Thomas 'Tom' Finney - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding English player scored 30 international goals in 76 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:  5- 4-1922
Died: 14- 2-2014
Country:  England
Caps:   76      (W51-D13-L12 – GF227-GA115 - 75.66%)
Goals:  30      (% 0.39 per match)
Age First Cap:  24 yr 176 d   28/ 9/1946 vs. N. Ireland 7-2     
Age Last Cap:   36 yr 200 d   22/10/1958 vs. Soviet Union 5-0
National Team Career: 12 yr  24 d

Caps   Goals      Date     Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition 
  1    1   1    28- 9-46   Belfast         N. Ireland      7-2     British Championship
  2    1   2    30- 9-46   Dublin          Ireland         1-0
  3    -   2    13-11-46   Manchester      Wales           3-0     British Championship
  4    1   3    27-11-46   Huddersfield    Netherlands     8-2
  5    1   4     3- 5-47   London          France          3-0
  6    1   5    25- 5-47   Lisboa          Portugal       10-0
  7    2   7    21- 9-47   Brussel         Belgium         5-2
  8    1   8    18-10-47   Cardiff         Wales           3-0     British Championship
  9    -   8     5-11-47   Liverpool       N. Ireland      2-2     British Championship
 10    -   8    19-11-47   London          Sweden          4-2
 11    1   9    10- 4-48   Glasgow         Scotland        2-0     British Championship
 12    2  11    16- 5-48   Torino          Italy           4-0
 13    -  11     9-10-48   Belfast         N. Ireland      6-2     British Championship
 14    1  12    11-10-48   Birmingham      Wales           1-0     British Championship
 15    -  12     9- 4-48   London          Scotland        1-3     British Championship
 16    1  13    15- 5-49   Stockholm       Sweden          1-3
 17    1  14    18- 5-49   Oslo            Norway          4-1
 18    -  14    22- 5-49   Paris           France          3-1
 19    -  14    21- 9-49   Liverpool       Ireland         0-2
 20    -  14    15-10-49   Cardiff         Wales           4-1 [1] World Cup Qualifier
 21    -  14    16-11-49   Manchester      N. Ireland      9-2 [1] World Cup Qualifier
 22    -  14    30-11-49   London          Italy           2-0
 23    -  14    15- 4-50   Glasgow         Scotland        1-0 [1] World Cup Qualifier
 24    4  18    14- 5-50   Lisboa          Portugal        5-3
 25    -  18    18- 5-50   Bruxelles       Belgium         4-1
 26    -  18    25- 6-50   Rio de Janeiro  Chile           2-0     World Cup
 27    -  18    26- 6-50   Belo Horizonte  United States   0-1     World Cup
 28    -  18     2- 7-50   Rio de Janeiro  Spain           0-1     World Cup
 29    -  18    15-11-50   Sunderland      Wales           4-2     British Championship
 30    1  19    14- 4-51   London          Scotland        2-3     British Championship
 31    -  19     9- 5-51   London          Argentina       2-1
 32    1  20    19- 5-51   Liverpool       Portugal        5-2      
 33    -  20     3-10-51   London          France          2-2
 34    -  20    20-10-51   Cardiff         Wales           1-1     British Championship
 35    -  20    14-11-51   Birmingham      N. Ireland      2-0     British Championship
 36    -  20     5- 4-52   Glasgow         Scotland        2-1     British Championship
 37    -  20    18- 5-52   Firenze         Italy           1-1
 38    -  20    25- 5-52   Wien            Austria         3-2
 39    -  20    28- 5-52   Zürich          Switzerland     3-0
 40    -  20     4-10-52   Belfast         N. Ireland      2-2     British Championship
 41    1  21    12-11-52   London          Wales           5-2     British Championship
 42    -  21    26-11-52   London          Belgium         5-0
 43    -  21    18- 4-53   London          Scotland        2-2     British Championship
 44    -  21    17- 5-53   Buenos Aires    Argentina       0-0 [2]
 45    -  21    24- 5-53   Santiago        Chile           2-1
 46    -  21    31- 5-53   Montevideo      Uruguay         1-2
 47    2  23     8- 6-53   New York        United States   6-3
 48    -  23    10-10-53   Cardiff         Wales           4-1 [1] World Cup Qualifier
 49    -  23     3- 4-54   Glasgow         Scotland        4-2 [1] World Cup Qualifier
 50    -  23    16- 5-54   Beograd         Yugoslavia      0-1
 51    -  23    23- 5-54   Budapest        Hungary         1-7
 52    -  23    17- 6-54   Basel           Belgium         4-4     World Cup
 53    -  23    20- 6-54   Bern            Switzerland     2-0     World Cup
 54    1  24    26- 6-54   Basel           Uruguay         2-4     World Cup
 55    -  24     1-12-54   London          West Germany    3-1
 56    -  24     2-10-55   København       Denmark         5-1 
 57    -  24    22-10-55   Cardiff         Wales           1-2     British Championship
 58    1  25     2-11-55   London          N. Ireland      3-0     British Championship
 59    1  26    30-11-55   London          Spain           4-1
 60    -  26    14- 4-56   Glasgow         Scotland        1-1     British Championship
 61    1  27    14-11-56   London          Wales           3-1     British Championship
 62    -  27    28-11-56   London          Yugoslavia      3-0
 63    -  27     5-12-56   Wolverhampton   Denmark         5-2     World Cup Qualifier
 64    -  27     6- 4-57   London          Scotland        2-1     British Championship
 65    -  27     8- 5-57   London          Ireland         5-1     World Cup Qualifier
 66    -  27    15- 5-57   København       Denmark         4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 67    -  27    19- 5-57   Dublin          Ireland         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
 68    1  28    19-10-57   Cardiff         Wales           4-0     British Championship
 69    -  28    27-11-57   London          France          4-0
 70    -  28    19- 4-58   Glasgow         Scotland        4-0     British Championship
 71    -  28     7- 5-58   London          Portugal        2-1
 72    -  28    11- 5-58   Beograd         Yugoslavia      0-5
 73    -  28    18- 5-58   Moskva          Soviet Union    1-1
 74    1  29     8- 6-58   Göteborg        Soviet Union    2-2     World Cup
 75    1  30     4-10-58   Belfast         N. Ireland      3-3     British Championship
 76    -  30    22-10-58   London          Soviet Union    5-0 

[1] also played for British Championship
[2] abandoned after 21 minutes  

Total Record
Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   76     51   13   12  227- 102     115      75.66 

30 Goals in 76 Matches (0.39 per match)  

Types of Goals and Matches
                      
                     Matches  Goals  
Friendlies             36      18    
World Cup Qualifiers    9       0    
World Cup               7       2
British Championship   29      10  

Total                  76      30

NB: 5 matches (in which the Preston Plumber did not score) counted both as
    World Cup Qualifier and for the British Championship

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