1949-50
no. | date | score | scorers (wales) | venue | |
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01/10/1949 | Ireland 2-8 Scoland | Windsor Park, Belfast | BC | ||
183 | 15/10/1949 | Wales 1-4 England | Griffiths | Ninian Park, Cardiff | BC |
184 | 09/11/1949 | Scotland 2-0 Wales | Hampden Park, Glasgow | BC | |
16/11/1949 | England 9-2 Ireland | Maine Road, Manchester | BC | ||
186 | 08/03/1950 | Wales 0-0 Ireland | Racecourse Ground, Wrexham | BC | |
15/04/1950 | Scotland 0-1 England | Hampden Park, Glasagow | BC |
P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
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1. | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 6 |
2. | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
3. | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
3. | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 1 |
Notes:
2pts for a win / 1pt for a draw
Fifa decided to use the 1950 Home Championships as a qualifying group for the 1950 World Cup, with the top two teams qualifying for the tournament in Brazil. England qualified as group winners, however Scotland declined the invitation stating they would only travel to Brazil as winners of the Home Championship.
Following the partition of Ireland in 1920, both the Belfast based IFA and the Dublin based FAI referred to themselves as Ireland until Fifa intervened in 1953, ruling that neither team could be referred to as Ireland in competitions which both teams were eligible to enter.
Following a complaint to Fifa from the FAI, the match between Wales and Ireland was the last match where the IFA's Ireland could select players from the whole of Ireland.