# 1950–51 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1950–51 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 24th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.

## Season review
### Football League Second Division
#### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Preston North End (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 91 | 49 | 1.857 | 57 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Manchester City (P) | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 89 | 61 | 1.459 | 52 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Cardiff City | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 1.178 | 50 | |
| 4 | Birmingham City | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 53 | 1.208 | 49 | |
| 5 | Leeds United | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 55 | 1.145 | 48 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |

### Welsh Cup

In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff started their campaign by scoring fifteen goals in two games with an 8–0 win over Barry Town followed by a 7–1 victory over Bangor City. After beating Wrexham 1–0, Cardiff suffered a 3–2 defeat to Merthyr Tydfil in a final replay.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | GK | WAL | Ron Howells |
| -- | GK | ENG | Phil Joslin |
| -- | GK | WAL | Ted Morris |
| -- | DF | WAL | Colin Gale |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ken Hollyman |
| -- | DF | WAL | Arthur Lever |
| -- | DF | ENG | Stan Montgomery |
| -- | DF | ENG | Charles Rutter |
| -- | DF | WAL | Alf Sherwood |
| -- | DF | ENG | Gerry Smyth |
| -- | DF | WAL | Albert Stitfall |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ron Stitfall |
| -- | DF | WAL | Derrick Sullivan |
| -- | DF | WAL | Rees Thomas |
| -- | DF | WAL | Glyn Williams |
| -- | MF | WAL | Billy Baker |
| -- | MF | NIR | Bobby McLaughlin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | WAL | Griff Norman |
| -- | MF | ENG | Cliff Nugent |
| -- | MF | WAL | Ken Roberts |
| -- | MF | ENG | Mike Tiddy |
| -- | MF | WAL | Evan Williams |
| -- | MF | WAL | Roley Williams |
| -- | FW | ENG | Doug Blair |
| -- | FW | WAL | George Edwards |
| -- | FW | WAL | Elfed Evans |
| -- | FW | ENG | Leslie Evans |
| -- | FW | ENG | Wilf Grant |
| -- | FW | SCO | Bob Lamie |
| -- | FW | EIR | Paddy McIlvenny |
| -- | FW | WAL | Marwood Marchant |
| -- | FW | ENG | Don Mills |
| -- | FW | WAL | Ken Oakley |
| -- | FW | WAL | Colin Webster |