Wales wartime national football team results

This article lists the results for the Wales during the First and Second World War. During this period no caps were awarded.[1]

Wales national football team results

1914–19

1919
11 October 1919 Victory International[2]Wales 2 – 1 EnglandCardiff, Wales
Meredith  22'
Wynn  85'		 Report Puddefoot  77'
 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,000
18 October 1919 Victory International[2]England 2 – 0 WalesStoke-on-Trent, England
Whittingham  6'
Smith  54'		 Report Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 16,000

1939–46

1939
11 Nov 1939 FriendlyWales 1 – 1 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Pat Glover  ?' Report  ?' Attendance: 28,000
Referee: S Nicholas (Wales)
18 Nov 1939 FriendlyWales 2 – 3 EnglandRacecourse Ground, Wrexham
Dai Astley  ?', ?' Report  ?'
 ?'
 ?'		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: S McCarthy (Wales)

1940
13 Apr 1940 FriendlyEngland 0 – 1 Wales Wembley Stadium, London
Report  ?' Bryn Jones Attendance: 40,000
Referee: A J Jewell (England)

1941
26 Apr 1941 FriendlyEngland 4 – 1 Wales City Ground, Nottingham
15:00  ?'
 ?'
 ?'
 ?'		 Report  ?' Doug Witcomb Attendance: 13,016
Referee: G Tedds (England)
7 Jun 1941 FriendlyWales 2 – 3 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Vivian Woodward  ?'
Billy James  ?'		 Report  ?'
 ?'
 ?'		 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: A Jones (Wales)
25 Oct 1941 FriendlyEngland 2 – 1 Wales St Andrew's, Birmingham
 ?'
 ?'		 Report  ?' Idris Hopkins Attendance: 25,000
Referee: G S Blackhall (England)

1942
9 May 1942 FriendlyWales 1 – 0 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Billy Lucas  ?' Report Attendance: 33,000
Referee: W J Gow (England)
24 Oct 1942 FriendlyEngland 1 – 2 Wales Molineux, Wolverhampton
 ?' Report  ?', ?' Horace Cumner Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Capt. F C Green (England)

1943
27 February 1943 FriendlyEngland 5 – 3 Wales Wembley Stadium, London
15:00  ?'
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 ?'
 ?'
 ?'		 Report  ?', ?', ?' George Lowrie Attendance: 75,000
Referee: G Reader (England)
8 May 1943 FriendlyWales 1 – 1 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 George Lowrie  ?' Report  ?' Attendance: 25,000
Referee: T J Warren (Wales)
25 September 1943 FriendlyEngland 8 – 3 Wales Wembley Stadium, London
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 ?'
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 ?'		 Report  ?' Aubrey Powell
 ?', ?' George Lowrie		 Attendance: 80,000
Referee: C E Argent (England)

1944
6 May 1944 FriendlyWales 0 – 2 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Report  ?'
 ?'		 Attendance: 50,000
Referee: E Davies (Wales)
16 Sep 1944 FriendlyEngland 2 – 2 Wales Anfield, Liverpool
 ?'
 ?'		 Report  ?' Don Dearson
 ?' Billy Lucas		 Attendance: 28,000
Referee: S Nicholas (Wales)

1945
5 May 1945 FriendlyWales 2 – 3 EnglandNinian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Horace Cumner  ?'
George Edwards  ?'		 Report  ?'
 ?'
 ?'		 Attendance: 25,000[a]
Referee: W T Nash (Wales)
20 Oct 1945 BHC
Victory International		England 0 – 1 Wales The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Report  ?' Aubrey Powell
10 Nov 1945 BHC
Victory International		Scotland 2 – 0 Wales Hampden Park, Glasgow
William Waddell  ?'
Jock Dodds  ?'		 Report

1946
4 May 1946 BHC
Victory International		Wales 0 – 1 IrelandNinian Park, Cardiff
Report  ?' Paddy Sloan

Notes
  1. a Some sources report the total attendance as 40,000.[3]

Other unofficial matches

1951
3 December 1951 Wales 3 – 2 Rest of the UKCardiff
Allchurch  15' 62'
Ford  23'		 Report Fleming  64'
Medley  83'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,454

1969
21 July 1969 Wales 0 – 1 Rest of the UKCardiff
Report Lee  34' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,605
Referee: B. M. Griffiths

2006
21 May 2006 Basque Country 0 – 1 WalesBilbao
20:30 CET Report Giggs  76' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
  • This is the only match played by any of the Home Nations against any of the Autonomous Communities of Spain.

See also

References

Bibliography
  • Davies, Gareth; Garland, Ian (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Soccer Players. Bridge Books. ISBN 1-872424-11-2.
  • Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.

Notes
  1. Garland (2001), p. 225-232.
  2. England's matches: Unofficial until 1946, England Football Online
  3. "Wales 2-3 England 5 May 1945". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  4. England Player Honours - International Representative Teams, England Football Online
  5. "When Wales faced George Best, Billy Bremner and Jack Charlton for Rest of the UK". BBC Sport. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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