ENGLAND'S march continued! This was their fourth consecutive high-scoring victory and was achieved with an ease which suggested that there were more to come.

As against Spain a month earlier, England got off to a flyer with an early goal. Two minutes had gone when a good move down the middle involving Johnny Haynes, Bobby Robson and Bobby Smith ended with Jimmy Greaves shooting past Kelsey to put his team one goal up.

After that, although Wales enjoyed their fair share of possession, England calmly and methodically took the match by the throat. Haynes was always at the heart of the action, keeping things moving swiftly. Robson, too, did some fine work and with Greaves, Smith, Bobby Charlton and Bryan Douglas always dangerous, England stayed well in control.

Their finishing, as so often in recent matches, was lethal and after 16 minutes they added a second goal. Another flowing move preceeded it, with Robson, Ron Flowers and Douglas all prominent. When Douglas set up Flowers 20 yards out, the Wolves man hit a screamer which crashed down off the crossbar. Charlton was first to react and quickly dispatched the rebound into Kelsey's net.

The 4-2-4 formation used by England was again working perfectly and whilst Haynes and Robson were in such great form, it would remain very effective. Soon the home side were adding a third goal. This time the move went the whole length of the field with Mick McNeil feeding Charlton from his own penalty area. Charlton moved the ball on to Greaves, who made ground down the left before centering for Smith to crash home an unstoppable header.

Wales were now virtually out of the game and at half-time they could only reflect that Woosnam had shown a lot of class in all that he did, although he received little support. Leek was well held by Peter Swan, Jones only occasionally threatened with his pace and Vernon was stifled in midfield. The Welsh half-back line was very ineffective.

After the interval, England continued to hold all the aces. In the 61st minute they scored their fourth goal. Lovely inter-play down the left between Haynes and Charlton ended with Haynes shooting fiercely past Kelsey with his right foot. That goal capped a marvellous performance by the England skipper.

Nine minutes later, Greaves scored a magnificent fifth goal. Picking the ball up following a four-man move, he strode majestically past several desperate Welsh challenges before finishing with a devastating shot from an almost impossible angle. The goal brought the crowd to their feet. Indeed, the quality of all the goals had been a feature of the match.

Near the end, Wales did manage a consolation goal after Alan Hodgkinson had dropped a high cross from Woosnam straight to the feet of Leek, who made no mistake from close range. That was an annoying end for England in an otherwise faultless display.
  

Jinking Jimmy Greaves scored the first of his two goals in the second minute and Wales were never allowed to recover from this jolting start. The five-goal haul took England's total to twenty-three in four matches. Injury to Ron Springett forced Walter Winterbottom's first team change for four matches, and the recalled Alan Hodgkinson gave a sound display at the back of an England defence that was rarely under pressure. England were comfortable with their 4-2-4 formation, which worked so well because of the midfield understanding of Johnny Haynes and Bobby Robson.
  

Wales returned to Wembley after two draws in their previous meetings with England and a World Cup quarter-final appearance in 1958 when they were beaten by the eventual winners Brazil. Both sides had won their opening game. Wales defeated Scotland 2-0 at Ninian Park while England beat Northern Ireland 5-2 at Windsor Park. England and Wales had shared the Championship with Scotland the previous season, but England were aiming for a tenth successive title. They had not won it outright, however, since 1957.
As against Spain, England took an early lead. After two minutes, from a pass by Smith, Jimmy Greaves shot past Kelsey in the Welsh goal. Soon they were two up. Flowers shot from outside the box. Williams blocked it but Bobby Charlton swept home the rebound. By the half-hour mark the Welsh were killed off. An inch-perfect cross from Greaves was smartly headed in by Bobby Smith. Johnny Haynes thumped in the fourth after good work by Charlton before they scored the best goal when Greaves beat four men and then Kelsey from an acute angle. With 15 minutes remaining Hodgkinson gifted the Welsh a goal when he dropped a Woosnam cross and Ken leek seized on the opportunity. It mattered little, however.
Wales thrashed Northern Ireland 5-1 at Windsor Park to finish runners-up but failed to qualify for the 1962 World Cup when they lost to Spain. England had now scored 23 goals in four games. Scotland were to be their next unfortunate victims as England actually increased their scoring rate.
  

Springett was unable to play in goal owing to injury and Hodgkinson took his place. England maintained their improved form to gain their fourth successive victory in two months. A crowd of 65,000 at Wembley saw the Welsh team play with all their usual fire and sustain long spells of attacking, but they were unable to match the finishing power of the England attack. Just as he had against Spain, Greaves struck a vital blow by scoring in the second minute, following a move which involved Haynes, Robson, and Smith. Using the 4-2-4 formation which they had used effectively in previous matches, with Robson and Haynes acting as the linkmen, the England team went further ahead went Charlton scored following a fierce drive from Flowers from twenty yards. England added a third goal before halftime through Smith and in the second half brought the total to five, when Haynes scored in the sixteenth minute following a slick passing movement  with Charlton, and in the twenty-fifth minute when Greaves beat Kelsey with a great goal after a weaving attack. Wales's consolation goal came when Hodgkinson drooped Woosnam's centre and Leek took it over the line.
     

IT is generally accepted that the current England Soccer XI may be one of the best we have produced for years. But what a pawky preparation they are to have, as a team, during the rest of the current season.
Yesterday the Football Association issued a statement that clubs supplying players for the current international side have been asked to allow their players to participate in the following training sessions:—
   1—At the National Recreation Centre, Lilleshall, on Monday, December 12.
   2—At Southport, on Monday, February 6, 1961, for training with the Under-23 team prior to the Under-23 match against Wales at Everton on February 8.
   3—In London on Monday, March 13, 1961, for training with the Under-23 team prior to the Under-23 match with West Germany on March 15. (Players whose clubs are involved in F.A. Cup semi-final ties would not be considered).
   The team also gets together four days vefore April 15, the date of the Scottish match at Wembley and then on May 3, 8 and 15. May 8 being two days before the match against Mexico at Wembley and May 15, six days before the match in Lisbon against Portugal.
   The F.A. called in Stanley Cullis, manager of Wolves and former England captain, and Billy Wright, former Wolves and England captain, to discuss the situation with Walter Winterbottom, England team manager, Ron Greenwood, Under-23 team manager, the selectors, and Sir Stanley Rous, the F.A. secretary.