Saturday 27 April 1957

Won

Cardiff
2–3
Man Utd

43′
Scanlon
86′
Dawson
90′
Scanlon
47′
Hitchens
52′
Hitchens
0′HTFT
  1. 43' Albert Scanlon
  2. 47' Gerry Hitchens
  3. 52' Gerry Hitchens
  4. 86' Alex Dawson
  5. 90' Albert Scanlon

Starting XI

11Scanlon×210Viollet9Dawson8Whelan7Webster
6McGuinness4Colman
3Greaves5Blanchflower2Foulkes
1Wood

3-2-5 — approximate shape, inferred from classic shirt numbering

Verified from 20 cited sources and the canonical match record.