Match No. 266 - Saturday, 20th October 1951

  • Billy Foulkes, 3'
    • 1
    • Bill ShorttWilliam Warren Shortt.
      Born 13th Oct 1920, Wrexham.
    • 2
    • Walley BarnesWalley Barnes.
      Born 16th Jan 1920, Brecon.
    • 3
    • Alf SherwoodAlfred Thomas Sherwood.
      Born 13th Nov 1923, Aberaman.
    • 4
    • Roy PaulRoy Paul.
      Born 18th Apr 1920, Ton Pentre.
    • 5
    • Ray DanielWilliam Raymond Daniel.
      Born 2nd Nov 1928, Swansea.
    • 6
    • Ronnie BurgessWilliam Arthur Ronald Burgess.
      Born 9th Apr 1917, Ebbw Vale.
    • 7
    • Billy FoulkesWilliam Isaiah Foulkes.
      Born 29th May 1926, Merthyr Tydfil.
    • 8
    • Noel KinseyNoel Kinsey.
      Born 24th Dec 1925, Treorchy.
    • 9
    • Trevor FordTrevor Ford.
      Born 1st Oct 1923, Swansea.
    • 10
    • Ivor AllchurchIvor John Allchurch.
      Born 16th Oct 1929, Swansea.
      Brother of Len Allchurch.
    • 11
    • Roy ClarkeRoyston James Clarke.
      Born 1st Jun 1925, Newport.
    • 1
    • Bert WilliamsWolves, 18th of 24 caps
      31 years, 8 months, 20 days
      Goalkeeper
    • 2
    • Alf RamseySpurs, 16th of 32 caps
      31 years, 8 months, 29 days
      Right Back
    • 3
    • Lionel SmithArsenal, 2nd of 6 caps
      31 years, 1 month, 28 days
      Left Back
    • 4
    • Billy WrightWolves, 37th of 105 caps
      27 years, 8 months, 14 days
      Right Half       (c)22nd captaincy
    • 5
    • Mal BarrassBolton, 1st of 3 caps
      26 years, 10 months, 7 days
      Centre Half
    • 6
    • Jimmy DickinsonPortsmouth, 14th of 48 caps
      26 years, 5 months, 26 days
      Left Half
    • 7
    • Tom FinneyPreston NE, 34th of 76 caps
      29 years, 6 months, 15 days
      Outside Right
    • 8
    • Tommy ThompsonAston Villa, 1st of 2 caps
      22 years, 11 month, 10 days
      Inside Right
    • 9
    • Nat LofthouseBolton, 2nd of 33 caps
      26 years, 1 month, 24 days
      Centre Forward
    • 10
    • Eddie BailySpurs, 5th of 9 caps
      26 years, 2 months, 14 days
      Inside Left
    • 11
    • Leslie MedleySpurs, 4th of 6 caps
      31 years, 1 month, 17 days
      Outside Left

Notes

  • Player MilestoneMal Barrass' 1st Cap
  • Player MilestoneTommy Thompson's 1st Cap

Sources

  • England: The Complete Post-War Record by Mike Payne (Breedon Books Publishing Company 1993)

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Managers

Referee

  • Scotland Douglas Gerrard

Attendance

  • 60,000

Half Time Score

ELO Ratings

  • No change in rank, losing -7 ranking points to 1969 points England - 5th
  • Wales - 14th