Wales national football team results (unofficial matches)

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

18 October 1919 Victory International^[2]	England File:Flag of England.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Stoke-on-Trent, England
	Whittingham File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 16,000

1939–46

1939

11 November 1939 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	1–1	File:Flag of England.svg England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00	Pat Glover File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: S Nicholas (Wales)

18 November 1939 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	2–3	File:Flag of England.svg England	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
	Dai Astley File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Attendance: 17,000 Referee: S McCarthy (Wales)

1940

13 April 1940 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Wembley Stadium, London
		Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Bryn Jones	Attendance: 40,000 Referee: A J Jewell (England)

1941

26 April 1941 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	4–1	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	City Ground, Nottingham
15:00	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Doug Witcomb	Attendance: 13,016 Referee: G Tedds (England)

7 June 1941 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	2–3	File:Flag of England.svg England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00	Vivian Woodward File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Billy James File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: A Jones (Wales)

25 October 1941 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	2–1	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	St Andrew's, Birmingham
	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Idris Hopkins	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: G S Blackhall (England)

1942

9 May 1942 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	1–0	File:Flag of England.svg England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00	Billy Lucas File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report		Attendance: 33,000 Referee: W J Gow (England)

24 October 1942 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	1–2	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Molineux, Wolverhampton
	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?' Horace Cumner	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Capt. F C Green (England)

1943

27 February 1943 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	5–3	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Wembley Stadium, London
15:00	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?', ?' George Lowrie	Attendance: 75,000 Referee: G Reader (England)

8 May 1943 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	1–1	File:Flag of England.svg England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00	George Lowrie File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: T J Warren (Wales)

1944

6 May 1944 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	0–2	File:Flag of England.svg England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00		Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Attendance: 50,000 Referee: E Davies (Wales)

16 September 1944 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	2–2	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Anfield, Liverpool
	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Don Dearson File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Billy Lucas	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: S Nicholas (Wales)

1945

20 October 1945 BHC Victory International	England File:Flag of England.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
		Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Aubrey Powell

10 November 1945 BHC Victory International	Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg	2–0	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	William Waddell File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Jock Dodds File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report

1946

4 May 1946 BHC Victory International	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	0–1	File:Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland	Ninian Park, Cardiff
		Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Paddy Sloan

Notes

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

Other unofficial matches

1891

21 September 1891 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}^[5]	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	1–1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921).svg Canada	Wrexham, Wales
16:45	J. Davies	^[6]^: 8	Buckingham File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 500 Referee: James Davies

12 October 1891	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	2–1	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1868–1921).svg Canada	Wrexham, Wales
^[7]	R. L. Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg W. Lewis File:Soccerball shade.svg	^[6]^: 9	Bowman File:Soccerball shade.svg	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,000 Referee: England R E Lythgoe

1935

11 May 1935 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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^{[lower-alpha 4]}

1951

1956

14 May 1956 ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	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 ^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	0–1	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rest of the UK	Cardiff
		Report	Lee File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,605 Referee: B. M. Griffiths

2006

21 May 2006 ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Basque Country File:Flag of the Basque Country.svg	0–1	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	Bilbao
20:30 CET		Report	Giggs File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Stadium: San Mamés Referee: Eduardo Iturralde González

↑ Part of a Canadian tour of the United Kingdom, also involving several players from the United States.^[4]
↑ Canada walked off after disputed Welsh equaliser
↑ King George V Jubilee Trust Fund
↑ Trial of two-referee system.^[6]^: 17
↑ 75th anniversary of the Football Association of Wales.^[8]
↑ Belgrove F.C. Exhibition match.
↑ Match to commemorate the investure of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.^[8]^[9]
↑ This is the only match played by any of the Home Nations against any of the Autonomous Communities of Spain.

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

↑ Garland (2001), p. 225-232.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 England's matches: Unofficial until 1946, England Football Online
↑ "Wales 2-3 England 5 May 1945". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
↑ Jose, Colin. "Canadian-American Great Britain Tour, 1891–92". Canadian Soccer History. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
↑ Football. | Wales V. Canada., South Wales Echo, 22 September 1891, scan via The National Library of Wales
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Warsop, Keith, ed. (2002). British and Irish Special and Intermediate Internationals. Tony Brown. ISBN 9-781899-468621.
↑ Wales V. Canada., Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, 13 October 1891, via The National Library of Wales
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 England Player Honours - International Representative Teams, England Football Online
↑ "When Wales faced George Best, Billy Bremner and Jack Charlton for Rest of the UK". BBC Sport. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

External links

[can91-5] Part of a Canadian tour of the United Kingdom, also involving several players from the United States.^[4]

[7] Canada walked off after disputed Welsh equaliser

[10] King George V Jubilee Trust Fund

[11] Trial of two-referee system.^[6]^: 17

[13] 75th anniversary of the Football Association of Wales.^[8]

[14] Belgrove F.C. Exhibition match.

[16] Match to commemorate the investure of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.^[8]^[9]

[17] This is the only match played by any of the Home Nations against any of the Autonomous Communities of Spain.

[1] Garland (2001), p. 225-232.

[efo-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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.

[6] Football. | Wales V. Canada., South Wales Echo, 22 September 1891, scan via The National Library of Wales

[Warsop-8] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 Warsop, Keith, ed. (2002). British and Irish Special and Intermediate Internationals. Tony Brown. ISBN 9-781899-468621.

[9] Wales V. Canada., Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald, 13 October 1891, via The National Library of Wales

[efouk-12] 8.0 ^8.1 England Player Honours - International Representative Teams, England Football Online

[15] "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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11 October 1919 Victory International^[2]	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	2–1	File:Flag of England.svg England	Cardiff, Wales
	Meredith File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Wynn File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Puddefoot File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,000

25 September 1943 Friendly	England File:Flag of England.svg	8–3	File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg Wales	Wembley Stadium, London
	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' Aubrey Powell File:Soccerball shade.svg ?', ?' George Lowrie	Attendance: 80,000 Referee: C E Argent (England)

3 December 1951 ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	3–2	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rest of the UK	Cardiff
	Allchurch File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Ford File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Report	Fleming File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Medley File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,454

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1939

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1942

1943

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5 May 1945 Friendly	Wales File:Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	2–3	File:Flag of England.svg England	Ninian Park, Cardiff
15:00	Horace Cumner File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' George Edwards File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Report	File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?' File:Soccerball shade.svg ?'	Attendance: 25,000^[a] Referee: W T Nash (Wales)