Match No. 250 - Saturday, 15th October 1949
Mal Griffiths, 80'
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- Cyril SidlowCyril Sidlow.
Born 26th Nov 1915, Colwyn Bay.
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- Walley BarnesWalley Barnes.
Born 16th Jan 1920, Brecon.
(c)
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- Alf SherwoodAlfred Thomas Sherwood.
Born 13th Nov 1923, Aberaman.
- 4
- Roy PaulRoy Paul.
Born 18th Apr 1920, Ton Pentre.
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- TG JonesThomas George Jones.
Born 12th Oct 1917, Queensferry.
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- Ronnie BurgessWilliam Arthur Ronald Burgess.
Born 9th Apr 1917, Ebbw Vale.
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- Mal GriffithsWilliam Maldwyn Griffiths.
Born 8th Mar 1919, Merthyr Tydfil.
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- Billy LucasWilliam Henry Lucas.
Born 15th Jan 1918, Newport.
- 9
- Trevor FordTrevor Ford.
Born 1st Oct 1923, Swansea.
- 10
- Frank ScrineFrancis Henry Scrine.
Born 9th Jan 1925, Wales.
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- George EdwardsGeorge Edwards.
Born 2nd Dec 1920, Treherbert.
- 1
- Bert WilliamsWolves, 3rd of 24 caps
29 years, 8 months, 15 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Bert MozleyDerby, 2nd of 3 caps
26 years, 0 months, 24 days
Right Back
- 3
- Jack AstonMan Utd, 9th of 17 caps
28 years, 1 month, 12 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 24th of 105 caps
25 years, 8 months, 9 days
Right Half (c)9th captaincy
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- Neil FranklinStoke City, 24th of 27 caps
27 years, 8 months, 22 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 4th of 48 caps
24 years, 5 months, 21 day
Left Half
- 7
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 20th of 76 caps
27 years, 6 months, 10 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Stan MortensenBlackpool, 13th of 25 caps
28 years, 4 months, 20 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Jackie MilburnNewcastle Utd, 5th of 13 caps
25 years, 5 months, 4 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Len ShackletonSunderland, 3rd of 5 caps
27 years, 5 months, 12 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Johnny HancocksWolves, 2nd of 3 caps
30 years, 5 months, 15 days
Outside Left
Notes
- Player InjurySkipper Wright was injured early on in the second half and he move to the left wing for the remainder of the game.
- World Cup QualificationThe 1949/50 British Home Championship was used as a qualfying group for the 1950 World Cup.
- Hat-Trick: Jackie Milburn1st hat-trick (40th overall). 43 minutes between first and third goals.
- Match MilestoneEngland's 250th Match
- Goal MilestoneStan Mortensen, 22' - 750th goal scored by England
Sources
- England - The Quest for the World Cup - A Complete Record by Clive Leatherdale (Two Heads Publishing 1994)
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
Referee
Scotland John Mowatt
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 24 ranking points to 2031 points
England - 2nd - 1
Wales - 15th
World Cup 1950 Q
(Pool 1)

- England
- 6
- +11
- 0
- 0
- 3
- 3

- Scotland
- 4
- +7
- 1
- 0
- 2
- 3

- Wales
- 1
- -5
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 3

- Ireland
- 1
- -13
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 3