Match No. 288 - Thursday, 17th June 1954, 6:10pm
- 1
- Gil MerrickBirmingham, 21st of 23 caps
32 years, 4 months, 22 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Ron StaniforthHuddersfield, 4th of 8 caps
30 years, 2 months, 4 days
Right Back
- 3
- Roger ByrneMan Utd, 4th of 33 caps
25 years, 4 months, 9 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 59th of 105 caps
30 years, 4 months, 11 day
Right Half (c)44th captaincy
- 5
- Syd OwenLuton Town, 3rd of 3 caps
32 years, 3 months, 17 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 36th of 48 caps
29 years, 1 month, 23 days
Left Half
- 7
- Stanley MatthewsBlackpool, 37th of 54 caps
39 years, 4 months, 16 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Ivor BroadisNewcastle Utd, 12th of 14 caps
31 years, 5 months, 30 days
Inside Right
- 9
- Nat LofthouseBolton, 20th of 33 caps
28 years, 9 months, 21 day
Centre Forward
- 10
- Tommy TaylorMan Utd, 4th of 19 caps
22 years, 4 months, 19 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 52nd of 76 caps
32 years, 2 months, 12 days
Outside Left
Pol Anoul, 5'
Henri Coppens, 67'
Pol Anoul, 74'
Jimmy Dickinson, 93' (og)
- 1
- Léopold GernaeyLéopold Gernaey.
Born 25th Feb 1927.
- 2
- Marcel DriesMarcel Dries.
Born 19th Sep 1929.
- 3
- Alfons Van BrandtAlfons Van Brandt.
Born 24th Jun 1927.
- 4
- Constant HuysmansConstant Huysmans.
Born 11th Oct 1928.
- 5
- Louis CarréLouis Carré.
Born 7th Jan 1925.
- 6
- Vic MeesVictor Mees.
Born 26th Jan 1927.
- 11
- Joseph MermansJoseph Mermans.
Born 16th Feb 1922.
(c)
- 10
- Pol AnoulLéopold Anoul.
Born 19th Aug 1922.
- 9
- Henri CoppensHenri 'Rik' François Louis Coppens.
Born 29th Apr 1930.
- 8
- Denis HoufDenis Houf.
Born 16th Feb 1932.
- 16
- Pieter van den BoschPieter van den Bosch.
Born 31st Oct 1927.
Notes
- Match InfoFirst ever England match to progress to extra time.
- Match InfoThe game was recorded as a draw after the 30 minutes of extra time. There were no penalty kicks.
- World Cup FormatThe 1954 World Cup had a peculiar format. Two seeded teams would be drawn with two non-seeded teams in each of the four groups of four. Instead of the usual round-robin format the seeded teams only played the non-seeded teams and extra-time was used for group matches ending in a draw.
- Player MilestoneSyd Owen's Last Cap
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)
- Official FIFA report
- Royal Belgian Football Association
Referee
West Germany Emil Schmetzer
ELO Ratings
No change in rank, losing -18 ranking points to 1999 points England - 4th
Belgium - 14th
World Cup 1954
(Group 4)

- England
- 3
- +2
- 0
- 1
- 1
- 2

- Italy
- 2
- +2
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 2

- Switzerlan...
- 2
- -1
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 2

- Belgium
- 1
- -3
- 1
- 1
- 0
- 2