It was 17 years to the day that Wales last tasted victory against the old enemy from England and when this game began there seemed to be no hint that that record would be improved.

Stan Matthews and Tom Finney quickly got into their stride, causing Sherwood and Stuart Williams several anxious moments. In one incident even Ford was seen to tackle Matthews deep in the Welsh half, such was the pressure. Gradually, though, the home defenders began to take control and, as the game progressed, less was seen of the two England wingers. Mel Charles began to dominate the midfield and, with his brother John Charles showing immense stature at the back, Wales looked more and more composed.

Ford almost scored when he headed just over and then the centre-forward was caught narrowly offside after Kinsey delayed his pass a fraction too long. The Welsh pressure was increasing all the time now and Kelsey was often the only man in his own half. Eventually the attacking paid off explosively with Wales scoring two goals within sixty seconds.

Thirty-eight minutes had gone when hesitancy in the England defence allowed Tapscott to run on to Kinsey's through pass before striking a rising shot high into Bert Williams' net.

The ecstatic crowd hardly had time to settle before the England goalkeeper was again picking the ball out of the net. This time Cliff Jones met a centre by Paul perfectly to head home a stunning goal. The noise from the crowd was deafening and at half-time they gave their team a wonderful ovation as they left the pitch. Even the dogs that performed for the crowd during the break seemed to have an extra spring in their step.

Six minutes after the restart that same crowd were stunned into silence as England pulled a goal back in the strangest of circumstances. A long, harmless-looking lob by Roger Byrne into the Welsh penalty area seemed to be of no danger to their defence, but inexplicably John Charles leapt and planted a superb header wide of his own startled 'keeper. The strange thing was that it looked so intentional.

Luckily, from Charles' viewpoint, the goal did not matter in the final analysis. England had most of the play during this half but lacked the necessary thrust up front. Wales were hampered by an injury to Paul but only once did England nearly score. That came when Don Revie brilliantly back-heeled on the volley a centre by Finney, only for the ball to rebound off the crossbar. The last quarter of an hour was untidy and full of niggling incidents, but in the end Wales just about deserved their famous victory.
    

Wales conquered England for the first time since 1938 thanks to a headed winning goal from young Swansea winger Cliff Jones, whose Uncle Bryn had scored  one of the four goals that beat England seventeen years earlier. England's high-powered attack floundered against a Welsh defence in which the Charles brothers, John and Mel, played side by side. The game was virtually settled in a two minutes spell just before half-time. Derek Tapscott took advantage of hesitancy in the England defence to shoot Wales into the lead, and then Cliff Jones made it 2-0 with a stunning header from a Roy Paul cross. The only time England got the ball into the net was when John Charles, trying to clear his lines in the fifty-first minute, turned the ball past brilliant Arsenal goalkeeper Jack Kelsey for a spectacular own goal.
 

Played at Cardiff on October 22nd before 55,000 spectators, Wales were the winners after a hard fight. It was a grand, even game for the first half-hour, with the Welsh team playing with  great fire and vigour. Then in the 38th minute Tapscott and Jones scored twice for Wales, the second after a fine run and accurate long pass by Paul. Soon after half-time John Charles headed a long centre from Byrne into hos own net, the only mistake he made in a great display; but England's forwards, despite continuous pressure, were not quite good enough to force an equaliser.
This England team was largely based on the team that beat Denmark.