Wales national football team results 1946–59

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

Wales national football team results

1940s

1946
19 Oct 1946 1947 British Champ.Wales 3 – 1 ScotlandRacecourse Ground, Wrexham
Report Bryn Jones  ?'
Trevor Ford  ?'
Jimmy Stephen ?' (o.g.)		  ?' William Waddell
13 Nov 1946 1947 British Champ.England 3 – 0 Wales 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 Windsor Park, Belfast
Alex Stevenson  ?'
Peter Doherty  ?'		 Report  ?' Trevor Ford
18 Oct 1947 1948 British Champ.Wales 0 – 3 EnglandNinian 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 Hampden Park, Glasgow
Andy McLaren  ?' Report  ?' Trevor Ford
 ?' George Lowrie

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

1949
9 Mar 1949 1949 British Champ.Ireland 0 – 2 Wales Windsor Park, Belfast
Report  ?'George Edwards
 ?'Trevor Ford
15 May 1949 FriendlyPortugal 3 – 2 Wales , Lisbon
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 ?'		 Report  ?', ?' Trevor Ford
23 May 1949 FriendlyBelgium 3 – 1 Wales Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
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 ?'		 Report  ?' Trevor Ford
26 May 1949 FriendlySwitzerland  4 – 0 Wales Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
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15 Oct 1949 1950 British Champ.Wales 1 – 4 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
Griffiths  80' Report  22'Mortensen
 29', 34', 66' Milburn		 Attendance: 61,000
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)
9 Nov 1949 1950 British Champ.Scotland 2 – 0 Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
McPhail  25'
Linwood  78'		 Report
23 Nov 1949 FriendlyWales 5 – 1 BelgiumNinian 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 ScotlandNinian Park, Cardiff
Aubrey Powell  ?' Report  ?', ?' Lawrie Reilly
 ?' Billy Liddell
15 Nov 1950 1951 British Champ.England 4 – 2 Wales Roker Park, Sunderland
Eddie Baily  31', 40'
Stan Mortensen  66'
Jackie Milburn  90'		 Report  59', 74' Trevor Ford Attendance: 50,250
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

1951
7 Mar 1951 1951 British Champ.[b] Ireland 1 – 2 Wales Windsor Park, Belfast
Billy Simpson  ?' Report  ?', ?' Roy Clarke
12 May 1951 FriendlyWales 2 – 1 PortugalNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Trevor Ford  ?'
Mal Griffiths  ?'		 Report  ?'
16 May 1951 FriendlyWales 3 – 2  SwitzerlandRacecourse Ground, Wrexham
18:15 Trevor Ford  ?', ?'
Ron Burgess  ?'		 Report  ?'
 ?'		 Referee: MG Mitchell (Falkirk, Scotland)
20 Oct 1951 1952 British Champ.Wales 1 – 1 EnglandNinian 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 Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 Report  ?' Ivor Allchurch
5 Dec 1951 Friendly[c]Wales 3 – 2 Rest of the UKNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Allchurch  15', 62'
Ford  23'		 Report  64' Fleming
 83' Medley		 Attendance: 26,454

1952
19 Mar 1952 1952 British Champ.Wales 3 – 0 IrelandVetch Field, Swansea
Walley Barnes  ?'
Ivor Allchurch  ?'
Roy Clarke  ?'		 Report
18 Oct 1952 1953 British Champ.Wales 1 – 2 ScotlandNinian Park, Cardiff
Trevor Ford  ?' Report  ?' Allan Brown
 ?' Billy Liddell
12 Nov 1952 1953 British Champ.England 5 – 2 Wales 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 Windsor Park, Belfast
Eddie McMorran  ?', ?' Report  ?', ?' John Charles
 ?' Trevor Ford
14 May 1953 FriendlyFrance 6 – 1 Wales Parc des Princes, Paris
Report  ?' Ivor Allchurch
21 May 1953 FriendlyYugoslavia 5 – 2 Wales JNA Stadium, Belgrade
15:00 Report  ?', ?' Trevor Ford
10 Oct 1953 1954 British Champ.Wales 1 – 4 EnglandNinian 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 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 FriendlyAustria 2 – 0 Wales Praterstadion, Vienna
Report
22 Sep 1954 FriendlyWales 1 – 3 YugoslaviaNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Report
16 Oct 1954 1955 British Champ.Wales 0 – 1 ScotlandNinian Park, Cardiff
Report  ?' Paddy Buckley
10 Nov 1954 1955 British Champ.England 3 – 2 Wales 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 Windsor Park, Belfast
Eddie Crossan  ?'
Jimmy Walker  ?'		 Report  ?', ?', ?' John Charles
22 Oct 1955 1956 British Champ.Wales 2 – 1 EnglandNinian 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 Hampden Park, Glasgow
Bobby Johnstone  ?', ?' Report
23 Nov 1955 FriendlyWales 1 – 2 AustriaRacecourse Ground, Wrexham
Report

