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Match No. 254 - Sunday, 14th May 1950

Portugal 3 - 5 England
Friendly
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon

Henrique Ben David, 48'

Henrique Ben David, 59'

Manuel Vasques, 70'

1
Ernesto de Oliveira

2
Virgilio Mendes
31'

3
Angelo Carvalho

4
Serafim Batista

5
Felix Assuncao Antunes

6
Francisco Ferreira
25'

7
Rogerio Carvalho

8
Manuel Vasques

9
Henrique Ben David

10
José Travacos

11
Albano Pereira

12
Carlos Canario
25'

13
Octavio Barrosa
31'

Tom Finney, 5' (pen)

Stan Mortensen, 15'

Tom Finney, 28'

Tom Finney, 55'

Tom Finney, 72' (pen)

2
Alf Ramsey

3
Jack Aston

4
Billy Wright (c)

5
Bill Jones

9
Roy Bentley

10
Wilf Mannion

11
Tom Finney

Notes

Penalty: Tom Finney: 1st scored from 1 taken. "Finney was tripped [and] took the kick himself and calmly placed the ball past the goalkeeper."
Penalty: Tom Finney: 2nd scored from 2 taken. "...Mortensen had his legs taken from under him by Barrosa, and England were awarded a penalty...Finney, again taking the kick, calmly and cooly put the ball wide to the right of the Portuguese goalkeeper."
Player Milestone: Bill Jones' 1st Cap

Sources

Western Morning News "Brilliant Finney had hard job beating Portugal", Monday 15th May 1950, page 8.