Thomas 'Tom' Finney - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding English player scored 30 international goals in 76 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Born: 5- 4-1922 Died: 14- 2-2014 Country: England Caps: 76 (W51-D13-L12 � GF227-GA115 - 75.66%) Goals: 30 (% 0.39 per match) Age First Cap: 24 yr 176 d 28/ 9/1946 vs. N. Ireland 7-2
Age Last Cap: 36 yr 200 d 22/10/1958 vs. Soviet Union 5-0 National Team Career: 12 yr 24 d

Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 1 1 28- 9-46 Belfast N. Ireland 7-2 British Championship 2 1 2 30- 9-46 Dublin Ireland 1-0 3 - 2 13-11-46 Manchester Wales 3-0 British Championship 4 1 3 27-11-46 Huddersfield Netherlands 8-2 5 1 4 3- 5-47 London France 3-0 6 1 5 25- 5-47 Lisboa Portugal 10-0 7 2 7 21- 9-47 Brussel Belgium 5-2 8 1 8 18-10-47 Cardiff Wales 3-0 British Championship 9 - 8 5-11-47 Liverpool N. Ireland 2-2 British Championship 10 - 8 19-11-47 London Sweden 4-2 11 1 9 10- 4-48 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 British Championship 12 2 11 16- 5-48 Torino Italy 4-0 13 - 11 9-10-48 Belfast N. Ireland 6-2 British Championship 14 1 12 11-10-48 Birmingham Wales 1-0 British Championship 15 - 12 9- 4-48 London Scotland 1-3 British Championship 16 1 13 15- 5-49 Stockholm Sweden 1-3 17 1 14 18- 5-49 Oslo Norway 4-1 18 - 14 22- 5-49 Paris France 3-1 19 - 14 21- 9-49 Liverpool Ireland 0-2 20 - 14 15-10-49 Cardiff Wales 4-1 [1] World Cup Qualifier 21 - 14 16-11-49 Manchester N. Ireland 9-2 [1] World Cup Qualifier 22 - 14 30-11-49 London Italy 2-0 23 - 14 15- 4-50 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 [1] World Cup Qualifier 24 4 18 14- 5-50 Lisboa Portugal 5-3 25 - 18 18- 5-50 Bruxelles Belgium 4-1 26 - 18 25- 6-50 Rio de Janeiro Chile 2-0 World Cup 27 - 18 26- 6-50 Belo Horizonte United States 0-1 World Cup 28 - 18 2- 7-50 Rio de Janeiro Spain 0-1 World Cup 29 - 18 15-11-50 Sunderland Wales 4-2 British Championship 30 1 19 14- 4-51 London Scotland 2-3 British Championship 31 - 19 9- 5-51 London Argentina 2-1 32 1 20 19- 5-51 Liverpool Portugal 5-2
33 - 20 3-10-51 London France 2-2 34 - 20 20-10-51 Cardiff Wales 1-1 British Championship 35 - 20 14-11-51 Birmingham N. Ireland 2-0 British Championship 36 - 20 5- 4-52 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 British Championship 37 - 20 18- 5-52 Firenze Italy 1-1 38 - 20 25- 5-52 Wien Austria 3-2 39 - 20 28- 5-52 Z�rich Switzerland 3-0 40 - 20 4-10-52 Belfast N. Ireland 2-2 British Championship 41 1 21 12-11-52 London Wales 5-2 British Championship 42 - 21 26-11-52 London Belgium 5-0 43 - 21 18- 4-53 London Scotland 2-2 British Championship 44 - 21 17- 5-53 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-0 [2] 45 - 21 24- 5-53 Santiago Chile 2-1 46 - 21 31- 5-53 Montevideo Uruguay 1-2 47 2 23 8- 6-53 New York United States 6-3 48 - 23 10-10-53 Cardiff Wales 4-1 [1] World Cup Qualifier 49 - 23 3- 4-54 Glasgow Scotland 4-2 [1] World Cup Qualifier 50 - 23 16- 5-54 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 51 - 23 23- 5-54 Budapest Hungary 1-7 52 - 23 17- 6-54 Basel Belgium 4-4 World Cup 53 - 23 20- 6-54 Bern Switzerland 2-0 World Cup 54 1 24 26- 6-54 Basel Uruguay 2-4 World Cup 55 - 24 1-12-54 London West Germany 3-1 56 - 24 2-10-55 K�benhavn Denmark 5-1 57 - 24 22-10-55 Cardiff Wales 1-2 British Championship 58 1 25 2-11-55 London N. Ireland 3-0 British Championship 59 1 26 30-11-55 London Spain 4-1 60 - 26 14- 4-56 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 British Championship 61 1 27 14-11-56 London Wales 3-1 British Championship 62 - 27 28-11-56 London Yugoslavia 3-0 63 - 27 5-12-56 Wolverhampton Denmark 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 64 - 27 6- 4-57 London Scotland 2-1 British Championship 65 - 27 8- 5-57 London Ireland 5-1 World Cup Qualifier 66 - 27 15- 5-57 K�benhavn Denmark 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 67 - 27 19- 5-57 Dublin Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 68 1 28 19-10-57 Cardiff Wales 4-0 British Championship 69 - 28 27-11-57 London France 4-0 70 - 28 19- 4-58 Glasgow Scotland 4-0 British Championship 71 - 28 7- 5-58 London Portugal 2-1 72 - 28 11- 5-58 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-5 73 - 28 18- 5-58 Moskva Soviet Union 1-1 74 1 29 8- 6-58 G�teborg Soviet Union 2-2 World Cup 75 1 30 4-10-58 Belfast N. Ireland 3-3 British Championship 76 - 30 22-10-58 London Soviet Union 5-0

[1] also played for British Championship [2] abandoned after 21 minutes

Total Record Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 76 51 13 12 227- 102 115 75.66

30 Goals in 76 Matches (0.39 per match)

Types of Goals and Matches

                 Matches  Goals

Friendlies 36 18
World Cup Qualifiers 9 0
World Cup 7 2 British Championship 29 10

Total 76 30

NB: 5 matches (in which the Preston Plumber did not score) counted both as World Cup Qualifier and for the British Championship

About this document

Prepared and maintained by _Jaroslaw Owsianski_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Jaroslaw Owsianski Last updated: 20 Feb 2014