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England began the tournament the strongest with a 6-2 success over the Irish in Belfast . Scotland took began well beating the Welsh in Cardiff , which they followed with a narrow success against Ireland in a highly-competitive match. England too took maximum points from their second game with a close 1-0 win over the Welsh. In the final games, Wales beat Ireland to take third place whilst the Scots succeeded in strongly defeating England at Wembley Stadium to take the championship.


Table


The points system worked as follows:
  • 2 points for a win

  • 1 point for a draw



Results

  Date October 9 , 1948
  Team1
  Score 2&ndash6
  Team2
  Goals1 Davy Walsh 2
  Goals2 Stan Mortensen 3, Stanley Matthews , Jackie Milburn , Stan Pearson




  Date October 23 , 1948
  Team1
  Score 1&ndash3
  Team2
  Goals1 Barrie Jones
  Goals2 William Waddell 2, Hugh Howie




  Date November 10 , 1948
  Team1
  Score 1&ndash0
  Team2
  Goals1 Tom Finney
  Goals2 &nbsp




  Date November 17 , 1948
  Team1
  Score 3&ndash2
  Team2
  Goals1 William Houliston 2, Jimmy Mason
  Goals2 Davy Walsh 2




  Date March 9 , 1949
  Team1
  Score 0&ndash2
  Team2
  Goals1 &nbsp
  Goals2 George Edwards , Trevor Ford




  Date April 9 , 1949
  Team1
  Score 1&ndash3
  Team2
  Goals1 Jackie Milburn
  Goals2 Lawrie Reilly , Jimmy Mason , Billy Steel



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