From the match programme:-
"Our Visitors"
"Some old students of the Monmouth Grammar School in the seventies founded the Newport Rugby Club, which has had an honourable and successful career."
"In the early days, leading players included C. H. Newman, who played in ten internationals, Tom Clapp, the Harding brothers, and the famous three-quarters, George Rosser and T. S. Spittle."
"The Club's history centres round its abundance of famous players, and we must mention in particular Arthur J. Gould, the great three-quarter, who wore the Welsh national jersey on twenty-seven occasions."
"The Club's team of 1891-2, led by T. C. Graham, was unbeaten in thirty-four matches, and that of 1922-3, led by Jack Wetter, won thirty-five and drew four of the thirty-nine games played. The present team has made another historic contribution to the Club's record by being unbeaten for the past eighteen months."
"It is a great pity that Roy Burnett is not with us to-day owing to a dislocated shoulder, which has also unfortunately compelled him to miss a well-earned Welsh cap."
"To-day's team, under the leadership of Ken Jones, the Welsh international and Olympic sprinter, is a very powerful side indeed, and we trust that all will enjoy a fast, hard-fought game of football."