Ron Flowers was an international footballer who represented England 49 times scoring 10 goals. His first cap was against France on 15th May 1955 at 20 years old, and his last was vs Norway on 29th June 1966 aged 31. Flowers, born on 28th July 1934, in Doncaster, has a FA Legacy Number of 747 and played as a Right Half, Left Half, Centre Half, Centre Back and Midfielder for his country.

Ron Flowers - 49 caps (10 goals)

Full Name: Ronald Flowers
Born: 28th July 1934, Doncaster
Died: 12th November 2021, aged 87
England Career: 1955 - 1966
Positions whilst with England: Right Half, Left Half, Centre Half, Centre Back and Midfielder
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Wolverhampton Wanderers (49)
FA Legacy Number: 747

England Career Statistics

Debut: v France (FR) on 15th May 1955 aged 20 years, 9 months, 18 days
Last Cap: v Norway (FR) on 29th June 1966 aged 31 years, 11 month, 1 day
First Goal: v United States (FR) on 28th May 1959 aged 24 years, 10 months, 0 days
First Captaincy: v United States (FR) on 27th May 1964 aged 29 years, 9 months, 30 days
Career Length: 11 years, 45 days
Starts: 48
Substitute: 1
Withdrawn: 0
Full Games: 48

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt

FriendlyFR
23
6
2
0
0

British Home ChampionshipHC
15
0
1
0
0

World Cup QualifierWCQ
4
1
0
0
0

World Cup FinalsWCF
4
2
0
0
0

European Championship QualifierECQ
2
1
0
0
0

Nations' Cup (Taça das Nações)BJT
1
0
0
0
0

Competitive
26
4
1
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt

Away
25
4
2
0
0

Home
19
4
1
0
0

Neutral
5
2
0
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt

Lost
13
1
0
0
0

Drawn
12
2
1
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt

Left Half
43
10
2
0
0

Right Half
2
0
0
0
0

Centre Back
2
0
1
0
0

Centre Half
1
0
0
0
0

Midfielder
1
0
0
0
0

Total
49
10
3
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt

England Walter Winterbottom
39
10
0
0
0

England Alf Ramsey
10
0
3
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

Bobby Charlton
41 Matches

Jimmy Armfield
35 Matches

Jimmy Greaves
32 Matches

Ron Springett
31 Matches

Johnny Haynes
30 Matches

Bryan Douglas
24 Matches

Ray Wilson
21 Matches

Peter Swan
19 Matches

Bobby Robson
15 Matches

Bobby Moore
15 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
110 sources from 49 matchesSelect from match list to see sources.

Match List

NOR, 6 - 1, 29th Jun 1966 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 49.
Age: 31 years, 11 month, 1 day.
FRG, 1 - 0, 12th May 1965 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 48.
Age: 30 years, 9 months, 15 days.
NED, 1 - 1, 9th Dec 1964 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 47.
Age: 30 years, 4 months, 12 days.
WAL, 2 - 1, 18th Nov 1964 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 46.
Age: 30 years, 3 months, 21 day.
POR, 1 - 1, 4th Jun 1964 (BJT) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 45.
Age: 29 years, 10 months, 7 days.
USA, 10 - 0, 27th May 1964 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 44.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 30 days.
IRL, 3 - 1, 24th May 1964 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 43.
Age: 29 years, 9 months, 27 days.
SUI, 8 - 1, 5th Jun 1963 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 42.
Age: 28 years, 10 months, 8 days.
SCO, 1 - 2, 6th Apr 1963 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 41.
Age: 28 years, 8 months, 9 days.
FRA, 2 - 5, 27th Feb 1963 (ECQ) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 40.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 30 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 21st Nov 1962 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 39.
Age: 28 years, 3 months, 24 days.
NIR, 3 - 1, 20th Oct 1962 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 38.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 23 days.
FRA, 1 - 1, 3rd Oct 1962 (ECQ) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 37.
Age: 28 years, 2 months, 6 days.
BRA, 1 - 3, 10th Jun 1962 (WCF) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 36.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 13 days.
BUL, 0 - 0, 7th Jun 1962 (WCF) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 35.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 10 days.
ARG, 3 - 1, 2nd Jun 1962 (WCF) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 34.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 5 days.
HUN, 1 - 2, 31st May 1962 (WCF) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 33.
Age: 27 years, 10 months, 3 days.
PER, 4 - 0, 20th May 1962 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 32.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 23 days.
SUI, 3 - 1, 9th May 1962 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 31.
Age: 27 years, 9 months, 12 days.
SCO, 0 - 2, 14th Apr 1962 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 30.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 17 days.
AUT, 3 - 1, 4th Apr 1962 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 29.
Age: 27 years, 8 months, 7 days.
NIR, 1 - 1, 22nd Nov 1961 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 28.
Age: 27 years, 3 months, 25 days.
POR, 2 - 0, 25th Oct 1961 (WCQ) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 27.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 28 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 14th Oct 1961 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 26.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 17 days.
LUX, 4 - 1, 28th Sep 1961 (WCQ) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 25.
Age: 27 years, 2 months, 0 days.
AUT, 1 - 3, 27th May 1961 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 24.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 30 days.
ITA, 3 - 2, 24th May 1961 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 23.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 27 days.
POR, 1 - 1, 21st May 1961 (WCQ) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 22.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 24 days.
MEX, 8 - 0, 10th May 1961 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 21.
Age: 26 years, 9 months, 13 days.
SCO, 9 - 3, 15th Apr 1961 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 20.
Age: 26 years, 8 months, 18 days.
WAL, 5 - 1, 23rd Nov 1960 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 19.
Age: 26 years, 3 months, 26 days.
ESP, 4 - 2, 26th Oct 1960 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 18.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 29 days.
LUX, 9 - 0, 19th Oct 1960 (WCQ) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 17.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 22 days.
NIR, 5 - 2, 8th Oct 1960 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 16.
Age: 26 years, 2 months, 11 day.
HUN, 0 - 2, 22nd May 1960 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 15.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 25 days.
ESP, 0 - 3, 15th May 1960 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 14.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 18 days.
YUG, 3 - 3, 11th May 1960 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 13.
Age: 25 years, 9 months, 14 days.
SCO, 1 - 1, 19th Apr 1960 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 12.
Age: 25 years, 8 months, 22 days.
NIR, 2 - 1, 18th Nov 1959 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 11.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 21 day.
SWE, 2 - 3, 28th Oct 1959 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 10.
Age: 25 years, 3 months, 0 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 17th Oct 1959 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 9.
Age: 25 years, 2 months, 20 days.
USA, 8 - 1, 28th May 1959 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 8.
Age: 24 years, 10 months, 0 days.
MEX, 1 - 2, 24th May 1959 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 7.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 27 days.
PER, 1 - 4, 17th May 1959 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 6.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 20 days.
BRA, 0 - 2, 13th May 1959 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 5.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 16 days.
ITA, 2 - 2, 6th May 1959 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 4.
Age: 24 years, 9 months, 9 days.
SCO, 1 - 0, 11th Apr 1959 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 3.
Age: 24 years, 8 months, 14 days.
WAL, 2 - 2, 26th Nov 1958 (HC) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 2.
Age: 24 years, 3 months, 29 days.
FRA, 0 - 1, 15th May 1955 (FR) Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cap: 1.
Age: 20 years, 9 months, 18 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.