List of Wales national football team hat-tricks

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Gareth Bale scored the most recent hat-trick for Wales, in September 2021 against Belarus. Gareth Bale playing for Wales vs Austria 01.jpg
Gareth Bale scored the most recent hat-trick for Wales, in September 2021 against Belarus.

Wales played their first international association football match on 25 March 1876 against Scotland. [1] As of September 2021, fifteen Welsh international players have scored a hat-trick (three goals) or more in a game. The first player to achieve the feat was John Price who scored four goals against Ireland on 25 February 1882. [2] Other than Price, three other players have scored four goals during a match, Jack Doughty against Ireland in 1888, Mel Charles against Northern Ireland in 1962 and Ian Edwards against Malta in 1978. [2]

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Wales' first five hat-tricks were all scored against the same opposition, Ireland, before Trevor Ford scored three times against Belgium on 23 November 1949, also becoming the first Welsh player to score a hat-trick against a team not from the home nations. [2] As of September 2021 the most recent player to score a hat-trick for Wales was Gareth Bale, in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Belarus on 5 September 2021. [3]

Wales have conceded 26 hat-tricks during their history, [a] the first being scored by Clement Mitchell in a friendly match on 3 February 1883 against England. [4] The first player to score a hat-trick against Wales from outside the home nations was Rajko Mitić for Yugoslavia on 21 May 1953. [5] Seven players have scored more than three goals in a single match against Wales, Joe Bambrick's six goals for Ireland during a 1929–30 British Home Championship match is the most goals scored by a player against Wales in a single match. Filippo Inzaghi of Italy is the most recent player to score a hat-trick against Wales, in a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying match on 6 September 2003. [6]

Hat-tricks for Wales

Key
More than a hat-trick scored *
Table

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list. The result is presented with Wales' score first.

DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef
25 February 1882
4*
John Price Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham Friendly
7–1
[7]
11 April 1885
3
Herbert Sisson Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Ulster Ground, Ballynafeigh 1884–85 British Home Championship
8–2
[8]
3 March 1888
4*
Jack Doughty Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Racecourse Ground 1887–88 British Home Championship
11–0
[9]
27 April 1889
3
Richard Jarrett Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Ulster Ground, Ballynafeigh 1888–89 British Home Championship
3–0
[10]
2 April 1906
3
William Green Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Racecourse Ground 1905–06 British Home Championship
4–4
[11]
23 November 1949
3
Trevor Ford Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ninian Park, Cardiff Friendly
5–1
[12]
20 April 1955
3
John Charles Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland Windsor Park 1954–55 British Home Championship
3–2
[13]
25 September 1957
3
Des Palmer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Ninian Park, Cardiff 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
4–1
[14]
11 April 1962
4*
Mel Charles Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland Ninian Park, Cardiff 1961–62 British Home Championship
4–0
[15]
3 April 1963
3
Cliff Jones Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast 1962–63 British Home Championship
4–1
[16]
25 October 1978
4*
Ian Edwards Flag of Malta.svg Malta Racecourse Ground, Wrexham UEFA Euro 1980 qualification
7–0
[17]
19 May 1979
3
John Toshack Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Ninian Park, Cardiff 1978–79 British Home Championship
3–0
[18]
9 September 1992
3
Ian Rush Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
6–0
[19]
18 February 2004
3
Robert Earnshaw Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Friendly
4–0
[20]
22 March 2018
3
Gareth Bale Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China PR Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning 2018 China Cup
6–0
[21]
5 September 2021
3
Gareth Bale Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Central Stadium, Kazan 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification
3–2
[3]

Hat-tricks conceded by Wales

Wartime internationals, not regarded as official matches, are not included in the list. The result is presented with Wales' score first.

DateGoalsPlayerOpponentVenueCompetitionResultRef(s)
3 February 1883
3
Clement Mitchell Flag of England.svg England Kensington Oval, London Friendly
0–5
[4]
23 March 1885
3
Joseph Lindsay Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Acton Park, Wrexham 1884–85 British Home Championship
1–8
[22]
4 February 1888
3
Fred Dewhurst Flag of England.svg England Nantwich Road, Crewe 1887–88 British Home Championship
1–5
[4]
22 March 1890
4*
William Paul Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Underwood Park, Paisley 1890 British Home Championship
0–5
[22]
7 February 1891
4*
Olphert Stanfield Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Ulsterville, Belfast 1890–91 British Home Championship
2–7
[23]
18 March 1893
3
John Barker Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 1892–93 British Home Championship
0–8
[24]
18 March 1893
4*
Jake Madden Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 1892–93 British Home Championship
0–8
[24]
8 April 1893
3
Jack Peden Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Solitude, Belfast 1892–93 British Home Championship
2–7
[25]
12 March 1894
3
John Veitch Flag of England.svg England Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 1893–94 British Home Championship
1–5
[4]
16 March 1896
5*
Steve Bloomer Flag of England.svg England Arms Park, Cardiff 1895–96 British Home Championship
1–9
[4]
19 March 1898
3
James Gillespie Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Fir Park, Motherwell 1897–98 British Home Championship
2–5
[24]
18 March 1899
3
Robert Smyth McColl Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 1898–99 British Home Championship
0–6
[24]
18 March 1901
4*
Steve Bloomer Flag of England.svg England St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne 1900–01 British Home Championship
0–6
[26]
22 February 1902
3
Andy Gara Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Ninian Park, Cardiff 1901–02 British Home Championship
0–3
[27]
16 March 1908
3
Vivian Woodward Flag of England.svg England Racecourse Ground, Wrexham 1907–08 British Home Championship
1–7
[26]
27 October 1928
3
Hugh Gallagher Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Ibrox Park, Glasgow 1928–29 British Home Championship
2–4
[28]
20 November 1929
3
George Camsell Flag of England.svg England Stamford Bridge, London 1929–30 British Home Championship
0–6
[29]
1 February 1930
6*
Joe Bambrick Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ireland Windsor Park, Belfast 1929–30 British Home Championship
0–7
[30]
15 October 1949
3
Jackie Milburn Flag of England.svg England Ninian Park, Cardiff 1950 FIFA World Cup qualification
1950 British Home Championship
1–4
[31]
21 May 1953
3
Rajko Mitić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia JNA Stadium, Belgrade Friendly
2–5
[5]
22 September 1954
3
Todor Veselinović Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia Ninian Park, Cardiff Friendly
1–3
[32]
10 November 1954
3
Roy Bentley Flag of England.svg England Wembley Stadium, London 1953–54 British Home Championship
2–3
[33] [34]
4 November 1969
3
Gigi Riva Flag of Italy.svg Italy Stadio Olimpico, Rome 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
1–4
[35]
9 November 1996
3
Dennis Bergkamp Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Philips Stadion, Eindhoven 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1–7
[36]
20 August 1997
4*
Hakan Şükür Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4–6
[37]
6 September 2003
3
Filippo Inzaghi Flag of Italy.svg Italy San Siro, Milan UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
0–4
[6]

Notes

a Some sources attribute a hat-trick to Alex Smith during a 5–1 victory for Scotland on 15 March 1902. [38] [39] However, others, including the Scottish Football Association, attribute two of his goals to other Scottish players. [40] [41]

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