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
Prepared and maintained by Jaroslaw Owsianski for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Jaroslaw Owsianski
Last updated: 20 Feb 2014
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