Player Info
William Ambrose Wright
Born: 6th February 1924, Ironbridge, Salop
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Position whilst with England: Left Half
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Clubs whilst with England: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Match Statistics
- Type
- Caps
- Goals
- Capt
- Mins
- Friendly
- 54
- 2
- 45
- 4860
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Qualifier
- 10
- 0
- 10
- 900
- 0
- 0
- World Cup Finals
- 10
- 0
- 10
- 930
- 0
- 0
- Home Championship
- 31
- 1
- 25
- 2790
- 0
- 0
- Competitive
- 51
- 1
- 45
- 4620
- 0
- 0
- Home
- 41
- 1
- 35
- 3690
- 0
- 0
- Away
- 55
- 2
- 46
- 4950
- 0
- 0
- Neutral
- 9
- 0
- 9
- 840
- 0
- 0
- Total
- 105
- 3
- 90
- 9480
- 0
- 0
Match Statistics
- Debut
- v
Ireland (HC) on 28th September 1946 aged 22 years, 233 days - Last Cap
- v
USA (FR) on 28th May 1959 aged 35 years, 110 days - First Goal
- v
France (FR) on 22nd May 1949 aged 25 years, 105 days - First Captaincy
- v Ireland (HC) on 9th October 1948 aged 24 years, 245 days
- Career
- 12 years, 242 days
- Starts
- 105
- Substitute
- 0
- Withdrawn
- 0
- Full Games
- 105
Sources
- An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
Match List
- USA, 28th May 59 (FR)
MEX, 24th May 59 (FR) 
PER, 17th May 59 (FR) 
BRA, 13th May 59 (FR) 
ITA, 6th May 59 (FR) 
SCO, 11st Apr 59 (HC) 
WAL, 26th Nov 58 (HC) 
URS, 22nd Oct 58 (FR) 
NIR, 4th Oct 58 (HC) - URS, 17th Jun 58 (WCF)
AUT, 15th Jun 58 (WCF) - BRA, 11st Jun 58 (WCF)
- URS, 8th Jun 58 (WCF)
- URS, 18th May 58 (FR)
YUG, 11st May 58 (FR) 
POR, 7th May 58 (FR) - SCO, 19th Apr 58 (HC)
- FRA, 27th Nov 57 (FR)
- NIR, 6th Nov 57 (HC)
- WAL, 19th Oct 57 (HC)
IRL, 19th May 57 (WCQ) 
DEN, 15th May 57 (WCQ) - IRL, 8th May 57 (WCQ)
- SCO, 6th Apr 57 (HC)
- DEN, 5th Dec 56 (WCQ)
- YUG, 28th Nov 56 (FR)
- WAL, 14th Nov 56 (HC)
- NIR, 6th Oct 56 (HC)
FRG, 26th May 56 (FR) 
FIN, 20th May 56 (FR) 
SWE, 16th May 56 (FR) - BRA, 9th May 56 (FR)
- SCO, 14th Apr 56 (HC)
ESP, 30th Nov 55 (FR) - NIR, 2nd Nov 55 (HC)
- WAL, 22nd Oct 55 (HC)
- DEN, 2nd Oct 55 (FR)
- POR, 22nd May 55 (FR)
- ESP, 18th May 55 (FR)
- FRA, 15th May 55 (FR)
- SCO, 2nd Apr 55 (HC)
- FRG, 1st Dec 54 (FR)
- WAL, 10th Nov 54 (HC)
- NIR, 2nd Oct 54 (HC)
URU, 26th Jun 54 (WCF) 
SUI, 20th Jun 54 (WCF) 
BEL, 17th Jun 54 (WCF) 
HUN, 23rd May 54 (FR) - YUG, 16th May 54 (FR)
- SCO, 3rd Apr 54 (WCQ)
- HUN, 25th Nov 53 (FR)
- IRE, 11st Nov 53 (WCQ)
FIFA, 21st Oct 53 (FR) - WAL, 10th Oct 53 (WCQ)
- USA, 8th Jun 53 (FR)
- URU, 31st May 53 (FR)
CHI, 24th May 53 (FR) 
ARG, 17th May 53 (FR) - SCO, 18th Apr 53 (FR)
- BEL, 26th Nov 52 (FR)
- WAL, 12th Nov 52 (HC)
- IRE, 4th Oct 52 (HC)
- SUI, 28th May 52 (FR)
- AUT, 25th May 52 (FR)
- ITA, 18th May 52 (FR)
- SCO, 5th Apr 52 (HC)
- AUT, 28th Nov 51 (FR)
- IRE, 14th Nov 51 (HC)
- WAL, 20th Oct 51 (HC)
- FRA, 3rd Oct 51 (FR)
- ARG, 9th May 51 (FR)
- SCO, 14th Apr 51 (HC)
- IRE, 7th Oct 50 (HC)
- ESP, 2nd Jul 50 (WCF)
- USA, 29th Jun 50 (WCF)
- CHI, 25th Jun 50 (WCF)
- BEL, 18th May 50 (FR)
- POR, 14th May 50 (FR)
- SCO, 15th Apr 50 (WCQ)
- ITA, 30th Nov 49 (FR)
- IRE, 16th Nov 49 (WCQ)
- WAL, 15th Oct 49 (WCQ)
- IRL, 21st Sep 49 (FR)
- FRA, 22nd May 49 (FR)
NOR, 18th May 49 (FR) - SWE, 13th May 49 (FR)
- SCO, 9th Apr 49 (HC)
- SUI, 2nd Dec 48 (FR)
- WAL, 10th Nov 48 (HC)
- IRE, 9th Oct 48 (HC)
- DEN, 26th Sep 48 (FR)
- ITA, 16th May 48 (FR)
- SCO, 10th Apr 48 (HC)
- SWE, 19th Nov 47 (FR)
- IRE, 5th Nov 47 (HC)
- WAL, 18th Oct 47 (HC)
- BEL, 21st Sep 47 (FR)
- POR, 25th May 47 (FR)
- SUI, 18th May 47 (FR)
- FRA, 3rd May 47 (FR)
- SCO, 12th Apr 47 (HC)
NED, 27th Nov 46 (FR) - WAL, 13th Nov 46 (HC)
- IRL, 30th Sep 46 (FR)
- IRE, 28th Sep 46 (HC)