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This article lists the results for the Wales national football team from the 1946 through to 1959.

1940s

1946

19 Oct 1946 1947 British Champ. Wales  3 – 1  Scotland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Report Bryn Jones ?'
Trevor Ford ?'
Jimmy Stephen ?' (o.g.)		 ?' William Waddell
13 Nov 1946 1947 British Champ. England  3 – 0  Wales England Maine Road, Manchester
Report 8', 16' Wilf Mannion
39' Tommy Lawton		 Attendance: 59,250
Referee: Willie Webb (Scotland)

1947

9 Mar 1947 1947 British Champ. Ireland  2 – 1  Wales Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast
Alex Stevenson ?'
Peter Doherty ?'		 Report ?' Trevor Ford
18 Oct 1947 1948 British Champ. Wales  0 – 3  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Report 6' Tom Finney
11' Stan Mortensen
25' Tommy Lawton		 Attendance: 55,000
Referee: James Martin (Scotland)
12 Nov 1947 1948 British Champ. Scotland  1 – 2  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
Andy McLaren ?' Report ?' Trevor Ford
?' George Lowrie

1948

10 Mar 1948 1948 British Champ. Wales  2 – 0  Ireland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
?' George Lowrie
?' George Edwards		 Report
23 Oct 1948 1949 British Champ. Wales  1 – 3  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Bryn Jones ?' Report ?', ?' William Waddell
?' Hugh Howie
10 Nov 1948 1949 British Champ. England  1 – 0  Wales England Villa Park, Birmingham
Tom Finney 39' Report Attendance: 68,750
Referee: John Mowatt (Scotland)

1949

9 Mar 1949 1949 British Champ. Ireland  0 – 2  Wales Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast
Report ?'George Edwards
?'Trevor Ford
15 May 1949 Friendly Portugal  3 – 2  Wales Portugal , Lisbon
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23 May 1949 Friendly Belgium  3 – 1  Wales Belgium Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
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26 May 1949 Friendly Switzerland  4 – 0  Wales Switzerland Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
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15 Oct 1949 1950 British Champ. Wales  1 – 4  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Griffiths 80' Report 22'Mortensen
29', 34', 66' Milburn		 Attendance: 61,000
Referee: John Mowatt (Scotland)
9 Nov 1949 1950 British Champ. Scotland  2 – 0  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
McPhail 25'
Linwood 78'		 Report
23 Nov 1949 Friendly Wales  5 – 1  Belgium Ninian Park, Cardiff
Trevor Ford ?', ?', ?'
Roy Paul ?'
Roy Clarke ?'		 Report ?'

1950s

1950

8 Mar 1950 1950 British Champ. Wales  0 – 0  Ireland[a] Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Report
21 Oct 1950 1951 British Champ. Wales  1 – 3  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Aubrey Powell ?' Report ?', ?' Lawrie Reilly
?' Billy Liddell
15 Nov 1950 1951 British Champ. England  4 – 2  Wales England Roker Park, Sunderland
Eddie Baily 31', 40'
Stan Mortensen 66'
Jackie Milburn 90'		 Report 59', 74' Trevor Ford Attendance: 50,250
Referee: John Mowatt (Scotland)

1951

7 Mar 1951 1951 British Champ. [b] Ireland  1 – 2  Wales Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast
Billy Simpson ?' Report ?', ?' Roy Clarke
12 May 1951 Friendly Wales  2 – 1  Portugal Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Trevor Ford ?'
Mal Griffiths ?'		 Report ?'
16 May 1951 Friendly Wales  3 – 2   Switzerland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
18:15 Trevor Ford ?', ?'
Ron Burgess ?'		 Report ?'
?'		 Referee: MG Mitchell (Falkirk, Scotland)
20 Oct 1951 1952 British Champ. Wales  1 – 1  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Billy Foulkes 3' Report 6' Eddie Baily Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Douglas Gerrard (Scotland)
14 Nov 1951 1952 British Champ. Scotland  0 – 1  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 Report ?' Ivor Allchurch
5 Dec 1951 Friendly[c] Wales  3 – 2  Rest of the UK Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Allchurch 15', 62'
Ford 23'		 Report 64' Scotland Fleming
83' England Medley		 Attendance: 26,454

1952

19 Mar 1952 1952 British Champ. Wales  3 – 0  Ireland Vetch Field, Swansea
Walley Barnes ?'
Ivor Allchurch ?'
Roy Clarke ?'		 Report
18 Oct 1952 1953 British Champ. Wales  1 – 2  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Trevor Ford ?' Report ?' Allan Brown
?' Billy Liddell
12 Nov 1952 1953 British Champ. England  5 – 2  Wales England Wembley Stadium, London
Tom Finney 8'
Nat Lofthouse 10', 75'
Jack Froggatt 44'
Roy Bentley 47'		 Report 15', 49' Trevor Ford Attendance: 93,500
Referee: Douglas Gerrard (Scotland)

