 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Manager Walter Winterbottom akatanga kutsvaga winger anodzivirira, uye saka akashandisa Matthews kamwe chete muna 1949 3 1 kukundwa kuScotland muBritish Home Championship. Mushure mekushamisika muFA kutenderera kweCanada ndipo paakadanwa seminiti yekupedzisira kuEngland squad ye1950 FIFA World Cup muBrazil. Haana kutamba mukukunda Chile kana mukukundwa kwakashatakuUnited States, asi akatamba kamwe chete, mukukundwa neSpain 1-0 paMaracanã Stadium. Kugadzirira kwacho kwakanga kusina kunaka sezvo FA isina kutora makwikwi zvakakomba, uye hotera yakanga ine zvokudya zvisingafadzi uye pasina nzvimbo dzokurovedza. 