1950–51 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1950–51 season
ChairmanWales Sir Herbert Merrett
ManagerEngland Cyril Spiers
Division Two3rd
FA Cup3rd round
Welsh CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Wilf Grant (14)
All:
Wilf Grant (18)
Highest home attendance41,074 v Swansea Town 24 March 1951
Lowest home attendance15,364 v Grimsby Town 16 December 1950
Average home league attendance28,888

The 1950–51 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 24th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.

Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Main article: 1950–51 Football League § Second Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Preston North End (C, P) 42 26 5 11 91 49 1.857 57 Promotion to the First Division
2 Manchester City (P) 42 19 14 9 89 61 1.459 52
3 Cardiff City 42 17 16 9 53 45 1.178 50
4 Birmingham City 42 20 9 13 64 53 1.208 49
5 Leeds United 42 20 8 14 63 55 1.145 48
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAAHHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAA
ResultDLWDDWDLWDLDDDLWDWDWWWWLLWWWDWDDLDWWLDWWLD
Position9159710671091011101111131212101298856655344333322243343
Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Welsh Cup

In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff started their campaign by scoring fifteen goals in two games with an 8–0 win over Barry Town followed by a 7–1 victory over Bangor City. After beating Wrexham 1–0,[2] Cardiff suffered a 3–2 defeat to Merthyr Tydfil in a final replay.[3]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK Wales WAL Ron Howells
-- GK England ENG Phil Joslin
-- GK Wales WAL Ted Morris
-- DF Wales WAL Colin Gale
-- DF Wales WAL Ken Hollyman
-- DF Wales WAL Arthur Lever
-- DF England ENG Stan Montgomery
-- DF England ENG Charles Rutter
-- DF Wales WAL Alf Sherwood
-- DF England ENG Gerry Smyth
-- DF Wales WAL Albert Stitfall
-- DF Wales WAL Ron Stitfall
-- DF Wales WAL Derrick Sullivan
-- DF Wales WAL Rees Thomas
-- DF Wales WAL Glyn Williams
-- MF Wales WAL Billy Baker
-- MF Northern Ireland NIR Bobby McLaughlin
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Griff Norman
-- MF England ENG Cliff Nugent
-- MF Wales WAL Ken Roberts
-- MF England ENG Mike Tiddy
-- MF Wales WAL Evan Williams
-- MF Wales WAL Roley Williams
-- FW England ENG Doug Blair
-- FW Wales WAL George Edwards
-- FW Wales WAL Elfed Evans
-- FW England ENG Leslie Evans
-- FW England ENG Wilf Grant
-- FW Scotland SCO Bob Lamie
-- FW Ireland EIR Paddy McIlvenny
-- FW Wales WAL Marwood Marchant
-- FW England ENG Don Mills
-- FW Wales WAL Ken Oakley
-- FW Wales WAL Colin Webster

