ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

International matches between England and Wales began in 1879 when a Welsh team visited the Kennington Oval to play England in what was the home country's 8th international match. The previous matches had been against Scotland (since 1872); England had won ONE match and drawn 2 being beaten by the canny Scots on the other meetings.

The first encounter with the Welsh resulted in a 2-1 win for England in front of around 200 people. One Old Carthusian called Parry played for England. From then, the meetings with the Welsh took place annually with breaks for the wars. The Home internationals stopped in 1984 so the next time the two countries met was in 2004-5 for a World Cup qualification and then in 2011 for a European Championships qualifier. Today is the next time the two came together.

So far England has won 66 and Drawn 21 ties.
England's overall international record is Won 545, Drawn 224, Goals For 2108 Against 947
Avergaing at 2.2-0.99. So today may prove to be a 2-1 win for England statistically.

Let's hope the best team wins! Aaaarggh