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Cardiff City
1949–50 season
ChairmanWales Sir Herbert Merrett
ManagerEngland Cyril Spiers
Division Two10th
FA Cup5th round
Welsh Cup7th round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Elfed Evans (8)
All:
Elfed Evans (12)
Highest home attendance57,510 v Swansea Town 27 August 1949
Lowest home attendance16,260 v Brentford 10 April 1950
Average home league attendance28,521

The 1949–50 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 23rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing tenth.

Season review

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Football League Second Division

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Partial league table

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Main article: 1949–50 Football League § Second Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
8 Swansea Town 42 17 9 16 53 49 1.082 43
9 Brentford 42 15 13 14 44 49 0.898 43
10 Cardiff City 42 16 10 16 41 44 0.932 42
11 Grimsby Town 42 16 8 18 74 73 1.014 40
12 Coventry City 42 13 13 16 55 55 1.000 39
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHAA
ResultLWWDLWDLDWLLDLLLWWWWLDWLWLLWWLWDWDLWDWDLLD
Position6513581312101116151719201816151015141215131517151416131412111210129891010
Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

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First team squad. [2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK Scotland SCO Alf Steel
-- GK England ENG Phil Joslin
-- GK Wales WAL Ted Morris
-- DF Wales WAL Ken Hollyman
-- DF Wales WAL Arthur Lever
-- DF Scotland SCO Harry May
-- DF England ENG Stan Montgomery
-- DF England ENG Alf Rowland
-- DF Wales WAL Alf Sherwood
-- DF Wales WAL Albert Stitfall
-- DF Wales WAL Ron Stitfall
-- DF Wales WAL Derrick Sullivan
-- DF Wales WAL Glyn Williams
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Billy Baker
-- MF Wales WAL Roley Williams
-- FW England ENG Tommy Best
-- FW England ENG Doug Blair
-- FW Wales WAL George Edwards
-- FW Wales WAL Elfed Evans
-- FW Wales WAL Ted Gorin
-- FW England ENG Wilf Grant
-- FW Scotland SCO Bob Lamie
-- FW Scotland SCO Robert McLaren
-- FW Wales WAL Gordon Pembery
-- FW England ENG Ernie Stevenson
-- FW Scotland SCO Bobby Taggart

Fixtures and results

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Second Division

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20 August 1949 (1949-08-20) 1 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Cardiff City Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 28,265
22 August 1949 (1949-08-22) 2 Cardiff City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
18:15 Ernie Stevenson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 37,913
27 August 1949 (1949-08-27) 3 Cardiff City 1–0 Swansea Town Cardiff
15:15 Tommy Best Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 57,510
Referee: AH Tolley (Worcester)
29 August 1949 (1949-08-29) 4 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
18:30 (pen.) Ernie Stevenson Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 32,765
3 September 1949 (1949-09-03) 5 Cardiff City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff
15:15 Les Medley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 42,649
Referee: PC Annette (Basingstoke)
5 September 1949 (1949-09-05) 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Hull City Cardiff
18:00 Tommy Best
Tommy Best 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 40,254
10 September 1949 (1949-09-10) 7 Bury 2–2 Cardiff City Bury
15:00
Tommy Best
Roley Williams		 Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 17,371
17 September 1949 (1949-09-17) 8 Cardiff City 2–4 Leicester City Cardiff
15:15 Tommy Best
George Edwards


Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,044
24 September 1949 (1949-09-24) 9 Bradford 3–3 Cardiff City Bradford


