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Mar 1876
The 1876 association football match between the national teams representing Scotland and Wales was the first game played by the Welsh side. It took place on 25 March 1876 at Hamilton Crescent, Partick, the home ground of the West of Scotland Cricket Club. The match was also the first time that Scotland had played against a side other than England.
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