on the bramall-lane ground, sheffield, yesterday, england beat wales by four goals to none, a victory that was completely merited as the game went, although the football never reached any wonderful degree of excellence. england was represented by a very fine side, both individually and collectively the superior of anything wales could produce, and perhaps it was the knowledge of the fact that the last thing probable was a loss to them that made the englishmen adopt something like a leisurely method of play. without exerting themselves, therefore, the home side pursued an easy course to victory...
the english score was divided between the two periods of the game. needham and bloomer scored before the interval, and milward obtained the two other goals...
there were some four or five thousand spectators, and the conditions for the football were fairly favourable. - the times - tuesday 30th march, 1897
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