Fixtures and results

Second Division

19 August 1950 (1950-08-19) 1 Grimsby Town 0–0 Cardiff City Grimsby
15:15 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 20,083
23 August 1950 (1950-08-23) 2 Manchester City 2–1 Cardiff City Manchester
George Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg
Dennis Westcott File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Roley Williams Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 18,242
26 August 1950 (1950-08-26) 3 Cardiff City 2–0 Notts County Cardiff
15:15 Ken Oakley File:Soccerball shade.svg
George Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,646
28 August 1950 (1950-08-28) 4 Cardiff City 1–1 Manchester City Cardiff
18:15 Elfed Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Jackie Oakes Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,817
2 September 1950 (1950-09-02) 5 Preston North End 1–1 Cardiff City Preston
File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 25,900
4 September 1950 (1950-09-04) 6 Cardiff City 2–1 West Ham United Cardiff
18:15 Elfed Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg
Doug Blair File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Stan Johns Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,292
9 September 1950 (1950-09-09) 7 Cardiff City 2–2 Bury Cardiff
15:15 Bob Lamie File:Soccerball shade.svg
Elfed Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 29,797
16 September 1950 (1950-09-16) 8 Queens Park Rangers 3–2 Cardiff City London
15:15 File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Elfed Evans
File:Soccerball shade.svg (og) David Nelson		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 19,236
23 September 1950 (1950-09-23) 9 Cardiff City 1–0 Chesterfield Cardiff
15:15 Freddie Capel File:Soccerball shade.svg (og) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,754
Referee: Alfred Tolley (Worcester)
30 September 1950 (1950-09-30) 10 Leicester City 1–1 Cardiff City Leicester
Derek Hines File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Doug Blair Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 22,696
7 October 1950 (1950-10-07) 11 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Cardiff City Blackburn
File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,831
14 October 1950 (1950-10-14) 12 Cardiff City 2–2 Southampton Cardiff
15:15 Doug Blair File:Soccerball shade.svg
Joe Mallett File:Soccerball shade.svg (og)		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Ernie Stevenson
File:Soccerball shade.svg Ernie Stevenson		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,409
21 October 1950 (1950-10-21) 13 Doncaster Rovers 0–0 Cardiff City Doncaster
Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 26,356
28 October 1950 (1950-10-28) 14 Cardiff City 1–1 Brentford Cardiff
15:00 Doug Blair File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Jimmy Hill Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,885
Referee: RS Lloyd (Oswestry)
4 November 1950 (1950-11-04) 15 Swansea Town 1–0 Cardiff City Swansea
15:00 Billy Lucas File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 26,393
11 November 1950 (1950-11-11) 16 Cardiff City 2–1 Hull City Cardiff
14:45 Roley Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg
Doug Blair File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,007
Referee: Les Mackay (Fulham)
18 November 1950 (1950-11-18) 17 Barnsley 0–0 Cardiff City Barnsley
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 28,818
25 November 1950 (1950-11-25) 18 Cardiff City 2–0 Sheffield United Cardiff
14:30 George Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg
Roley Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,622
2 December 1950 (1950-12-02) 19 Luton Town 1–1 Cardiff City Luton
File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 13,062
9 December 1950 (1950-12-09) 20 Cardiff City 1–0 Leeds United Cardiff
14:30 George Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,716
16 December 1950 (1950-12-16) 21 Cardiff City 5–2 Grimsby Town Cardiff
14:30 Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Roley Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg
Roley Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,364
23 December 1950 (1950-12-23) 22 Notts County 1–2 Cardiff City Nottingham
File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant
File:Soccerball shade.svg Roley Williams		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 27,634
25 December 1950 (1950-12-25) 23 Cardiff City 2–1 Coventry City Cardiff
11:00 George Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg
George Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Harry Barratt Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,778
26 December 1950 (1950-12-26) 24 Coventry City 2–1 Cardiff City Coventry
Ken Chisholm File:Soccerball shade.svg
Ken Chisholm File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 33,194
30 December 1950 (1950-12-30) 25 Cardiff City 0–2 Preston North End Cardiff
14:30 File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,717
13 January 1951 (1951-01-13) 26 Bury 1–2 Cardiff City Bury
14:15 File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards
File:Soccerball shade.svg (og) George Griffiths		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 10,726
20 January 1951 (1951-01-20) 27 Cardiff City 4–2 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
14:45 Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Bobby McLaughlin File:Soccerball shade.svg
Mike Tiddy File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,017
3 February 1951 (1951-02-03) 28 Chesterfield 0–3 Cardiff City Chesterfield
File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant
File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant
File:Soccerball shade.svg Marwood Marchant		 Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 12,998
17 February 1951 (1951-02-17) 29 Cardiff City 2–2 Leicester City Cardiff
15:15 Marwood Marchant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Billy Baker File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Derek Hines
File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen) Arthur Rowley		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,583
Referee: H Tootal (Wigan)
24 February 1951 (1951-02-24) 30 Cardiff City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,811
Referee: Joe Williams (Woodthorpe)
3 March 1951 (1951-03-03) 31 Southampton 1–1 Cardiff City Southampton
15:00 File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 24,233
10 March 1951 (1951-03-10) 32 Cardiff City 0–0 Doncaster Rovers Cardiff
15:15 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 37,724
Referee: William Rogers (Birmingham)
17 March 1951 (1951-03-17) 33 Brentford 4–0 Cardiff City London
Johnny Paton File:Soccerball shade.svg
Fred Monk File:Soccerball shade.svg
Billy Sperrin File:Soccerball shade.svg
Jimmy Hill File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 19,663
Referee: RS Lloyd (Oswestry)
23 March 1951 (1951-03-23) 34 Birmingham City 0–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 15,054
24 March 1951 (1951-03-24) 35 Cardiff City 1–0 Swansea Town Cardiff
15:15 Marwood Marchant File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 41,074
Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)
26 March 1951 (1951-03-26) 36 Cardiff City 2–1 Birmingham City Cardiff
15:15 Bobby McLaughlin File:Soccerball shade.svg
Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Ken Rowley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,992
Referee: Ernest Baker (Surrey)
31 March 1951 (1951-03-31) 37 Hull City 2–0 Cardiff City Hull
15:15 Alf Ackerman File:Soccerball shade.svg
Syd Gerrie File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 20,239
Referee: Les (LAM) Mackay (London)
7 April 1951 (1951-04-07) 38 Cardiff City 1–1 Barnsley Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,631
14 April 1951 (1951-04-14) 39 Sheffield United 1–2 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 Joe Shaw File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Mike Tiddy
File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 20,747
Referee: ER Hill (Chester)
21 April 1951 (1951-04-21) 40 Cardiff City 2–1 Luton Town Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Syd Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg (og)		 File:Soccerball shade.svg George Stobbart Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,022
28 April 1951 (1951-04-28) 41 Leeds United 2–0 Cardiff City Leeds
Ken Hollyman File:Soccerball shade.svg (og)
Ray Iggleden File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 14,765
5 May 1951 (1951-05-05) 42 West Ham United 0–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 17,942

