284 - Wednesday, 25th November 1953, 2:15pm

Assist: Stan Mortensen. "It was Johnston, moving far up the field in a grand manner of an attacking centre half of old, who made the equalising goal after fifteen minutes. A neat forward pass to Mortensen was swiftly turned to Sewell who just squeezed his shot home from a tight angle."Jackie Sewell3rd of 3 goals. Left-footed from 12 yards., 15' 14:47
"Mortensen was trying desperately hard with little support and was rewarded when sheer persistence and run of the ball enabeld him to force his way through alone and score from close range."Stan Mortensen23rd of 23 goals. , 38'
"..an unnecessary whipping of Robb's legs from under him gave Ramsey his customary Wembley goal from the penalty spot."Alf Ramsey3rd of 3 goals. , 60' 59:05 (pen)

1Gil MerrickBirmingham, 17th of 23 caps
31 years, 9 months, 30 days
Goalkeeper
2Alf RamseySpurs, 32nd of 32 caps
33 years, 10 months, 3 days
Right Back
3Bill EckersleyBlackburn, 17th of 17 caps
28 years, 4 months, 9 days
Left Back
4Billy WrightWolves, 55th of 105 caps
29 years, 9 months, 19 days
Right Half (c)40th captaincy
5Harry JohnstonBlackpool, 10th of 10 caps
34 years, 1 month, 29 days
Centre Back
6Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 32nd of 48 caps
28 years, 7 months, 1 day
Left Half
7Stanley MatthewsBlackpool, 36th of 54 caps
38 years, 9 months, 24 days
Outside Right
8Ernie TaylorBlackpool, Only Cap
28 years, 2 months, 23 days
Inside Right
9Stan MortensenBlackpool, 25th of 25 caps
32 years, 5 months, 30 days
Centre Forward
10Jackie SewellSheffield Wed, 5th of 6 caps
26 years, 10 months, 1 day
Inside Left
11George RobbSpurs, Only Cap
27 years, 5 months, 24 days
Outside Left

"Within a minute Hungary had scored. After a throw-in Bozsik made a perfect short pass to Hidegkuti, who shot instantaneously from an angle fifteen yards out and left Merrick helpless."Nándor Hidegkuti, 1' 0:42
"A beautifully patterned move gave [Hidegkuti] a goal..."Nándor Hidegkuti, 20' 19:56
"...and then before half an hour had passed Puskas scored twice. The first was a wonderful goal. A move from the right, a short pass, and Puskas, with Dickinson right upon him, swivelled like lightning and smashed the ball in from an angle which gave him about a foot to ain at between Merrick and the post."Ferenc Puskás, 24' 23:36
"Three minutes later Bozsik from 30 yards drove a free kick low and viciously. The ball glanced off Puskas and again the denfece was motionless."Ferenc Puskás, 27' 26:56
"A fine header frrom Kocsis was flicked on to a post by Merrick and the ball went out to Bozsik, who from twenty yards drove home a superb unstoppable shot."József Bozsik, 52' 51:56
"Then Puskas, a great artist, held the ball on the left until the defenders were in position before lobbing a perfect pass over thir heads to the exact point where Hidegkuti could meet it at top speed and smash it home."Nándor Hidegkuti, 56' 55:15

England Starting Formation

3-2-5

Hungary goal disallowedHungary have a seemingly legitimate goal by Hidegkuti chalked off after 11 minutes for offside. TV footage seems to suggest he was quite a few yards onside.
Shirt NumbersGrosics wore no shirt number in the second half. When Géller replaced him he also wore no shirt number.
Player MilestoneAlf Ramsey's Last Cap
Player MilestoneBill Eckersley's Last Cap
Player MilestoneHarry Johnston's Last Cap
Player MilestoneErnie Taylor's Only Cap
Player MilestoneStan Mortensen's 25th & Last Cap
Player MilestoneGeorge Robb's Only Cap
Penalty: Alf Ramsey3rd scored from 3 taken (100.0%). England's 27th overall. "Alf Ramsey scored a penalty for England...after Robb had been brought down by Grosics..." Ramsey cooly side-foots the penalty into the bottom right corner.

Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
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The Anatomy of England by Jonathan Wilson (Orion 2010)
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