Match No. 300 - Wednesday, 2nd November 1955

    • 1
    • Ron BaynhamLuton Town, 2nd of 3 caps
      26 years, 4 months, 22 days
      Goalkeeper
    • 2
    • Jeff HallBirmingham, 3rd of 17 caps
      26 years, 1 month, 25 days
      Right Back
    • 3
    • Roger ByrneMan Utd, 16th of 33 caps
      26 years, 8 months, 22 days
      Left Back
    • 4
    • Ronnie ClaytonBlackburn, 1st of 35 caps
      21 years, 2 months, 28 days
      Right Half
    • 5
    • Billy WrightWolves, 71st of 105 caps
      31 years, 8 months, 25 days
      Centre Half       (c)56th captaincy
    • 6
    • Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 43rd of 48 caps
      30 years, 6 months, 8 days
      Left Half
    • 7
    • Tom FinneyPreston NE, 58th of 76 caps
      33 years, 6 months, 27 days
      Outside Right
    • 8
    • Johnny HaynesFulham, 2nd of 56 caps
      21 years, 0 months, 16 days
      Inside Right
    • 9
    • Bedford JezzardFulham, 2nd of 2 caps
      28 years, 0 months, 14 days
      Centre Forward
    • 10
    • Dennis WilshawWolves, 9th of 12 caps
      29 years, 7 months, 22 days
      Inside Left
    • 11
    • Bill PerryBlackpool, 1st of 3 caps
      25 years, 1 month, 22 days
      Outside Left
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    • 1
    • Norman UprichardWilliam Norman McCourt Uprichard.
      Born 20th Apr 1928, Lurgan.
    • 2
    • Willie CunninghamWilliam Edward Cunningham.
      Born 20th Feb 1930, Mallusk.
    • 3
    • Len GrahamWilliam George Leonard Graham.
      Born 17th Oct 1925, Belfast.
    • 4
    • Danny BlanchflowerRobert Dennis Blanchflower.
      Born 10th Feb 1926, Belfast.
      Older brother of Jackie Blanchflower.       (c)
    • 5
    • Terry McCavanaWilliam Terence McCavana.
      Born 24th Jan 1921, Belfast.
    • 6
    • Bertie PeacockRobert Peacock.
      Born 29th Sep 1928, Coleraine.
    • 7
    • Billy BinghamWilliam Laurence Bingham.
      Born 5th Aug 1931, Belfast.
    • 8
    • Jimmy McIlroyJames McIlroy.
      Born 25th Oct 1931, Lambeg.
    • 9
    • Fay CoyleFrancis Coyle.
      Born 1st Apr 1933, Londonderry.
    • 10
    • Charlie TullyCharles Patrick Tully.
      Born 11th Jul 1924, Belfast.
    • 11
    • Peter McPartlandPeter James McParland.
      Born 25th Apr 1934, Newry.

Notes

  • Match MilestoneEngland's 300th Match
  • Player MilestoneRonnie Clayton's 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneBedford Jezzard's Last Cap
  • Player MilestoneBill Perry's 1st Cap
  • Goal MilestoneTom Finney's 25th Goal

Sources

  • Wembley - The Complete Record 1923 - 2000 by Glen Isherwood (Sports Books 2006)
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)

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Managers

Referee

  • Wales Mervyn Griffiths

Attendance

  • 62,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • No change in rank, gaining 5 ranking points to 1956 points England - 6th
  • Northern Ireland - 35th