1953

15 Apr 1953 1953 British Champ. Ireland  2 – 3  Wales Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast
Eddie McMorran ?', ?' Report ?', ?' John Charles
?' Trevor Ford
14 May 1953 Friendly France  6 – 1  Wales France Parc des Princes, Paris
Report ?' Ivor Allchurch
21 May 1953 Friendly Yugoslavia  5 – 2  Wales Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia JNA Stadium, Belgrade
15:00 Report ?', ?' Trevor Ford
10 Oct 1953 1954 British Champ. Wales  1 – 4  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Ivor Allchurch 22' Report
See also		 45', 49' Dennis Wilshaw
52', 53' Nat Lofthouse		 Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Charles Edward Faultless (Scotland)
4 Nov 1953 1954 British Champ. Scotland  3 – 3  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
Allan Brown 19'
Bobby Johnstone 42'
Lawrence Reilly 58'		 Report
See also		 49', 88' John Charles
73' Ivor Allchurch		 Attendance: 71,378
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland)

1954

31 Mar 1954 1954 British Champ. Wales  1 – 2  Northern Ireland[d] Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Charles 80' Report
See also		 1', 52' McParland Attendance: 32,817
Referee: Charles Edward Faultless (Scotland)
9 May 1954 Friendly Austria  2 – 0  Wales Austria Praterstadion, Vienna
Report
22 Sep 1954 Friendly Wales  1 – 3  Yugoslavia Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Report
16 Oct 1954 1955 British Champ. Wales  0 – 1  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Report ?' Paddy Buckley
10 Nov 1954 1955 British Champ. England  3 – 2  Wales England Wembley Stadium, London
Roy Bentley 70', 74', 82' Report 35', 75' John Charles Attendance: 91,112
Referee: Charles Edward Faultless (Scotland)

1955

20 Apr 1955 1955 British Champ. Northern Ireland  2 – 3  Wales Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast
Eddie Crossan ?'
Jimmy Walker ?'		 Report ?', ?', ?' John Charles
22 Oct 1955 1956 British Champ. Wales  2 – 1  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Derek Tapscott 41'
Cliff Jones 43'		 Report 51' (o.g.) John Charles Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland)
9 Nov 1955 1956 British Champ. Scotland  2 – 0  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
Bobby Johnstone ?', ?' Report
23 Nov 1955 Friendly Wales  1 – 2  Austria Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Report

1956

11 Apr 1956 1956 British Champ. Wales  1 – 1  Northern Ireland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Roy Clarke ?' Report ?' Jimmy Jones
20 Oct 1956 1957 British Champ. Wales  2 – 2  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Trevor Ford ?'
Terry Medwin ?'		 Report ?' Lawrie Reilly
?' Willie Fernie
14 Nov 1956 1957 British Champ. England  3 – 1  Wales England Wembley Stadium, London
Johnny Haynes 52'
Johnny Brooks 55'
Tom Finney 75'		 Report 8' John Charles Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Hugh Phillips (Scotland)

1957

10 Apr 1957 1957 British Champ. Northern Ireland  0 – 0  Wales Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast
Report
1 May 1957 1958 World Cup qual. Wales  1 – 0  Czechoslovakia Ninian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Roy Vernon ?' Report Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
19 May 1957 1958 World Cup qual. East Germany  2 – 1  Wales East Germany Zentralstadion, Leipzig
21:00 Günther Wirth 21'
Willy Tröger 61'		 Report 6' Mel Charles Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Latichev (Soviet Union)
26 May 1957 1958 World Cup qual. Czechoslovakia  2 – 0  Wales Czechoslovakia Letná Stadium, Prague
21:00 Tadeusz Kraus ?'
Ray Daniel ?' (o.g.)		 Report
25 Sep 1957 1958 World Cup qual. Wales  4 – 1  East Germany Ninian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Des Palmer 38', 44', 73'
Cliff Jones 42'		 Report 57' Manfred Kaiser Referee: Leafe (England)
19 Oct 1957 1958 British Champ. Wales  0 – 4  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Report 2' (o.g.)Mel Hopkins
44', 67' Johnny Haynes
64' Tom Finney		 Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland)
13 Nov 1957 1958 British Champ. Scotland  1 – 1  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
21:00 Bobby Collins ?' Report ?' Terry Medwin

