1950–51 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1950–51 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division Two	3rd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Wilf Grant (14) All: Wilf Grant (18)

The 1950–51 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 24th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.

Season review

Football League Second Division

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D
Position	9	15	9	7	10	6	7	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	13	12	12	10	12	9	8	8	5	6	6	5	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	3

Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Welsh Cup

In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff started their campaign by scoring fifteen goals in two games with an 8–0 win over Barry Town followed by a 7–1 victory over Bangor City. After beating Wrexham 1–0, Cardiff suffered a 3–2 defeat to Merthyr Tydfil in a final replay.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Ron Howells
--	GK	ENG	Phil Joslin
--	GK	WAL	Ted Morris
--	DF	WAL	Colin Gale
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	WAL	Arthur Lever
--	DF	ENG	Stan Montgomery
--	DF	ENG	Charles Rutter
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	ENG	Gerry Smyth
--	DF	WAL	Albert Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	DF	WAL	Rees Thomas
--	DF	WAL	Glyn Williams
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	MF	NIR	Bobby McLaughlin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Griff Norman
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	WAL	Ken Roberts
--	MF	ENG	Mike Tiddy
--	MF	WAL	Evan Williams
--	MF	WAL	Roley Williams
--	FW	ENG	Doug Blair
--	FW	WAL	George Edwards
--	FW	WAL	Elfed Evans
--	FW	ENG	Leslie Evans
--	FW	ENG	Wilf Grant
--	FW	SCO	Bob Lamie
--	FW	EIR	Paddy McIlvenny
--	FW	WAL	Marwood Marchant
--	FW	ENG	Don Mills
--	FW	WAL	Ken Oakley
--	FW	WAL	Colin Webster

League table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Preston North End	42	26	5	11	91	49	1.857	57
2	Manchester City	42	19	14	9	89	61	1.459	52
3	Cardiff City	42	17	16	9	53	45	1.178	50
4	Birmingham City	42	20	9	13	64	53	1.208	49
5	Leeds United	42	20	8	14	63	55	1.145	48
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	19	8	15	65	66	0.985	46
7	Coventry City	42	19	7	16	75	59	1.271	45
8	Sheffield United	42	16	12	14	72	62	1.161	44
9	Brentford	42	18	8	16	75	74	1.014	44
10	Hull City	42	16	11	15	74	70	1.057	43
11	Doncaster Rovers	42	15	13	14	64	68	0.941	43
12	Southampton	42	15	13	14	66	73	0.904	43
13	West Ham United	42	16	10	16	68	69	0.986	42
14	Leicester City	42	15	11	16	68	58	1.172	41
15	Barnsley	42	15	10	17	74	68	1.088	40
16	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	10	17	71	82	0.866	40
17	Notts County	42	13	13	16	61	60	1.017	39
18	Swansea Town	42	16	4	22	54	77	0.701	36
19	Luton Town	42	9	14	19	57	70	0.814	32
20	Bury	42	12	8	22	60	86	0.698	32
21	Chesterfield	42	9	12	21	44	69	0.638	30
22	Grimsby Town	42	8	12	22	61	95	0.642	28

Fixtures & results

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
19 Aug	Grimsby Town	A	0–0
23 Aug	Manchester City	A	1–2
26 Aug	Notts County	H	2–0
28 Aug	Manchester City	H	1–1
2 Sep	Preston North End	A	1–1
4 Sep	West Ham United	H	2–1
9 Sep	Bury	H	2–2
16 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3
23 Sep	Chesterfield	H	1–0
30 Sep	Leicester City	A	1–1
7 Oct	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2
14 Oct	Southampton	H	2–2
21 Oct	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0
28 Oct	Brentford	H	1–1
4 Nov	Swansea Town	A	0–1
11 Nov	Hull City	H	2–1
18 Nov	Barnsley	A	0–0
25 Nov	Sheffield United	H	2–0
2 Dec	Luton Town	A	1–1
9 Dec	Leeds United	H	1–0
16 Dec	Grimsby Town	H	5–2
23 Dec	Notts County	A	2–1
25 Dec	Coventry City	H	2–1
26 Dec	Coventry City	A	1–2
30 Dec	Preston North End	H	0–2
13 Jan	Bury	A	2–1
20 Jan	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–2
3 Feb	Chesterfield	A	3–0
17 Feb	Leicester City	H	2–2
24 Feb	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0
3 Mar	Southampton	A	1–1
10 Mar	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–0
17 Mar	Brentford	A	0–4
23 Mar	Birmingham City	A	0–0
24 Mar	Swansea Town	H	1–0
26 Mar	Birmingham City	H	2–1
31 Mar	Hull City	A	0–2
7 Apr	Barnsley	H	1–1
14 Apr	Sheffield United	A	2–1
21 Apr	Luton Town	H	2–1
28 Apr	Leeds United	A	0–2
5 May	West Ham United	A	0–0

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
6 Jan	Three	West Ham United	A	1–2	Grant

Welsh Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
31 Jan	Five	Barry Town	H	8–0	Kelly (og), Marchant (2), L Evans (4), Grant
7 Mar	Six	Bangor City	A	1–7	Edwards(3), Tiddy(2), Grant, Marchant
16 Apr	Semi-final	Wrexham	N	1–0	Edwards
7 May	Final	Merthyr Tydfil	N	1–1	Grant
17 May	Final (replay)	Merthyr Tydfil	N	2–3	Tiddy, Edwards

green=win orange=draw red=lost

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".