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Home Ground: Leach's Field

1st XV (Played 16, Won 12, Drawn 1, Lost 3. For: Goals ?, Tries ?, Touches ?. Against: Goals ?, Tries ?, Touches ?)

Date	Opposition	Venue	Clifton	Opposition	Score	Result
9 Oct 1886	Bath	Away	A.Wansey, J.A.Rose, H.Soonce, H.W.Watson, F.Budgett, R.Troup, H.C.Baker (Captain), E.Leonard, T.Adams, A.Spencer, F.R.Fry, H.Turner, W.Senior	F.W.Anderson, E.Parker, S.Swabey, H.Dunn, H.Foord, F.Hill, A.Parnham, H.Lavis, C.Hayward, T.Stringfield, W.Sutton, F.Sonne, C.Knight, W.Dring, W.Morgan.	7(2G(Budgett),1Tr(Troup))-0 (This was the first game Clifton and Bath played using the new rules of scoring. Matches now being decided on points scored and not the number of Goals)	Won
			Above Newspaper advert for the match
16 Oct 1886	Cardiff	Home			0-14(3G,5Tr)	Lost
30 Oct 1886	Wellington	Away	S.Slater, J.W.Rose, R.P.Gwynn, R.C.Sconce, A.Evans, F.B.Budgett, H.C.Baker, R.R.Tanner, F.May, F.R.Fry, P.Fowler, W.Garnett, A.H.Benson, E.Leonard, R.Taylor.	W.Waygood, Winter, Merry, E.Hancock, F.H.Fox, Clarke, Buncombe, Hewett, Berry, Hosegood, Walter, Hawkins, Brice, Archdale, Ebdon	3(1G)-9(3G)	Lost
20 Nov 1886	Carlton	Home
27 Nov 1886	Cheltenham College	Away			4-6 (Protest lodged with RFU after match)	Lost
11 Dec 1886	Bath College	Away	E.D.Lace, J.Huxtable (captain), C.Woodgate, S.Slater, R.C.Sconce, W.Troup, L.G.Freeland, S.C.Field, R.G.Jenkins, P.W.Harling, F.W.Hunt, W.H.Birch, M.M.Baker, W.H.Z.Devereux	Gardner, Blunt, E.Storrar (captain), Mossop, Smyth, Peppin, F.Smith, A.Henderson, T.Smith, N.Henderson, Denbigh, Botsford, Anderson, Thorp	0-4(1G,1Tr)	Lost
27 Dec 1886	Redland Park	Home	A.Wansey, R.I.Pocock, G.W.Thomas, A.Hall, W.Troup, G.E.Begbie, H.C.Baker (Captain), E.Leonard, G.W.Palmer, M.May, A.Spencer, A.Peck, E.R.Tanner, H.I.Poccok, F.R.Fry.
			Above Newspaper advert for the match
29 Jan 1887	Widecombe Institute	Home	E.D.Lace, J.Huxtable (captain), C.Woodgate, S.Slater, A.B.Church, W.Troup, G.L.Gore-Graham, W.Garnett, S.C.Field, J.C.Senior, P.W.Harding, M.M.Baker, W.H.Birch, G.G.Reynolds, W.de L.Deveraux	Sution, Jones, Bolt, Collins, Alford, Humphries, Worley, Nash, Alexander, Bullock, Mead, Paine, Gibbs, Timmins, Wilcox (captain)	2Tr-2Tr	Draw
5 Feb 1887	Gloucester	Away	A.Wansey, J.W.Rose, A.Hall, C.Crook, A.Evans, J.Fowler, H.C.Baker (captain), E.Leonard, G.W.Palmer, T.Adams, F.R.Fry, M.May, G.Lysaght, A.Reck, R.Edwards.	J.Oswell, H.E.Taylor, E.W.Urquhart, C.E.Brown, T.Bagwell, S.A.Ball, T.G.Smith (captain), H.L.Broughton, E.Enis, W.H.Fream, W.P.Horsley, H.A.Sanders, T.Smithin, E.D.Tandy, T.Taylor.	0-2G,5Tr	Lost
12 Mar 1887	Cardiff	Away				Cancelled
2 Apr 1887	Cardiff	Away (Cardiff Arms Park)	A.Prentice, J.W.Rose, W.Sevrie, V.W.Davies, W.Troup, Merritt, E.Leonard, W.Evans, F.R.Fry, R.Everill, R.S.Sconce, S.Field, F.M.May, C.Woolwright, W.Devereaux.	H.Hughes, W.M.Douglas, C.S.Arthur, G.A.Young, A.H.Williams, W.E.Jarman, Andrew Price, A.J.Hybart, H.J.Simpson, R.T.Duncan, H.W.Jones, H.T.Day, W.E.O.Williams, S.H.Nicholls, Q.D.Kedslie.	1Tr-4G,6Tr	Lost

(Clifton score first. Scorers shown when known. G:Goal, Tr:Try, To:Touches)

2nd XV

(Clifton score first. Scorers shown when known. G:Goal, Tr:Try, To:Touches)