Wales 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]

1914–19

1919

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

1939–46

1939

11 November 1939 Friendly Wales  1–1  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Pat Glover ?' Report ?' Attendance: 28,000
Referee: S Nicholas (Wales)
18 November 1939 Friendly Wales  2–3  England Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Dai Astley ?', ?' Report ?'
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?'		 Attendance: 17,000
Referee: S McCarthy (Wales)

1940

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

1941

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

1942

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

1943

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

1944

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

1945

5 May 1945 Friendly Wales  2–3  England Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00 Horace Cumner ?'
George Edwards ?'		 Report ?'
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?'		 Attendance: 25,000[a]
Referee: W T Nash (Wales)
20 October 1945 BHC
Victory International		 England  0–1  Wales The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
Report ?' Aubrey Powell
10 November 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  Ireland Ninian Park, Cardiff
Report ?' Paddy Sloan

Notes

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

Other unofficial matches

1891

21 September 1891 [a][5] Wales  1–1[b]  Canada Wrexham, Wales
16:45 J. Davies [6]: 8  Buckingham Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 500
Referee: James Davies
12 October 1891 Wales  2–1  Canada Wrexham, Wales
[7] R. L. Jones
W. Lewis 		[6]: 9  Bowman Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: England R E Lythgoe

1935

11 May 1935 [c] The Football League XI England 10–2 WalesIrelandWales-Ireland Liverpool, England
Hampson 5
Leyfield
Eastham 2
Geldard
Westwood		 [6]: 17  Astley 2 Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: A Taylor & G Stephenson[d]

1951

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

1956

14 May 1956 [f] Ireland–Wales Republic of IrelandWales 3–3 EnglandScotland England–Scotland Dublin, Ireland
J P Dunne
Allchurch 2		 [6]: 36  Thompson
Langton
Allen		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Referee: J Scully

1969

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

2006

21 May 2006 [h] Basque Country  0–1  Wales Bilbao
20:30 CET Report Giggs 76' Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González
  1. ^ Part of a Canadian tour of the United Kingdom, also involving several players from the United States.[4]
  2. ^ Canada walked off after disputed Welsh equaliser
  3. ^ King George V Jubilee Trust Fund
  4. ^ Trial of two-referee system.[6]: 17 
  5. ^ 75th anniversary of the Football Association of Wales.[8]
  6. ^ Belgrove F.C. Exhibition match.
  7. ^ Match to commemorate the investure of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.[8][9]
  8. ^ This is the only match played by any of the Home Nations against any of the Autonomous Communities of Spain.

See also

References

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Garland (2001), p. 225-232.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Jose, Colin. "Canadian-American Great Britain Tour, 1891–92". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  5. ^ Football. | Wales V. Canada., South Wales Echo, 22 September 1891, scan via The National Library of Wales
  6. ^ a b c d e Warsop, Keith, ed. (2002). British and Irish Special and Intermediate Internationals. ISBN 9-781899-468621.
  7. ^ Wales V. Canada., Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, 13 October 1891, via The National Library of Wales
  8. ^ a b England Player Honours - International Representative Teams, England Football Online
  9. ^ "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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