FA Cup

6 January 1951 (1951-01-06) Round 3 West Ham United 2–1 Cardiff City London
14:15 Jim Barrett Jr. File:Soccerball shade.svg
Gerry Gazzard File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: AC (Bert) Williams (Brighton)

Welsh Cup

31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) Round 5 Cardiff City 8–0 Barry Cardiff
Kelly File:Soccerball shade.svg (og)
Marwood Marchant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Marwood Marchant File:Soccerball shade.svg
Leslie Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg
Leslie Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg
Leslie Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg
Leslie Evans File:Soccerball shade.svg
Wilf Grant File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,500
7 March 1951 (1951-03-07) Round 6 Bangor 1–7 Cardiff City Bangor
16:15 File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards
File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards
File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards
File:Soccerball shade.svg Mike Tiddy
File:Soccerball shade.svg Mike Tiddy
File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant
File:Soccerball shade.svg Marwood Marchant		 Stadium: Farrar Road
Attendance: 12,000
16 April 1951 (1951-04-16) Semi Final Wrexham 0–1 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
18:15 File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 5,000
7 May 1951 (1951-05-07) Final Merthyr Tydfil 1–1 Cardiff City Swansea
18:30 Jenkin Powell File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Wilf Grant Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: BM Griffiths (Newport)
17 May 1951 (1951-05-17) Final (Replay) Merthyr Tydfil 3–2 Cardiff City Swansea
18:30 Jenkin Powell File:Soccerball shade.svg
Dai Lloyd File:Soccerball shade.svg
Bill Jarman File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg George Edwards
File:Soccerball shade.svg Mike Tiddy		 Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: BM Griffiths (Newport)

See also

References

  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
  1. ↑ "Cardiff City 1950–51 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Welsh Cup 1950/51". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Welsh Cup final 1950/51". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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