1958

15 Jan 1958 1958 World Cup Play-off Israel  0 – 2  Wales Israel Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel-Aviv
21:00 report L. Allchurch
Bowen 		Referee: Guigue (France)
5 Feb 1958 1958 World Cup Play-off Wales  2 – 0
(4 – 0 agg.)		  Israel Ninian Park, Cardiff
21:00 I. Allchurch
Jones 		report Referee: Schipper (Netherlands)
16 Apr 1958 1958 British Champ. Wales  1 – 1  Northern Ireland Ninian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Ron Hewitt Report Billy Simpson
8 June 1958 Sweden 1958 World Cup G Hungary  1 – 1  Wales Sweden Jernvallen, Sandviken
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Bozsik 5' Report J. Charles 27' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Codesal (Uruguay)
11 June 1958 Sweden 1958 World Cup G Mexico  1 – 1  Wales Sweden Råsunda Stadium, Solna
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Belmonte 89' Report I. Allchurch 32' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lemesic (Yugoslavia)
15 June 1958 Sweden 1958 World Cup G Sweden  0 – 0  Wales Sweden Råsunda Stadium, Solna
21:00 CET (UTC+01) Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)
17 June 1958 Sweden 1958 World Cup PO Wales  2 – 1  Hungary Sweden Råsunda Stadium, Solna
19:00 CET (UTC+01) I. Allchurch 55'
Medwin 76'		 Report Tichy 33' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Latychev (Soviet Union)
19 June 1958 Sweden 1958 World Cup QF Brazil  1 – 0  Wales Sweden Ullevi, Gothenburg
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Pelé 66' Report Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Seipelt (Austria)
4 Oct 1958 1959 British Champ. Wales  0 – 3  Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Report Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
26 Nov 1958 1959 British Champ. England  2 – 2  Wales Villa Park, Birmingham
21:00 Peter Broadbent 42', 75' Report 15'Derek Tapscott
70' Ivor Allchurch		 Attendance: 40,500
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

1959

22 Apr 1959 1959 British Champ. Wales  1 – 4  Northern Ireland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Derek Tapscott ?' Report ?', ?' Peter McParland
?' Bertie Peacock
?' Jimmy McIlroy
17 Oct 1959 1960 British Champ. Wales  1 – 1  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
Graham Moore ?' Report ?' Jimmy Greaves Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Thomas Mitchell (Northern Ireland)
4 Nov 1959 1960 British Champ. Scotland  1 – 1  Wales Scotland Hampden Park, Glasgow
Graham Leggat ?' Report ?' John Charles

Head to head records

Opponent P W D L GF GA %W %D %L
 Austria 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 100
 Belgium 2 1 0 1 6 4 50 0 50
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 100
 Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 1 2 50 0 50
 England 14 1 3 10 13 39 7.14 21.43 71.43
 France 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 100
 East Germany 2 1 0 1 5 3 50 0 50
 Hungary 2 1 1 0 3 1 50 50 0
 Ireland 4 1 1 2 3 4 25 25 50
 Northern Ireland[e] 9 4 3 2 15 13 0 0 0
 Israel 2 2 0 0 4 0 100 0 0
 Mexico 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100 0
 Scotland 14 3 4 7 16 25 21.43 28.57 50
  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 3 6 100 0 100
 Sweden 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 100 0
 Portugal 2 2 0 1 4 4 100 0 100
 Rest of the United Kingdom 1 1 0 0 3 2 100 0 0
 Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 2 8 0 0 100
Totals 65 19 14 32 81 123 29.23 21.54 49.23

P - Played; W - Won; D - Drawn; L - Lost

Notes

  1. Until 1950 both the Belfast-based Irish Football Association and the Dublin-based Football Association of Ireland claimed jurisdiction over the whole of Ireland and selected players from the whole island. Due to a number of players playing for both Associations in qualification games to the 1950 FIFA World Cup, FIFA intervened by restricting players' eligibility based on the political border.
    a The Wales vs Ireland match played on 8 March 1950 marks the last time an "all-Ireland" team represented the IFA.
    b The IFA continued to be referred to as Ireland despite the new restrictions.
    d In 1953 FIFA ruled neither the IFA XI nor the FAI XI could be referred to as Ireland resulting in the IFA XI being referred to as Northern Ireland and the FAI XI being referred to as Republic of Ireland. (However, the Northern Irish team continued to play under the Ireland name well into the 1970s for British Home Championship).
    e Including all games after 1950 where teams are referred to as both Ireland and Northern Ireland.
  2. c Exhibition match to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Football Association of Wales. The Rest of the United Kingdom team was made up of players representing the Football Associations of the other Home Nations, (England, Northern Ireland and Scotland).

See also

References

Bibliography

  • Hayes, Dean P. (1994). Wales: The Complete Who's Who of Footballers Since 1946. Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-3700-9.
  • Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

Notes

External links

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