1956
11 Apr 1956 1956 British Champ.Wales 1 – 1 Northern IrelandNinian Park, Cardiff
Roy Clarke  ?' Report  ?' Jimmy Jones
20 Oct 1956 1957 British Champ.Wales 2 – 2 ScotlandNinian Park, Cardiff
Trevor Ford  ?'
Terry Medwin  ?'		 Report  ?' Lawrie Reilly
 ?' Willie Fernie
14 Nov 1956 1957 British Champ.England 3 – 1 Wales 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 Windsor Park, Belfast
Report
1 May 1957 1958 World Cup qual.Wales 1 – 0 CzechoslovakiaNinian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Roy Vernon  ?' Report Referee: Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
19 May 1957 1958 World Cup qual.East Germany 2 – 1 Wales 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 Letná Stadium, Prague
21:00 Tadeusz Kraus  ?'
Ray Daniel  ?' (o.g.)		 Report
25 Sep 1957 1958 World Cup qual.Wales 4 – 1 East GermanyNinian Park, Cardiff
17:30 BST Des Palmer  38', 44', 73'
Cliff Jones  42'		 Report  57' Manfred Kaiser Referee: Leafe (England)
19 Oct 1957 1958 British Champ.Wales 0 – 4 EnglandNinian 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 Hampden Park, Glasgow
21:00 Bobby Collins  ?' Report  ?' Terry Medwin

1958
15 Jan 1958 1958 World Cup Play-offIsrael 0 – 2 Wales Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel-Aviv
21:00 report L. Allchurch
Bowen 		Referee: Guigue (France)
5 Feb 1958 1958 World Cup Play-offWales 2 – 0
(4 – 0 agg.)		 IsraelNinian Park, Cardiff
21:00 I. Allchurch
Jones 		report Referee: Schipper (Netherlands)
16 Apr 1958 1958 British Champ.Wales 1 – 1 Northern IrelandNinian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Ron Hewitt Report Billy Simpson
8 June 1958 1958 World Cup GHungary 1 – 1 Wales Jernvallen, Sandviken
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Bozsik  5' Report J. Charles  27' Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Codesal (Uruguay)
11 June 1958 1958 World Cup GMexico 1 – 1 Wales Råsunda Stadium, Solna
19:00 CET (UTC+01) Belmonte  89' Report I. Allchurch  32' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Lemesic (Yugoslavia)
15 June 1958 1958 World Cup GSweden 0 – 0 Wales Råsunda Stadium, Solna
21:00 CET (UTC+01) Report Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)
17 June 1958 1958 World Cup POWales 2 – 1 Hungary 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 1958 World Cup QFBrazil 1 – 0 Wales 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 ScotlandNinian Park, Cardiff
21:00 Report Graham Leggat, Denis Law, Bobby Collins
26 Nov 1958 1959 British Champ.England 2 – 2 WalesVilla 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.Northern Ireland 4 – 1 Wales Windsor Park, Belfast
McParland  8', 78'
Peacock  13'
McIlroy  32'		 Report  88' Tapscott Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Tiny Wharton (Scotland)
17 Oct 1959 1960 British Champ.Wales 1 – 1 EnglandNinian 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 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 4 100
 Belgium 2 1 0 1 6 4 50 50
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 1 100
 Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 1 1 2 50 50
 England 14 1 3 10 13 39 7.14 21.43 71.43
 France 1 0 0 1 1 6 100
 East Germany 2 1 0 1 5 3 50 50
 Hungary 2 1 1 0 3 1 50 50
 Ireland 4 1 1 2 3 4 25 25 50
 Northern Ireland[e] 9 4 3 2 15 13 44.44 33.33 22.22
 Ireland IFA total 13 5 4 4 18 17 38.46 30.77 30.77
 Israel 2 2 0 0 4 0 100
 Mexico 1 0 1 0 1 1 100
 Scotland 14 3 4 7 16 25 21.43 28.57 50
  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 3 6 100 100
 Sweden 1 0 1 0 0 0 100
 Portugal 2 2 0 1 4 4 100 100
 Rest of the United Kingdom 1 1 0 0 3 2 100
 Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2 2 8 100
Totals651914328112329.2321.5449.23

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.

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