Match No. 282 - Wednesday, 21st October 1953

  • László Kubala, 5' (pen)
  • Giampiero Boniperti, 15'
  • Giampiero Boniperti, 39'
  • László Kubala, 64'
    • 1
    • Walter Zeman  
    •  HT
    • 2
    • Joaquín Navarro  
    • 3
    • Gerhard Hanappi  
    • 4
    • Zlatko Čajkovski  
    • 5
    • Jupp Posipal  
    • 6
    • Ernst Ocwirk (c) 
    • 7
    • Giampiero Boniperti  
    • 8
    • László Kubala  
    • 9
    • Gunnar Nordahl  
    • 10
    • Bernard Vukas  
    • 11
    • Branko Zebec  
    • 12
    • Vladimir Beara  
    •  HT

Notes

  • Match InfoFA 90th Anniversary match.
  • Penalty: Alf Ramsey2nd scored from 2 taken. "...with seconds remaining Cajkovski brought down Mortensen and Alf Ramsey rescued England at the death from a penalty."
  • Player MilestoneDerek Ufton's Only Cap

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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Referee

  •  Mervyn Griffiths

Attendance

  • 96,000

Half Time Score

  • England 2 - 3 The Rest of Europe

ELO Rankings

  •  England - 3rd   0
  •  The Rest of Europe - th