Match No. 263 - Wednesday, 9th May 1951
Assist: Tom Finney. "...first Mortensen equalised from a corner kick taken by Finney..." Stan Mortensen21st of 23 goals. , 79'
Assist: Stan Mortensen. "...and then Milburn supplied the finishing touch to a pass from Mortensen after a free kick." Jackie Milburn8th of 10 goals. , 86'
- 1
- Bert WilliamsWolves, 15th of 24 caps
31 years, 3 months, 9 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Alf RamseySpurs, 13th of 32 caps
31 years, 3 months, 18 days
Right Back
- 3
- Bill EckersleyBlackburn, 4th of 17 caps
25 years, 9 months, 24 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 35th of 105 caps
27 years, 3 months, 3 days
Right Half (c)20th captaincy
- 5
- Jim TaylorFulham, 1st of 2 caps
33 years, 6 months, 4 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Henry CockburnMan Utd, 11th of 13 caps
27 years, 7 months, 25 days
Centre Back
- 7
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 31st of 76 caps
29 years, 1 month, 4 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Stan MortensenBlackpool, 23rd of 25 caps
29 years, 11 month, 14 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Jackie MilburnNewcastle Utd, 10th of 13 caps
26 years, 11 month, 29 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Harold HassallHuddersfield, 2nd of 5 caps
22 years, 2 months, 5 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Vic MetcalfeHuddersfield, 1st of 2 caps
29 years, 3 months, 6 days
Outside Left
Mario Boyé, 18'
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- 1
- Miguel Ángel RugiloMiguel Ángel Rugilo.
Born 19th Jan 1919, Buenos Aires.
- 2
- Juan Carlos ColmanJuan Carlos Colman.
Born 15th Dec 1922, Concordia.
35'
- 3
- Juan FilgueirasJuan Manuel Filgueiras.
Born 11th Jan 1927, Avellaneda.
- 4
- Norberto YáconoNorberto Antonio Yácono.
Born 8th Jan 1919, Buenos Aires.
(c)
- 5
- Ubaldo FainaUbaldo Romeo Faina.
Born 25th May 1928, Rosario.
- 6
- Natalio Agustín PesciaNatalio Agustín Pescia.
Born 1st Jan 1922, Maciel Island.
- 7
- Mario BoyéMario Emilio Heriberto Boyé.
Born 30th Jul 1922, Colegiales.
- 8
- Norberto MenéndezNorberto Menéndez.
Born 14th Dec 1936, Buenos Aires.
- 9
- Rubén BravoRubén Norberto Bravo.
Born 16th Nov 1923, Pujato.
- 10
- Ángel LabrunaÁngel Amadeo Labruna.
Born 28th Sep 1918, Buenos Aires.
- 11
- Félix LoustauFélix Loustau.
Born 25th Dec 1922, Avellaneda.
- Ángel AllegriÁngel Natalio Allegri.
Born 26th Dec 1926, Buenos Aires.
35'
Notes
- Match InfoFriendly match to celebrate the Festival of Britain.
- Player MilestoneJim Taylor's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneVic Metcalfe's 1st Cap
Sources
- Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
- YouTube
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- British Pathe Newsreel
- The Guardian "England beat Argrentina, Late goals after many failures", Thursday 10th May 1951, page 2.
Referee
Wales Mervyn Griffiths
ELO Ratings
- Up 1 place, gaining 10 ranking points to 1981 points
England - 4th - 1
Argentina - 1st