Match No. 245 - Saturday, 9th April 1949
- 1
- Frank SwiftMan City, 18th of 19 caps
35 years, 3 months, 16 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Jack AstonMan Utd, 4th of 17 caps
27 years, 7 months, 6 days
Right Back
- 3
- Jack HoweDerby, 3rd of 3 caps
33 years, 6 months, 2 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 19th of 105 caps
25 years, 2 months, 3 days
Right Half (c)4th captaincy
- 5
- Neil FranklinStoke City, 19th of 27 caps
27 years, 2 months, 16 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Henry CockburnMan Utd, 9th of 13 caps
25 years, 6 months, 25 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Stanley MatthewsBlackpool, 30th of 54 caps
34 years, 2 months, 8 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Stan MortensenBlackpool, 10th of 25 caps
27 years, 10 months, 14 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Jackie MilburnNewcastle Utd, 4th of 13 caps
24 years, 10 months, 29 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Stan PearsonMan Utd, 3rd of 8 caps
30 years, 2 months, 25 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 15th of 76 caps
27 years, 0 months, 4 days
Outside Left
Jimmy Mason, 29'
Billy Steel, 52'
Lawrie Reilly, 61'
- 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
- George AitkenGeorge Graham Aitken.
Born 28th May 1925, Lochgelly.
- 7
- Willie WaddellWilliam Waddell.
Born 7th Mar 1921, Forth.
- 8
- Jimmy MasonJames Mason.
Born 18th Jun 1919, Glasgow.
- 9
- Billy HoulistonWilliam Houliston.
Born 4th Apr 1921, Maxwelltown.
- 10
- Billy SteelWilliam Steel.
Born 1st May 1923, Denny.
- 11
- Lawrie ReillyLawrance Reilly.
Born 28th Oct 1928, Edinburgh.
Notes
- Player MilestoneJack Howe's 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
Wales Mervyn Griffiths
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, losing -52 ranking points to 2035 points England - 2nd - 1
Scotland - 8th