This match was reported in Jackson’s Oxford Journal of 21st December 1895 as follows. The game followed the University’s match at Cardiff the previous Saturday which they lost 17 points to nil before 5,000 spectators:-
“OXFORD UNIVERSITY v. NEWPORT.- Oxford continued this holiday tour and met Newport on the Uskside enclosure on Monday. The game in the first half was grandly contested, nothing being scored. In the second half the home side secured two tries, and Oxford failing to score the match ended in a in for Newport.”
The Dark Blues concluded their tour by beating Somerset at Weston-super-Mare two days later.