William Ambrose "Billy" Wright - International Appearances (original) (raw)

The outstanding English player, who obtained 105 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 28/ 9/46 Belfast N. Ireland 7-2 British Championship 2 30/ 9/46 Dublin Ireland 1-0 3 13/11/46 Manchester Wales 3-0 British Championship 4 27/11/46 Huddersfield Netherlands 8-2 5 12/ 4/47 London Scotland 1-1 British Championship 6 3/ 5/47 London France 3-0 7 18/ 5/47 Zürich Switzerland 0-1 8 25/ 5/47 Lisboa Portugal 10-0 9 21/ 9/47 Brussel Belgium 5-2 10 18/10/47 Cardiff Wales 3-0 British Championship 11 5/11/47 Liverpool N. Ireland 2-2 British Championship 12 19/11/47 London Sweden 4-2 13 10/ 4/48 Glasgow Scotland 2-0 British Championship 14 16/ 5/48 Torino Italy 4-0 15 26/ 9/48 København Denmark 0-0 16 9/10/48 Belfast N. Ireland 6-2 British Championship 17 11/10/48 Birmingham Wales 1-0 British Championship 18 2/12/48 London Switzerland 6-0 19 9/ 4/48 London Scotland 1-3 British Championship 20 15/ 5/49 Stockholm Sweden 1-3 21 18/ 5/49 Oslo Norway 4-1 22 22/ 5/49 Paris France 3-1 23 21/ 9/49 Liverpool Ireland 0-2 24 15/10/49 Cardiff Wales 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 25 16/11/49 Manchester N. Ireland 9-2 World Cup Qualifier 26 30/11/49 London Italy 2-0 27 15/ 4/50 Glasgow Scotland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 28 14/ 5/50 Lisboa Portugal 5-3 29 18/ 5/50 Brussel Belgium 4-1 30 25/ 6/50 Rio de Janeiro Chile 2-0 World Cup 31 26/ 6/50 Belo Horizonte United States 0-1 World Cup 32 2/ 7/50 Rio de Janeiro Spain 0-1 World Cup 33 7/10/50 Belfast N. Ireland 4-1 British Championship 34 14/ 4/51 London Scotland 2-3 British Championship 35 9/ 5/51 London Argentina 2-1 36 3/10/51 London France 2-2 37 20/10/51 Cardiff Wales 1-1 British Championship 38 14/11/51 Birmingham N. Ireland 2-0 British Championship 39 28/11/51 London Austria 2-2 40 5/ 4/52 Glasgow Scotland 2-1 British Championship 41 18/ 5/52 Firenze Italy 1-1 42 25/ 5/52 Wien Austria 3-2 43 28/ 5/52 Zürich Switzerland 3-0 44 4/10/52 Belfast N. Ireland 2-2 British Championship 45 12/11/52 London Wales 5-2 British Championship 46 26/11/52 London Belgium 5-0 47 18/ 4/53 London Scotland 2-2 British Championship 48 17/ 5/53 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-0 (1) 49 24/ 5/53 Santiago Chile 2-1 50 31/ 5/53 Montevideo Uruguay 1-2 51 8/ 6/53 New York United States 6-3 52 10/10/53 Cardiff Wales 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 53 21/10/53 London FIFA 4-4 90th Anniversary FA 54 11/11/53 Liverpool N. Ireland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 55 25/11/53 London Hungary 3-6 56 3/ 4/54 Glasgow Scotland 4-2 World Cup Qualifier 57 16/ 5/54 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-1 58 23/ 5/54 Budapest Hungary 1-7 59 17/ 6/54 Basel Belgium 4-4 World Cup 60 20/ 6/54 Bern Switzerland 2-0 World Cup 61 26/ 6/54 Basel Uruguay 2-4 World Cup 62 2/10/54 Belfast N. Ireland 2-0 British Championship 63 10/11/54 London Wales 3-2 British Championship 64 1/12/54 London West Germany 3-1 65 2/ 4/55 London Scotland 7-2 British Championship 66 15/ 5/55 Paris France 0-1 67 18/ 5/55 Madrid Spain 1-1 68 22/ 5/55 Porto Portugal 1-3 69 2/10/55 København Denmark 5-1 70 22/10/55 Cardiff Wales 1-2 British Championship 71 2/11/55 London N. Ireland 3-0 British Championship 72 30/11/55 London Spain 4-1 73 14/ 4/56 Glasgow Scotland 1-1 British Championship 74 9/ 5/56 London Brazil 4-2 75 16/ 5/56 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 76 20/ 5/56 Helsinki Finland 5-1 77 26/ 5/56 West Berlin West Germany 3-1 78 6/10/56 Belfast N. Ireland 1-1 British Championship 79 14/11/56 London Wales 3-1 British Championship 80 28/11/56 London Yugoslavia 3-0 81 5/12/56 Wolverhampton Denmark 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 82 6/ 4/57 London Scotland 2-1 British Championship 83 8/ 5/57 London Ireland 5-1 World Cup Qualifier 84 15/ 5/57 København Denmark 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 85 19/ 5/57 Dublin Ireland 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 86 19/10/57 Cardiff Wales 4-0 British Championship 87 6/11/57 London N. Ireland 2-3 British Championship 88 27/11/57 London France 4-0 89 19/ 4/58 Glasgow Scotland 4-0 British Championship 90 7/ 5/58 London Portugal 2-1 91 11/ 5/58 Beograd Yugoslavia 0-5 92 18/ 5/58 Moskva Soviet Union 1-1 93 8/ 6/58 Göteborg Soviet Union 2-2 World Cup 94 11/ 6/58 Göteborg Brazil 0-0 World Cup 95 15/ 6/58 Borås Austria 2-2 World Cup 96 17/ 6/58 Göteborg Soviet Union 0-1 World Cup 97 4/10/58 Belfast Norhern Ireland 3-3 British Championship 98 22/10/58 London Soviet Union 5-0 99 26/11/58 Birmingham Wales 2-2 British Championship 100 11/ 4/59 London Scotland 1-0 British Championship 101 6/ 5/59 London Italy 2-2 102 13/ 5/59 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 0-2 103 17/ 5/59 Lima Peru 1-4 104 24/ 5/59 Cd. de México Mexico 1-2 105 28/ 5/59 Los Angeles United States 8-1

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NB: in 1959, Wright became the first football player in the world to earn his 100th cap.

NB: in January 2001 (!) FIFA decided not to recognize the match on 21/10/1953 as full international, but the English FA kept it in the records.

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 105 60 24 21 287- 147 144 68.57

Types of Matches Friendlies 53
World Cup Qualifiers 10
World Cup 10 British Championship 32

Total 105

Goals:

Cap 22 1 goal Cap 26 1 goal Cap 33 1 goal

Total: 3 goals

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Author: Roberto Mamrud (robert@elsitio.net) Last updated: 9 Apr 2005