less daring keeper. Before relief came to a harassed English defender, Davies (centre) was presented with an opening, but he shot high over the bar.
   The Rose next had a turn at attacking, Wedlock starting a movement in which all the forwards took part, and Pentland, outwitting Morris, lifted the ball to Holley, who headed over. Roose several times ran out and cleared, and Morris, when hard pressed, had no hesitation in sending back to the goalkeeper, but this almost brought about disaster, as Freeman was on one occasion within half a yard  of the ball when Roose made a dive, and managed to get it away. Back to the other end raced the Welsh forwards, and Crompton twice kicked away from close quarters, while Hardy had to deal with a shot by Jones. By way of relief, Bridgett indulged in a solo run, the finest individual effort of the match. Receiving the ball well in his own half, he tricked man after man, and concluded with a powerful drive that missed the goal by a couple of yards. Shortly afterwards Parry left the field, but the visitors fully held their own in a somewhat tame finish.
   

As Wales had to make only one change in the eleven that defeated Scotland at Wrexham two weeks ago they had an exceptionally good chance of overcoming England at Nottingham yesterday, but in a rather disappointing game the home country gained the victory, scoring two goals to none.
Largely remodelled, the English eleven proved good enough for the occasion, but in a game largely spoiled by the wind they showed to no special advantage. As the play went there was nothing to choose between the sides, but, aided by the blustering wind in the first half, England obtained a lead which they held to the end. Seeing that the turf was fairly soft and in quite favourable condition, the play all round fell far below expectations. Most noticeable was the fault of lifting the ball when every effort should have been made to keep it under control ; and on such a squally afternoon the play naturally became very uncertain. The match was rarely attractive as an exhibition of skilled football, and the crowd of 12,000 people that assembled on the Nottingham Forest Club's ground had little cause for enthusiasm...
At the end of a quarter of an hour England scored their first goal, Woodward dribbling through and giving Holley a neat pass, and the latter, being well placed, had no difficulty in beating Roose...
Close upon half-time Woodward dribbled through again and passed to Freeman, who, with the way made clear, shot hard and low past Roose, thus scoring England's second goal...
The record now stands :--England, 23 wins ; Wales, 2 ; drawn games, 6.