Match No. 272 - Wednesday, 28th May 1952
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- Thomas PreissThomas Preiss.
Born 11th Feb 1918, Schaffhausen.
- 2
- Willy KernenWilhelm Kernen.
Born 6th Aug 1929, La Chaux-de-Fords.
- 3
- Roger BocquetRoger Bocquet.
Born 9th Apr 1921, Geneva.
- 4
- Hannes SchmidhauserHannes Schmidhauser.
Born 9th Sep 1926, Ticino.
- 5
- Oliver EggimannOliver Eggimann.
Born 28th Jan 1919, Switzerland.
- 6
- Willy NeukomWilly Neukom.
Born 23rd Feb 1920, Switzerland.
- 7
- Robert BallamanRobert Ballaman.
Born 21st Jun 1926, Reconvilier.
- 8
- Seppe HügiJosef Hügi.
Born 23rd Jan 1930, Riehen.
- 9
- René BaderRené Bader.
Born 7th Aug 1922, Basel.
- 10
- Lucien PasteurLucien Pasteur.
Born 30th Sep 1921, Geneva.
- 11
- Jacky FattonJacques Fatton.
Born 19th Dec 1925, Exincourt, France.
Assist: Ronnie Allen. "In the thirteenth minute Sewell, the inside right, put them in front with a lobbed shot from Allen's corner." Jackie Sewell2nd of 3 goals. , 13'
Assist: Jackie Sewell. "After six minutes of the second half Lofthouse picked up a long through pass from Sewell and beat the advancing goalkeeper." Nat Lofthouse8th of 30 goals. , 51'
"...and then in the last minute Lofthouse scored the third goal." Nat Lofthouse9th of 30 goals. , 89'
- 1
- Gil MerrickBirmingham, 6th of 23 caps
30 years, 4 months, 2 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Alf RamseySpurs, 22nd of 32 caps
32 years, 4 months, 6 days
Right Back
- 3
- Bill EckersleyBlackburn, 8th of 17 caps
26 years, 10 months, 12 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 43rd of 105 caps
28 years, 3 months, 22 days
Right Half (c)28th captaincy
- 5
- Jack FroggattPortsmouth, 8th of 13 caps
29 years, 6 months, 11 day
Centre Half
- 6
- Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 20th of 48 caps
27 years, 1 month, 4 days
Left Half
- 7
- Ronnie AllenWBA, 1st of 5 caps
23 years, 4 months, 13 days
Centre Forward
- 8
- Jackie SewellSheffield Wed, 3rd of 6 caps
25 years, 4 months, 4 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Nat LofthouseBolton, 8th of 33 caps
26 years, 9 months, 1 day
Centre Forward
- 10
- Eddie BailySpurs, 8th of 9 caps
26 years, 9 months, 22 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 39th of 76 caps
30 years, 1 month, 23 days
Outside Left
Notes
- Goal Disallowed"Sewell put the ball in the net again after sixteen minutes but he was offside."
- Player MilestoneRonnie Allen's 1st Cap
Sources
- England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
- The Guardian "England wins at Zurich", Thursday, 29th May 1952, page 3.
Referee
Belgium Louis Baert
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, gaining 9 ranking points to 2015 points England - 3rd
Switzerland - 24th