1950–51 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1950–51 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division Two	3rd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Wilf Grant (14); All: ; Wilf Grant (18)
Highest home attendance	41,074 v Swansea Town 24 March 1951
Lowest home attendance	15,364 v Grimsby Town 16 December 1950
Average home league attendance	28,888
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1949–50 1951–52 →

The 1950–51 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 24th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.

Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Preston North End (C, P)	42	26	5	11	91	49	1.857	57	Promotion to the First Division
2	Manchester City (P)	42	19	14	9	89	61	1.459	52	Promotion to the First Division
3	Cardiff City	42	17	16	9	53	45	1.178	50
4	Birmingham City	42	20	9	13	64	53	1.208	49
5	Leeds United	42	20	8	14	63	55	1.145	48

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D
Position	9	15	9	7	10	6	7	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	13	12	12	10	12	9	8	8	5	6	6	5	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	3

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Welsh Cup

In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff started their campaign by scoring fifteen goals in two games with an 8–0 win over Barry Town followed by a 7–1 victory over Bangor City. After beating Wrexham 1–0,^[2] Cardiff suffered a 3–2 defeat to Merthyr Tydfil in a final replay.^[3]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Ron Howells
--	GK	ENG	Phil Joslin
--	GK	WAL	Ted Morris
--	DF	WAL	Colin Gale
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	WAL	Arthur Lever
--	DF	ENG	Stan Montgomery
--	DF	ENG	Charles Rutter
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	ENG	Gerry Smyth
--	DF	WAL	Albert Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	DF	WAL	Rees Thomas
--	DF	WAL	Glyn Williams
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	MF	NIR	Bobby McLaughlin


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Griff Norman
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	WAL	Ken Roberts
--	MF	ENG	Mike Tiddy
--	MF	WAL	Evan Williams
--	MF	WAL	Roley Williams
--	FW	ENG	Doug Blair
--	FW	WAL	George Edwards
--	FW	WAL	Elfed Evans
--	FW	ENG	Leslie Evans
--	FW	ENG	Wilf Grant
--	FW	SCO	Bob Lamie
--	FW	EIR	Paddy McIlvenny
--	FW	WAL	Marwood Marchant
--	FW	ENG	Don Mills
--	FW	WAL	Ken Oakley
--	FW	WAL	Colin Webster

Fixtures and results

Second Division

19 August 1950 (1950-08-19) 1	Grimsby Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Grimsby
15:15				Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 20,083

23 August 1950 (1950-08-23) 2	Manchester City	2–1	Cardiff City	Manchester
	George Smith Dennis Westcott		Roley Williams	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 18,242

26 August 1950 (1950-08-26) 3	Cardiff City	2–0	Notts County	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Oakley George Edwards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,646

28 August 1950 (1950-08-28) 4	Cardiff City	1–1	Manchester City	Cardiff
18:15	Elfed Evans		Jackie Oakes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,817

2 September 1950 (1950-09-02) 5	Preston North End	1–1	Cardiff City	Preston
			George Edwards	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 25,900

4 September 1950 (1950-09-04) 6	Cardiff City	2–1	West Ham United	Cardiff
18:15	Elfed Evans Doug Blair		Stan Johns	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,292

9 September 1950 (1950-09-09) 7	Cardiff City	2–2	Bury	Cardiff
15:15	Bob Lamie Elfed Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,797

16 September 1950 (1950-09-16) 8	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Cardiff City	London
15:15			Elfed Evans (og) David Nelson	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 19,236

23 September 1950 (1950-09-23) 9	Cardiff City	1–0	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:15	Freddie Capel (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,754 Referee: Alfred Tolley (Worcester)

30 September 1950 (1950-09-30) 10	Leicester City	1–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
	Derek Hines		Doug Blair	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 22,696

7 October 1950 (1950-10-07) 11	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Cardiff City	Blackburn
				Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 24,831

14 October 1950 (1950-10-14) 12	Cardiff City	2–2	Southampton	Cardiff
15:15	Doug Blair Joe Mallett (og)		Ernie Stevenson Ernie Stevenson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,409

21 October 1950 (1950-10-21) 13	Doncaster Rovers	0–0	Cardiff City	Doncaster
				Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 26,356

28 October 1950 (1950-10-28) 14	Cardiff City	1–1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Doug Blair		Jimmy Hill	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,885 Referee: RS Lloyd (Oswestry)

4 November 1950 (1950-11-04) 15	Swansea Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:00	Billy Lucas			Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 26,393

11 November 1950 (1950-11-11) 16	Cardiff City	2–1	Hull City	Cardiff
14:45	Roley Williams Doug Blair			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,007 Referee: Les Mackay (Fulham)

18 November 1950 (1950-11-18) 17	Barnsley	0–0	Cardiff City	Barnsley
				Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 28,818

25 November 1950 (1950-11-25) 18	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
14:30	George Edwards Roley Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,622

2 December 1950 (1950-12-02) 19	Luton Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Luton
			Wilf Grant	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 13,062

9 December 1950 (1950-12-09) 20	Cardiff City	1–0	Leeds United	Cardiff
14:30	George Edwards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,716

