Match No. 253 - Saturday, 15th April 1950
- 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
- Ian McCollJohn Miller McColl.
Born 7th Jun 1927, Alexandria.
- 5
- Willie WoodburnWilliam Alexander Woodburn.
Born 8th Aug 1919, Edinburgh.
- 6
- Alec ForbesAlexander Rooney Forbes.
Born 21st Jan 1925, Dundee.
- 7
- Willie WaddellWilliam Waddell.
Born 7th Mar 1921, Forth.
- 8
- Willie MoirWilliam Moir.
Born 19th Apr 1922, Aberdeen.
- 9
- Willie BauldWilliam Russell Logan Bauld.
Born 24th Jan 1928, Edinburgh.
- 10
- Billy SteelWilliam Steel.
Born 1st May 1923, Denny.
- 11
- Billy LiddellWilliam Beveridge Liddell.
Born 10th Jan 1922, Fife.
- 1
- Bert WilliamsWolves, 5th of 24 caps
30 years, 2 months, 15 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Alf RamseySpurs, 3rd of 32 caps
30 years, 2 months, 24 days
Right Back
- 3
- Jack AstonMan Utd, 12th of 17 caps
28 years, 7 months, 12 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 27th of 105 caps
26 years, 2 months, 9 days
Right Half (c)12th captaincy
- 5
- Neil FranklinStoke City, 27th of 27 caps
28 years, 2 months, 22 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 5th of 48 caps
24 years, 11 month, 21 day
Left Half
- 7
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 23rd of 76 caps
28 years, 0 months, 10 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Wilf MannionMiddlesbrough, 17th of 26 caps
31 years, 10 months, 30 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Stan MortensenBlackpool, 16th of 25 caps
28 years, 10 months, 20 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Roy BentleyChelsea, 2nd of 12 caps
25 years, 10 months, 29 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Bob LangtonBolton, 10th of 11 caps
31 years, 7 months, 7 days
Outside Left
Notes
- World Cup QualificationThe 1949/50 British Home Championship was used as a qualfying group for the 1950 World Cup. England finished first with three wins from three whilst Scotland also qualified as runner-ups, however they declined FIFA's invitation.
- Goal DisallowedMortensen had a goal disallowed for offside after 51 minutes.
- Player MilestoneNeil Franklin's Last Cap
- Goal MilestoneRoy Bentley's 1st Goal
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
Reginald James Leafe
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 20 ranking points to 2065 points England - 2nd
Scotland - 7th
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