Match No. 302 - Saturday, 14th April 1956

  • Graham Leggat, 60'
    • 1
    • Tommy YoungerThomas Younger.
      Born 10th Apr 1930, Edinburgh.
    • 2
    • Alex ParkerAlexander Hershaw Parker.
      Born 2nd Aug 1935, Irvine.
    • 3
    • John HewieJohn Davison Hewie.
      Born 13th Dec 1927, Pretoria, South Africa.
    • 4
    • Bobby EvansRobert Evans.
      Born 16th Jul 1927, Glasgow.
    • 5
    • George YoungGeorge Lewis Young.
      Born 27th Oct 1922, Grangemouth.
       (c)
    • 6
    • Archie GlenArchibald Glen.
      Born 16th Apr 1929, Coalburn.
    • 7
    • Graham LeggatGraham Leggat.
      Born 20th Jun 1934, Aberdeen.
    • 8
    • Bobby JohnstoneRobert Johnstone.
      Born 7th Sep 1929, Selkirk.
    • 9
    • Lawrie ReillyLawrance Reilly.
      Born 28th Oct 1928, Edinburgh.
    • 10
    • Ian McMillanJohn Livingstone McMillan.
      Born 18th Mar 1931, Airdrie.
    • 11
    • Gordon SmithGordon Smith.
      Born 25th May 1924, Edinburgh.
    • 1
    • Reg MatthewsCoventry, 1st of 5 caps
      23 years, 3 months, 25 days
      Goalkeeper
    • 2
    • Jeff HallBirmingham, 5th of 17 caps
      26 years, 7 months, 7 days
      Right Back
    • 3
    • Roger ByrneMan Utd, 18th of 33 caps
      27 years, 2 months, 6 days
      Left Back
    • 4
    • Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 45th of 48 caps
      30 years, 11 month, 20 days
      Right Half
    • 5
    • Billy WrightWolves, 73rd of 105 caps
      32 years, 2 months, 8 days
      Centre Half       (c)58th captaincy
    • 6
    • Duncan EdwardsMan Utd, 5th of 18 caps
      19 years, 6 months, 13 days
      Left Half
    • 7
    • Tom FinneyPreston NE, 60th of 76 caps
      34 years, 0 months, 9 days
      Outside Right
    • 8
    • Tommy TaylorMan Utd, 6th of 19 caps
      24 years, 2 months, 16 days
      Inside Right
    • 9
    • Nat LofthouseBolton, 30th of 33 caps
      30 years, 7 months, 18 days
      Centre Forward
    • 10
    • Johnny HaynesFulham, 4th of 56 caps
      21 years, 5 months, 28 days
      Inside Left
    • 11
    • Bill PerryBlackpool, 3rd of 3 caps
      25 years, 7 months, 4 days
      Outside Left

Notes

  • English third tierMatthews played for Coventry City, a third tier (Third Division South) club. The eighth to do so.
  • Player MilestoneReg Matthews' 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneBill Perry's Last Cap

Sources

  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)

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Referee

  • Wales Leo Callaghan

Attendance

  • 132,817

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • No change in rank, losing -3 ranking points to 1961 points England - 5th
  • Scotland - 12th