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Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937.
30 years after the Football Association arranged their first overseas tour, The Welsh FA followed their example. A 15 match tour of Canada was undertaken in the summer of 1929. Of the 20 players who toured 18 would achieve full international honours.Pos. |
P |
G |
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| Len Evans | Barry Town |
GK |
6 |
|
| Bert Gray | Manchester City |
GK |
11 |
|
| Bert Lumberg | Wrexham |
FB |
13 |
|
| Moses Russell | Plymouth Argyle |
FB |
16 |
|
| Fred Keenor | Cardiff City |
HB |
15 |
2 |
| Eddie Lawrence | Clapton Orient |
HB |
5 |
|
| Ray Bennion | Manchester United |
HB |
12 |
|
| Bill Jennings | Bolton Wanderers |
HB |
12 |
1 |
| Bob Pugh | Newport County |
HB |
4 |
|
| Albert Wardell | Newport County |
OR |
2 |
|
| Fred Warren | Cardiff City |
OR |
11 |
11 |
| Rees Williams | Manchester United |
OR |
6 |
|
| Tommy Lewis | New Brighton |
IR |
4 |
3 |
| Billy Rogers | Wrexham |
IR |
6 |
1 |
| Johnny Neal | Wrexham |
IR |
11 |
11 |
| Len Davies | Cardiff City |
CF |
8 |
17 |
| Walter Robbins | Cardiff City |
CF |
9 |
10 |
| Charlie Jones | Arsenal |
IL |
12 |
4 |
| Fred Cook | Portsmouth |
OL |
10 |
3 |
| Ted Vizard |
Bolton Wanderers
|
OL |
8 |
2 |
Len Evans of Barry Town (Southern league- Western Division) was the only player not currently playing in the Football League, though he had previous League experience at Aberdare Athletic and Merthyr Town and had represented Wales 4 times.
The absence of Swansea Town players can be explained by the fact that the Swans only had a handful of Welshmen in their first team. Only one Swansea player was awarded a Welsh cap in the seasons 1928-29 and 1929-30.
01.06.29 |
Montreal and District |
1 |
3 |
Wales |
Montreal |
03.06.29 |
Hamilton and District |
0 |
1 |
Wales |
Hamilton |
05.06.29 |
Toronto and District |
1 |
4 |
Wales |
Toronto |
08.06.29 |
Manitoba |
2 |
7 |
Wales |
Winnipeg |
10.06.29 |
Regina and District |
0 |
7 |
Wales |
Regina |
12.06.29 |
Calgary and District |
1 |
10 |
Wales |
Calgary |
15.06.29 |
Upper Island (or All Island) |
0 |
3 |
Wales |
Nanaimo |
17.06.29 |
Lower Mainland |
0 |
8 |
Wales |
Vancouver |
19.06.29 |
Victoria and District |
0 |
1 |
Wales |
Victoria |
22.06.29 |
Westminster Royals |
1 |
2 |
Wales |
New Westminster |
24.06.29 |
Edmonton and District |
1 |
2 |
Wales |
Edmonton |
26.06.29 |
Saskatoon and District |
1 |
6 |
Wales |
Saskatoon |
28.06.29 |
Whites |
2 |
4 |
Reds |
Winnipeg |
|
Each team had 8 Welsh players and 3 Canadians
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01.07.29 |
Ontario |
1 |
0 |
Wales |
Toronto |
02.07.29 |
Hamilton and District |
0 |
2 |
Wales |
Hamilton |
|
Wales finished the game with 10 men after Moses Russell was assaulted by spectators.
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03.07.29 |
Montreal and District |
1 |
2 |
Wales
|
Montreal |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
61 |
10 |