Match No. 262 - Saturday, 14th April 1951
- 1
- Bert WilliamsWolves, 14th of 24 caps
31 years, 2 months, 14 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Alf RamseySpurs, 12th of 32 caps
31 years, 2 months, 23 days
Right Back
- 3
- Bill EckersleyBlackburn, 3rd of 17 caps
25 years, 8 months, 29 days
Left Back
- 4
- Harry JohnstonBlackpool, 3rd of 10 caps
31 years, 6 months, 18 days
Right Half
- 5
- Jack FroggattPortsmouth, 3rd of 13 caps
28 years, 4 months, 27 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Billy WrightWolves, 34th of 105 caps
27 years, 2 months, 8 days
Left Half (c)19th captaincy
- 7
- Stanley MatthewsBlackpool, 33rd of 54 caps
36 years, 2 months, 13 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Wilf MannionMiddlesbrough, 25th of 26 caps
32 years, 10 months, 29 days
Inside Right - 11'
- 9
- Stan MortensenBlackpool, 22nd of 25 caps
29 years, 10 months, 19 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Harold HassallHuddersfield, 1st of 5 caps
22 years, 1 month, 10 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 30th of 76 caps
29 years, 0 months, 9 days
Outside Left
- Bobby Johnstone, 33'
- Lawrie Reilly, 47'
- Billy Liddell, 54'
- 1
- Jimmy CowanJames Clews Cowan.
Born 16th Jun 1926, Paisley.
- 2
- George YoungGeorge Lewis Young.
Born 27th Oct 1922, Grangemouth.
(c)
- 3
- Sammy CoxSamuel Richmond Cox.
Born 13th Apr 1924, Darvel.
- 4
- Bobby EvansRobert Evans.
Born 16th Jul 1927, Glasgow.
- 5
- Willie WoodburnWilliam Alexander Woodburn.
Born 8th Aug 1919, Edinburgh.
- 6
- Willie RedpathWilliam Yates Redpath.
Born 8th Aug 1922, Stoneyburn.
- 7
- Willie WaddellWilliam Waddell.
Born 7th Mar 1921, Forth.
- 8
- Bobby JohnstoneRobert Johnstone.
Born 7th Sep 1929, Selkirk.
- 9
- Lawrie ReillyLawrance Reilly.
Born 28th Oct 1928, Edinburgh.
- 10
- Billy SteelWilliam Steel.
Born 1st May 1923, Denny.
- 11
- Billy LiddellWilliam Beveridge Liddell.
Born 10th Jan 1922, Fife.
Notes
- Player InjuryWilf Mannion fractured a cheekbone whilst going up for a ball against Liddell and was stretched off after 11 minutes. England played on with 10 men.
- Player InjuryStan Mortensen failed to appear after the interval because of a facial injury sustained in the first half. He was treated on the side-lines and returned after England had gone 2-1 down.
- Player MilestoneWilf Mannion's 25th Cap
- Player MilestoneHarold Hassall's 1st Cap
- Goal MilestoneHarold Hassall's 1st Goal
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
Referee
- Northern Ireland Thomas Mitchell
ELO Ratings
- Down 2 places, losing -28 ranking points to 1971 points England - 5th - 2
- Scotland - 4th