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.
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- Roger BocquetRoger Bocquet.
Born 9th Apr 1921, Geneva.
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- Hannes SchmidhauserHannes Schmidhauser.
Born 9th Sep 1926, Ticino.
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- Oliver EggimannOliver Eggimann.
Born 28th Jan 1919, Switzerland.
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- Willy NeukomWilly Neukom.
Born 23rd Feb 1920, Switzerland.
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- Robert BallamanRobert Ballaman.
Born 21st Jun 1926, Reconvilier.
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- Seppe HügiJosef Hügi.
Born 23rd Jan 1930, Riehen.
- 9
- René BaderRené Bader.
Born 7th Aug 1922, Basel.
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- 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'
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- Gil MerrickBirmingham, 6th of 23 caps
30 years, 4 months, 2 days
- 2
- Alf RamseySpurs, 22nd of 32 caps
32 years, 4 months, 6 days
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 43rd of 105 caps
28 years, 3 months, 22 days (c)28th captaincy
- 5
- Jack FroggattPortsmouth, 8th of 13 caps
29 years, 6 months, 11 day
- 8
- Jackie SewellSheffield Wed, 3rd of 6 caps
25 years, 4 months, 4 days
- 10
- Eddie BailySpurs, 8th of 9 caps
26 years, 9 months, 22 days
- 11
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 39th of 76 caps
30 years, 1 month, 23 days
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