16 December 1950 (1950-12-16) 21	Cardiff City	5–2	Grimsby Town	Cardiff
14:30	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Roley Williams Roley Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,364

23 December 1950 (1950-12-23) 22	Notts County	1–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			Wilf Grant Roley Williams	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 27,634

25 December 1950 (1950-12-25) 23	Cardiff City	2–1	Coventry City	Cardiff
11:00	George Edwards George Edwards		Harry Barratt	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,778

26 December 1950 (1950-12-26) 24	Coventry City	2–1	Cardiff City	Coventry
	Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm		Wilf Grant	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 33,194

30 December 1950 (1950-12-30) 25	Cardiff City	0–2	Preston North End	Cardiff
14:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,717

13 January 1951 (1951-01-13) 26	Bury	1–2	Cardiff City	Bury
14:15			George Edwards (og) George Griffiths	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 10,726

20 January 1951 (1951-01-20) 27	Cardiff City	4–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
14:45	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Bobby McLaughlin Mike Tiddy			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,017

3 February 1951 (1951-02-03) 28	Chesterfield	0–3	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
			Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Marwood Marchant	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 12,998

17 February 1951 (1951-02-17) 29	Cardiff City	2–2	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:15	Marwood Marchant Billy Baker		Derek Hines (pen) Arthur Rowley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,583 Referee: H Tootal (Wigan)

24 February 1951 (1951-02-24) 30	Cardiff City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,811 Referee: Joe Williams (Woodthorpe)

3 March 1951 (1951-03-03) 31	Southampton	1–1	Cardiff City	Southampton
15:00			George Edwards	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 24,233

10 March 1951 (1951-03-10) 32	Cardiff City	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 37,724 Referee: William Rogers (Birmingham)

17 March 1951 (1951-03-17) 33	Brentford	4–0	Cardiff City	London
	Johnny Paton Fred Monk Billy Sperrin Jimmy Hill			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 19,663 Referee: RS Lloyd (Oswestry)

23 March 1951 (1951-03-23) 34	Birmingham City	0–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
				Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 15,054

24 March 1951 (1951-03-24) 35	Cardiff City	1–0	Swansea Town	Cardiff
15:15	Marwood Marchant 16'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 41,074 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

26 March 1951 (1951-03-26) 36	Cardiff City	2–1	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:15	Bobby McLaughlin Wilf Grant		Ken Rowley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,992 Referee: Ernest Baker (Surrey)

31 March 1951 (1951-03-31) 37	Hull City	2–0	Cardiff City	Hull
15:15	Alf Ackerman Syd Gerrie			Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 20,239 Referee: Les (LAM) Mackay (London)

7 April 1951 (1951-04-07) 38	Cardiff City	1–1	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,631

14 April 1951 (1951-04-14) 39	Sheffield United	1–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00	Joe Shaw		Mike Tiddy George Edwards	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 20,747 Referee: ER Hill (Chester)

21 April 1951 (1951-04-21) 40	Cardiff City	2–1	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Syd Owen (og)		George Stobbart	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,022

28 April 1951 (1951-04-28) 41	Leeds United	2–0	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Ken Hollyman (og) Ray Iggleden			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 14,765

5 May 1951 (1951-05-05) 42	West Ham United	0–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00				Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 17,942

FA Cup

6 January 1951 (1951-01-06) Round 3	West Ham United	2–1	Cardiff City	London
14:15	Jim Barrett Jr. Gerry Gazzard		Wilf Grant	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 30,000 Referee: AC (Bert) Williams (Brighton)

Welsh Cup

31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) Round 5	Cardiff City	8–0	Barry	Cardiff
	Kelly (og) Marwood Marchant Marwood Marchant Leslie Evans Leslie Evans Leslie Evans Leslie Evans Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,500

7 March 1951 (1951-03-07) Round 6	Bangor	1–7	Cardiff City	Bangor
16:15			George Edwards George Edwards George Edwards Mike Tiddy Mike Tiddy Wilf Grant Marwood Marchant	Stadium: Farrar Road Attendance: 12,000

16 April 1951 (1951-04-16) Semi Final	Wrexham	0–1	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
18:15			George Edwards	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 5,000

7 May 1951 (1951-05-07) Final	Merthyr Tydfil	1–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
18:30	Jenkin Powell		Wilf Grant	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 18,000 Referee: BM Griffiths (Newport)

17 May 1951 (1951-05-17) Final (Replay)	Merthyr Tydfil	3–2	Cardiff City	Swansea
18:30	Jenkin Powell Dai Lloyd Bill Jarman		George Edwards Mike Tiddy	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 18,000 Referee: BM Griffiths (Newport)

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

^ "Cardiff City 1950–51 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
^ "Welsh Cup 1950/51". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
^ "Welsh Cup final 1950/51". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[1] "Cardiff City 1950–51 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

[2] "Welsh Cup 1950/51". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[3] "Welsh Cup final 1950/51". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

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Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Results by round

Welsh Cup

Players

Fixtures and results

Second Division

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

See also

References