Match No. 238 - Wednesday, 19th November 1947

  • Gunnar Nordahl, 22'
  • Gunnar Gren, 68' (pen)
  •  
  •  
    • 1
    • Torsten Lindberg  
    • 2
    • Knut Nordahl  
    • 3
    • Erik Nilsson (c) 
    • 4
    • Sune Andersson  
    • 5
    • Bertil Nordahl  
    • 6
    • Rune Emanuelsson  
    • 7
    • Malte Mårtensson  
    • 8
    • Gunnar Gren  
    • 9
    • Gunnar Nordahl  
    • 10
    • Nils Liedholm  
    • 11
    • Stellan Nilsson  

Notes

  • Penalty: Tommy Lawton2nd scored from 2 taken (100.0%). England's 22nd overall. "Then came Lawton's penalty after Mortensen had been tripped from behind."
  • Hat-Trick: Stan Mortensen2nd hat-trick (38th overall). 78 minutes between first and third goals.
  • Player MilestonePhil Taylor's Last Cap

Sources

  • Western Daily Press "England maintain supremacy", Thursday 20th November 1947, page 2.
  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)
  • www.svenskfotboll.se

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Referee

  •  Willie E Webb

Attendance

  • 44,282

Half Time Score

  • England 3 - 1 Sweden

ELO Rankings

  •  England - 3rd   1
  •  Sweden - 11th