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)
Home colours
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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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Preston North End	42	26	5	11	91	49	1.857	57	Division Champions, promoted
2	Manchester City	42	19	14	9	89	61	1.459	52	Promoted
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

Results by round[]

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 -- 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 -- 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[]

Football League Second Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
19 Aug	Grimsby Town	A	0–0
23 Aug	Manchester City	A	1–2
26 Aug	Notts County	H	2–0
28 Aug	Manchester City	H	1–1
2 Sep	Preston North End	A	1–1
4 Sep	West Ham United	H	2–1
9 Sep	Bury	H	2–2
16 Sep	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–3
23 Sep	Chesterfield	H	1–0
30 Sep	Leicester City	A	1–1
7 Oct	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2
14 Oct	Southampton	H	2–2
21 Oct	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–0
28 Oct	Brentford	H	1–1
4 Nov	Swansea Town	A	0–1
11 Nov	Hull City	H	2–1
18 Nov	Barnsley	A	0–0
25 Nov	Sheffield United	H	2–0
2 Dec	Luton Town	A	1–1
9 Dec	Leeds United	H	1–0
16 Dec	Grimsby Town	H	5–2
23 Dec	Notts County	A	2–1
25 Dec	Coventry City	H	2–1
26 Dec	Coventry City	A	1–2
30 Dec	Preston North End	H	0–2
13 Jan	Bury	A	2–1
20 Jan	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–2
3 Feb	Chesterfield	A	3–0
17 Feb	Leicester City	H	2–2
24 Feb	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0
3 Mar	Southampton	A	1–1
10 Mar	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–0
17 Mar	Brentford	A	0–4
23 Mar	Birmingham City	A	0–0
24 Mar	Swansea Town	H	1–0
26 Mar	Birmingham City	H	2–1
31 Mar	Hull City	A	0–2
7 Apr	Barnsley	H	1–1
14 Apr	Sheffield United	A	2–1
21 Apr	Luton Town	H	2–1
28 Apr	Leeds United	A	0–2
5 May	West Ham United	A	0–0

FA Cup[]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
6 Jan	Three	West Ham United	A	1–2	Grant

Welsh Cup[]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
31 Jan	Five	Barry Town	H	8–0	Kelly (og), Marchant (2), L Evans (4), Grant
7 Mar	Six	Bangor City	A	1–7	Edwards(3), Tiddy(2), Grant, Marchant
16 Apr	Semi-final	Wrexham	N	1–0	Edwards
7 May	Final	Merthyr Tydfil	N	1–1	Grant
17 May	Final (replay)	Merthyr Tydfil	N	2–3	Tiddy, Edwards

green=win orange=draw red=lost

See also[]

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References[]

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