Match No. 289 - Sunday, 20th June 1954, 5:10pm
- 2
- Eugène ParlierEugène Parlier.
Born 13th Feb 1929, Montreux.
- 7
- André NeuryAndré Neury.
Born 3rd Mar 1921, Swtizerland.
- 4
- Roger BocquetRoger Bocquet.
Born 9th Apr 1921, Geneva.
- 14
- Willy KernenWilhelm Kernen.
Born 6th Aug 1929, La Chaux-de-Fords.
- 10
- Oliver EggimannOliver Eggimann.
Born 28th Jan 1919, Switzerland.
- 8
- Heinz BiglerHeinz Bigler.
Born 21st Dec 1925, Bern.
- 15
- Charles AntenenCharles Antenen.
Born 3rd Nov 1929, La Chaux-de-Fords.
- 22
- Roger VonlanthenRoger Vonlanthen.
Born 5th Dec 1930, Geneva.
- 20
- Eugen MeierEugen Meier.
Born 30th Apr 1930, Schaffhausen.
- 16
- Robert BallamanRobert Ballaman.
Born 21st Jun 1926, Reconvilier.
- 17
- Jacky FattonJacques Fatton.
Born 19th Dec 1925, Exincourt, France.
- 1
- Gil MerrickBirmingham, 22nd of 23 caps
32 years, 4 months, 25 days
Goalkeeper
- 2
- Ron StaniforthHuddersfield, 5th of 8 caps
30 years, 2 months, 7 days
Right Back
- 3
- Roger ByrneMan Utd, 5th of 33 caps
25 years, 4 months, 12 days
Left Back
- 4
- Billy WrightWolves, 60th of 105 caps
30 years, 4 months, 14 days
Right Half (c)45th captaincy
- 14
- Bill McGarryHuddersfield, 1st of 4 caps
27 years, 0 months, 10 days
Centre Half
- 6
- Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 37th of 48 caps
29 years, 1 month, 26 days
Left Half
- 17
- Jimmy MullenWolves, 12th of 12 caps
31 years, 5 months, 14 days
Outside Right
- 8
- Ivor BroadisNewcastle Utd, 13th of 14 caps
31 years, 6 months, 2 days
Inside Right
- 15
- Dennis WilshawWolves, 2nd of 12 caps
28 years, 3 months, 9 days
Centre Forward
- 10
- Tommy TaylorMan Utd, 5th of 19 caps
22 years, 4 months, 22 days
Inside Left
- 11
- Tom FinneyPreston NE, 53rd of 76 caps
32 years, 2 months, 15 days
Outside Left
Notes
- 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.
In the first match Switzerland beat seeded Italy before England and Belgium played out a 3-3 draw, the game progressed to extra time where both teams scored one each ending with a 4-4 draw. In the other matches Italy beat Belgium 4-1 and England beat Switzerland 2-0 leaving England top of the group with 3 points but both Italy and Switzerland on 2 points. This was an era where using any kind of secondary classification system was unheard of - forget penalties, not even goal difference was considered. So, Italy and Switzerland entered into a play-off on 23rd June that the host won 2-1.
- Player MilestoneBill McGarry's 1st Cap
- Player MilestoneJimmy Mullen'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
Referee
Hungary Istvan Zsolt
ELO Ratings
Down 1 place, gaining 23 ranking points to 2022 points England - 5th - 1
Switzerland - 23rd
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