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Wales national football team results (1946–1959)

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international association football and is governed by the Football Association of Wales (FAW).

Matches played

Between 1946 and 1959 the side played 64 matches. Although the majority of these came against the other national teams of the Home Nations in the British Home Championship, Wales also began playing teams from further afield on a regular basis for the first time. Their first competitive fixture following the end of the conflict was a 3–1 victory over Scotland in October 1946.[1]

In 1949, Wales undertook their first European tour in which they played matches against Portugal, Belgium and Switzerland.[2] Although Wales lost all three games, they won the reverse fixtures when all three nations travelled to Wales within the next two years.[1] During the 1951–52 British Home Championship, Wales recorded their highest finish in the British Home Championship during the period by sharing the title with England.[3]

The side also entered the FIFA World Cup for the first time in the 1950 tournament,[4] but failed to qualify for either this or the following competition in which the Home Championship was used to determine the Home Nations qualifiers.[1] The 1958 FIFA World Cup used a randomly drawn qualifying group and, although Wales finished second behind Czechoslovakia, they qualified winning a play-off match against Israel.[5] In the tournament itself, Wales drew all three of their group matches and finished tied on points with Hungary. The two sides took part in a play-off match to determine who would advance to the quarter-final,[6] which Wales won 2–1.[7] Wales were defeated 1–0 by Brazil in the quarter-final. The 1958 tournament remains the only time Wales have qualified for a World Cup as of 2020.[1]

Of the 64 matches Wales played during this period, they won 18. They recorded the most wins over Northern Ireland and their precursors Ireland,[a] winning 5 of the 13 fixtures between the two.[9] They also defeated Scotland three times, Israel and Portugal twice and had single victories over six other teams. They drew 14 ties and lost the remaining 32.[1] Wales suffered the most defeats against England, losing 10 of the 14 fixtures between the two sides.[10]

Results

Wales' score is shown first in each case. The colours listed below are also used to signify results combined with the scoreline.