 George Edwards
Ron Stitfall
Ron Stitfall		 Stadium: Park Avenue
Attendance: 13,187
Referee: A Bond (London)
1 October 1949 (1949-10-01) 10 Cardiff City 2–0 Chesterfield Cardiff
15:15 Doug Blair
Ernie Stevenson 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 29,619
Referee: J McCann (Preston)
8 October 1949 (1949-10-08) 11 Leeds United 2–0 Cardiff City Leeds
Frank Dudley
Len Browning 		Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 25,523
22 October 1949 (1949-10-22) 12 Coventry City 2–1 Cardiff City Coventry
Iain Jamieson
Peter Murphy 		Doug Blair Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 23,042
29 October 1949 (1949-10-29) 13 Cardiff City 0–0 Luton Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,011
5 November 1949 (1949-11-05) 14 Barnsley 1–0 Cardiff City Barnsley
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 18,564
12 November 1949 (1949-11-12) 15 Cardiff City 0–1 West Ham United Cardiff
14:45 Bill Robinson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,644
19 November 1949 (1949-11-19) 16 Sheffield United 2–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
14:15
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 24,702
26 November 1949 (1949-11-26) 17 Cardiff City 1–0 Grimsby Town Cardiff
14:30 Ron Stitfall Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,664
3 December 1949 (1949-12-03) 18 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Cardiff City London
14:30 Ron Stitfall Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,954
10 December 1949 (1949-12-10) 19 Cardiff City 3–2 Preston North End Cardiff
14:30 Ron Stitfall
George Edwards
George Edwards
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,922
17 December 1949 (1949-12-17) 20 Cardiff City 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
14:30 George Edwards
Ron Stitfall 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,882
24 December 1949 (1949-12-24) 21 Swansea Town 5–1 Cardiff City Swansea
14:30 Billy Lucas
Billy Lucas
Sammy McCrory
Jackie O'Driscoll
Jackie O'Driscoll 		Ron Stitfall Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 27,264
26 December 1949 (1949-12-26) 22 Plymouth Argyle 0–0 Cardiff City Plymouth
14:30 Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 28,585
27 December 1949 (1949-12-27) 23 Cardiff City 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
14:30 Elfed Evans Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,499
31 December 1949 (1949-12-31) 24 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Cardiff City London
14:15 Eddie Baily
Billy Rees 		Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 59,780
Referee: PC Annette (Hampshire)
14 January 1950 (1950-01-14) 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Bury Cardiff
14:45 Roley Williams Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,883
21 January 1950 (1950-01-21) 26 Leicester City 1–0 Cardiff City Leicester
Ken Chisholm Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 27,300
4 February 1950 (1950-02-04) 27 Cardiff City 1–2 Bradford Cardiff
15:00 Elfed Evans
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,164
18 February 1950 (1950-02-18) 28 Chesterfield 0–1 Cardiff City Chesterfield
Elfed Evans Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 15,042
25 February 1950 (1950-02-25) 29 Cardiff City 1–0 Leeds United Cardiff
15:15 Elfed Evans Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,423
4 March 1950 (1950-03-04) 30 Southampton 3–1 Cardiff City Southampton
15:00 Ted Bates
Eric Day
Jimmy McGowan 		Elfed Evans Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 23,475
11 March 1950 (1950-03-11) 31 Cardiff City 1–0 Coventry City Cardiff
15:15 George Edwards Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,875
18 March 1950 (1950-03-18) 32 Luton Town 0–0 Cardiff City Luton
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 15,071
25 March 1950 (1950-03-25) 33 Cardiff City 3–0 Barnsley Cardiff
15:15 Gordon Pallister (o.g.)
Elfed Evans
Wilf Grant 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,987
1 April 1950 (1950-04-01) 34 Grimsby Town 0–0 Cardiff City Grimsby
15:15 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 14,922
7 April 1950 (1950-04-07) 35 Brentford 1–0 Cardiff City London
Jackie Goodwin Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 24,584
8 April 1950 (1950-04-08) 36 Cardiff City 4–0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
15:15 Alf Sherwood
Elfed Evans
Elfed Evans
Arthur Lever 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,102
10 April 1950 (1950-04-10) 37 Cardiff City 0–0 Brentford Cardiff
15:15 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,260
15 April 1950 (1950-04-15) 38 West Ham United 0–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Arthur Lever Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 14,109
17 April 1950 (1950-04-17) 39 Cardiff City 1–1 Southampton Cardiff
18:15 George Edwards Charlie Wayman Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,247
22 April 1950 (1950-04-22) 40 Cardiff City 1–2 Sheffield United Cardiff
15:15 Arthur Lever 17' 16', 36' George Jones Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 33,382
Referee: Roland (RJ) Burgess (Reading)
29 April 1950 (1950-04-29) 41 Preston North End 3–0 Cardiff City Preston
Glyn Williams (o.g.)
Harry Anders
Tom Finney 		Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,799
Referee: RS Lloyd (Oswestry)
6 May 1950 (1950-05-06) 42 Hull City 1–1 Cardiff City Hull
15:15 Jimmy Lee Ted Gorin Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 18,213
Referee: WHE Evans (Liverpool)

Source [1] [3]

FA Cup

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7 January 1950 (1950-01-07) Round 3 Cardiff City 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Cardiff
14:15 Elfed Evans
Glyn Williams 		Cyril Williams
Gordon Inwood		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: RC Carter (Swindon)
11 January 1950 (1950-01-11) Round 3 (Replay) West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Cardiff City West Bromwich
George Edwards Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 37,400
Referee: RC Carter (Swindon)
28 January 1950 (1950-01-28) Round 4 Charlton Athletic 1–1 Cardiff City London
14:45 Elfed Evans Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Harry Holt (Rochdale)
1 February 1950 (1950-02-01) Round 4 (Replay) Cardiff City 2–0 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
14:15 Elfed Evans
Elfed Evans 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Harry Holt (Rochdale)
11 February 1950 (1950-02-11) Round 5 Leeds United 3–1 Cardiff City Leeds
David Cochrane
Ray Iggleden
Harold Williams 		(pen.) Alf Sherwood Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 53,099
Referee: William Rogers (Birmingham)

Source [1] [3]

Welsh Cup

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18 January 1950 (1950-01-18) Round 6 Cardiff City 3–0 Ebbw Vale Cardiff
George Edwards
George Edwards
Billy Baker 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,500
23 February 1950 (1950-02-23) Round 7 Swansea Town 3–0 Cardiff City Swansea
15:00 Stan Richards
Frank Scrine
Frank Scrine 		Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: WP Hopkins (Llanelli)

Source [1] [4]

See also

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References

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
  1. ^ a b c d "Cardiff City 1949-50 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1950". 11v11. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Cardiff City football club match record: 1950". 11v11. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Welsh Cup 1949/50". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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