Match No. 276 - Saturday, 18th April 1953
- 1
- Gil MerrickBirmingham, 10th of 23 caps
31 years, 2 months, 23 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Alf RamseySpurs, 26th of 32 caps
33 years, 2 months, 27 days
Right Back
- 3
- Lionel SmithArsenal, 6th of 6 caps
32 years, 7 months, 26 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 47th of 105 caps
29 years, 2 months, 12 days
Right Half (c)32nd captaincy
- 5
- Mal BarrassBolton, 3rd of 3 caps
28 years, 4 months, 5 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 24th of 48 caps
27 years, 11 month, 24 days
Left Half
- 7
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 43rd of 76 caps
31 years, 0 months, 13 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Ivor BroadisMan City, 4th of 14 caps
30 years, 4 months, 0 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Nat LofthouseBolton, 12th of 33 caps
27 years, 7 months, 22 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Redfearn FroggattSheffield Wed, 3rd of 4 caps
28 years, 7 months, 26 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Jack FroggattPortsmouth, 12th of 13 caps
30 years, 5 months, 1 day
Outside Left
- Lawrie Reilly, 55'
- Lawrie Reilly, 90'
- 1
- George FarmGeorge Neil Farm.
Born 13th Jul 1924, Slateford.
- 2
- George YoungGeorge Lewis Young.
Born 27th Oct 1922, Grangemouth.
(c)
- 3
- Sammy CoxSamuel Richmond Cox.
Born 13th Apr 1924, Darvel.
- 70'
- 4
- Tommy DochertyThomas Henderson Docherty.
Born 24th Apr 1928, Glasgow.
- 5
- Frank BrennanFrancis Brennan.
Born 23rd Apr 1924, Annathill.
- 6
- Doug CowieDouglas Cowie.
Born 5th May 1926, Aberdeen.
- 7
- Tommy WrightThomas Wright.
Born 20th Jan 1928, Clackmannan.
- 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 InjuryCox injured himself tackling Finney in the build up to the English second goal.
- Player MilestoneLionel Smith's Last Cap
- Player MilestoneMal Barrass' Last Cap
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
- Up 1 place, losing -10 ranking points to 2003 points England - 3rd - 1
- Scotland - 5th