Key
Colour (with score)Meaning
Defeat
Draw
Win
John Charles in 1954 prior to a Wales vs Scotland game at Ninian Park
Wales national football team results 1946–1959[b]
Match no.DateVenueH/A/NOpponentsScoreCompetitionWales scorersAtt.[c]
17119 October 1946Racecourse Ground, WrexhamH  Scotland3–11946–47 British Home ChampionshipBryn Jones, Trevor Ford, Jimmy Stephen (og)29,568
17213 November 1946Maine Road, ManchesterA  England0–31946–47 British Home Championship59,250
1739 March 1947Windsor Park, BelfastA  Ireland1–21946–47 British Home ChampionshipTrevor Ford43,000
17418 October 1947Ninian Park, CardiffH  England0–31947–48 British Home Championship55,000
17512 November 1947Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland2–11947–48 British Home ChampionshipTrevor Ford, George Lowrie88,000
17610 March 1948Racecourse Ground, WrexhamH  Ireland2–01947–48 British Home ChampionshipGeorge Lowrie, George Edwards32,310
17723 October 1948Ninian Park, CardiffH  Scotland1–31948–49 British Home ChampionshipBryn Jones59,911
17810 November 1948Villa Park, BirminghamA  England0–11948–49 British Home Championship68,750
17910 March 1949Windsor Park, BelfastA  Ireland2–01948–49 British Home ChampionshipGeorge Edwards, Trevor Ford22,800
18015 May 1949Estádio Nacional, LisbonA  Portugal2–3FriendlyTrevor Ford (2)51,000
18123 May 1949Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeA  Belgium1–3FriendlyTrevor Ford19,079
18226 May 1949Wankdorf Stadium, BernA   Switzerland0–4Friendly18,000
18315 October 1949Ninian Park, CardiffH  England1–41949–50 British Home Championship[d]Mal Griffiths61,000
1849 November 1949Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland0–21949–50 British Home Championship73,782
18523 November 1949Ninian Park, CardiffH  Belgium5–1FriendlyTrevor Ford (3), Roy Paul, Roy Clarke27,988
1868 March 1950Racecourse Ground, WrexhamH  Ireland0–01949–50 British Home Championship30,000
18721 October 1950Ninian Park, CardiffH  Scotland1–31950–51 British Home ChampionshipAubrey Powell60,000
18815 November 1950Roker Park, SunderlandA  England2–41950–51 British Home ChampionshipTrevor Ford (2)50,250
1897 March 1951Windsor Park, BelfastA  Ireland2–11950–51 British Home ChampionshipRoy Clarke (2)12,000
19012 May 1951Ninian Park, CardiffH  Portugal2–1FriendlyTrevor Ford, Mal Griffiths51,000
19116 May 1951Racecourse Ground, WrexhamH   Switzerland3–2FriendlyTrevor Ford (2), Ron Burgess18,500
19220 October 1951Ninian Park, CardiffH  England1–11951–52 British Home ChampionshipBilly Foulkes51,500
19314 November 1951Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland1–01951–52 British Home ChampionshipIvor Allchurch50,250
19419 March 1952Vetch Field, SwanseaH  Ireland3–01951–52 British Home ChampionshipWalley Barnes, Ivor Allchurch, Roy Clarke30,000
19518 October 1952Ninian Park, CardiffH  Scotland1–21952–53 British Home ChampionshipTrevor Ford60,261
19612 November 1952Wembley Stadium, LondonA  England2–51952–53 British Home ChampionshipTrevor Ford (2)93,500
19715 April 1953Windsor Park, BelfastA  Ireland3–21952–53 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles (2), Trevor Ford33,000
19814 May 1953Parc des Princes, ParisA  France1–6FriendlyIvor Allchurch33,020
19921 May 1953JNA Stadium, BelgradeA  Yugoslavia2–5FriendlyTrevor Ford (2)50,000
20010 October 1953Ninian Park, CardiffH  England1–41953–54 British Home Championship[e]Ivor Allchurch61,000
2014 November 1953Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland3–31953–54 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles (2), Ivor Allchurch71,378
20231 March 1954Racecourse Ground, WrexhamH  Northern Ireland1–21953–54 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles32,817
2039 May 1954Praterstadion, ViennaA  Austria0–2Friendly58,000
20422 September 1954Ninian Park, CardiffH  Yugoslavia1–3FriendlyIvor Allchurch20,000
20516 October 1954Ninian Park, CardiffH  Scotland0–11954–55 British Home ChampionshipIvor Allchurch53,000
20610 November 1954Wembley Stadium, LondonA  England2–31954–55 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles (2)89,789
20720 April 1955Windsor Park, BelfastA  Northern Ireland3–21954–55 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles (3)28,000
20822 October 1955Ninian Park, CardiffH  England2–11955–56 British Home ChampionshipDerek Tapscott, Cliff Jones60,000
2099 November 1955Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland0–21955–56 British Home Championship53,887
21023 November 1955Racecourse Ground, WrexhamH  Austria1–2FriendlyDerek Tapscott39,000
21111 April 1956Ninian Park, CardiffH  Northern Ireland1–11955–56 British Home ChampionshipRoy Clarke37,510
21220 October 1956Ninian Park, CardiffH  Scotland2–21956–57 British Home ChampionshipTrevor Ford, Terry Medwin60,000
21314 November 1956Wembley Stadium, LondonA  England1–31956–57 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles93,796
21410 April 1957Windsor Park, BelfastA  Northern Ireland0–01956–57 British Home Championship30,000
2151 May 1957Ninian Park, CardiffH  Czechoslovakia1–01958 FIFA World Cup QualificationRoy Vernon33,320
21619 May 1957Zentralstadion, LeipzigA  East Germany1–21958 FIFA World Cup QualificationMel Charles100,000
21726 May 1957Stadion Letná, PragueA  Czechoslovakia0–21958 FIFA World Cup Qualification45,000
21825 September 1957Ninian Park, CardiffH  East Germany4–11958 FIFA World Cup QualificationDes Palmer (3), Cliff Jones16,098
21919 October 1957Ninian Park, CardiffH  England0–41957–58 British Home Championship58,000
22013 November 1957Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland1–11957–58 British Home ChampionshipTerry Medwin42,918
22115 January 1958Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat GanA  Israel2–01958 FIFA World Cup Play-OffLen Allchurch, Dave Bowen55,000
2225 February 1958Ninian Park, CardiffH  Israel2–01958 FIFA World Cup Play-OffIvor Allchurch, Cliff Jones38,000
22316 April 1958Ninian Park, CardiffH  Northern Ireland1–11957–58 British Home ChampionshipRon Hewitt25,667
2248 June 1958Jernvallen, SandvikenN  Hungary1–11958 FIFA World CupJohn Charles20,000
22511 June 1958Råsunda Stadium, SolnaN  Mexico1–11958 FIFA World CupIvor Allchurch25,000
22615 June 1958Råsunda Stadium, SolnaA  Sweden0–01958 FIFA World Cup35,000
22717 June 1958Råsunda Stadium, SolnaN  Hungary2–11958 FIFA World CupIvor Allchurch, Terry Medwin20,000
22819 June 1958Råsunda Stadium, SolnaN  Brazil0–11958 FIFA World Cup25,000
22918 October 1958Ninian Park, CardiffH  Scotland0–31958–59 British Home Championship59,162
23026 November 1958Villa Park, BirminghamA  England2–21958–59 British Home ChampionshipDerek Tapscott, Ivor Allchurch40,500
23122 April 1959Windsor Park, BelfastA  Northern Ireland1–41958–59 British Home ChampionshipDerek Tapscott45,000
23217 October 1959Ninian Park, CardiffH  England1–11959–60 British Home ChampionshipGraham Moore60,000
2334 November 1959Hampden Park, GlasgowA  Scotland1–11959–60 British Home ChampionshipJohn Charles55,813

Head to head records

Head to head records
OpponentPWDLGFGAW%D%L%
 Austria20021400100
 Belgium21016450050
 Brazil10010100100
 Czechoslovakia21011250050
 England141310133972171
 France10011600100
 East Germany21015350050
 Hungary21103150500
 Ireland411234252550
 Northern Ireland94321513443322
 Israel22004010000
 Mexico10101101000
 Scotland143471625212950
  Switzerland2101361000100
 Sweden10100001000
 Portugal2201441000100
 Yugoslavia20022800100
Totals641814327812128.1321.8850

Notes

References

Statistics
  • Nygård, Jostein. "Wales – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • "Welsh International Matches". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • Tossani, Gabriele. "Scotland – International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. London: Guinness World Records Ltd. pp. 561–562. ISBN 978-0-85112-954-9.
Bibliography
  • Stead, Phil (2013). Red Dragons – The Story of Welsh Football. Ceredigion: Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-1-84771-468-8.
Footnotes

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