Cymru v England Head to Head -

Stephen (@StephenJBaker) rounds out his visits to previous games with our Group B opponents. This time Cymru v England head to head.

This is the head to head, in our group, that we really don’t want to talk about.

Played 103. Won 14. Drew 21 Lost 68.

I will mention one defeat though, before we pretend those 21 draws and most of the 68 loses didn’t happen.

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It was the first ever game between Cymru and England on 18th Jan 1879, which took place in the Kennington Oval, London where 200 people watched a Cymru side captained Samuel Llewellyn Kenrick, lose by two goals to one. That goal, the first Cymru goal scored against England was by William Henry Davies.

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Now, let’s talk about those 14 glorious victories over the last 143 years. The wins for Cymru are split evenly seven at home and seven away. The first win in 1881 and the last 103 years later in 1984.

Year	Result	Goal Scorers	Venue
1881	0-1	John Vaughan	E. Lancs Cricket Grd
1882	5-3	Alfred Jones (og), William Price Owen (2), John R Morgan, John Vaughan	Racecourse
1920	1-2	Stanley Davies (pen), Richard Richards	Highbury
1924	1-2	Willie Davies, Ted Vizard	Ewood Park
1926	1-3	John Fowler (2), Willie Davies	Selhurst Park
1927	1-2	Jack Hill (og), William Leslie Lewis	Turf Moor
1933	1-2	Dai Astley, Thomas Mills	St. James’ Park
1936	1-2	Dai Astley, Bryn Jones	Molineux
1938	2-1	Ernest Glover, Seymour Morris	Ninian Park
1938	4-1	Dai Hopkins, Dai Astley (2), Bryn Jones	Ninian Park
1955	2-1	Derek Tapscott, Cliff Jones	Ninian Park
1977	0-1	Leighton James (pen)	Wembley
1980	4-1	Mickey Thomas, Ian Walsh, Leighton James, Phil Thompson (og)	Racecourse
1984	1-0	Mark Hughes	Racecourse