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Switzerland vs England match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 20 June 1954, 17:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Switzerland
0-2
England
Competition:
1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 4
Referee:
István Zsolt, Budapest /
Hungary
Attendance, venue:
43 119, Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Goals:
0-1 (43') Jimmy Mullen, 0-2 (69') Dennis Wilshaw
Switzerland football team line-up in match Nr.247
Managed by national coach Karl Rappan (Austria)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Eugène Parlier  
5
25
Servette FC, Genève
André Neury  
26
32
Servette FC, Genève
Roger Bocquet  Captain 
46
33
FC Lausanne-Sports, Lausanne
Willy Kernen  
16
24
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Olivier Eggimann  
38
35
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Heinz Bigler  
4
28
BSC Young Boys, Bern
Charles Antenen  
28
24
FC La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Roger Vonlanthen  
11
23
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
Eugen Meier  
7
24
BSC Young Boys, Bern
Robert Ballaman  
22
27
Grasshopper Club, Zürich
Jacques Fatton  
50
28
Servette FC, Genève
England football team line-up in match Nr.289
Managed by team manager Walter Winterbottom
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Gil Merrick  
22
32
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
Ron Staniforth  
5
30
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
Roger Byrne  
5
24
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Bill McGarry  
1
27
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
Billy Wright  Captain 
60
30
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Jimmy Dickinson  
37
29
Portsmouth FC, Portsmouth
Tom Finney  
53
32
Preston North End FC, Preston
Ivor Broadis  
13
31
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tommy Taylor  
5
22
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Dennis Wilshaw  
2
28
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Jimmy Mullen  
12
31
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Switzerland
11
23.000
28.079
5
0
0
0
England
11
19.545
29.068
7
2
0
0
Historical data sources
La Nouvelle revue de Lausanne (Lausanne), №143, 21 Jun 1954; Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire - Lausanne
Corriere del Ticino (Lugano), №139, 21 Jun 1954; Archivio Storico del Corriere del Ticino
Freiburger Nachrichten (Fribourg), №140, 21 Jun 1954; E-newspaperarchives.ch
La Liberté (Fribourg), №141, 21 Jun 1954; E-newspaperarchives.ch
Neue Zürcher Nachrichten (Zürich), №141, 21 Jun 1954; E-newspaperarchives.ch
Comments

Chris01010 - posted on 22 October 2011 at 01:40:33

The official FIFA website gives the times of the goals as:

James ’Jimmy’ Mullen 43’
Dennis Wilshaw 69’ (link: )

Makar - posted on 26 August 2018 at 20:47:27

Switzerland national team (left to right);
R.Bocquet (c), E.Parlier, R.Vonlanthen, E.Meier, W.Kernen, R.Ballaman, C.Antenen, H.Bigler, A.Neury, O.Eggimann, J.Fatton.

db - posted on 3 January 2019 at 11:23:35

England Beats Switzerland In World Cup (1954)
Wankdorf Stadium, Berne aka Bern, Switzerland.
youtube.com

dudd - posted on 13 December 2019 at 09:51:47

Linesmen - Jose da Costa Vieira, Portugal, and Vasa Stefanovic, Yugoslavia

db - posted on 8 June 2020 at 18:19:10

Switzerland national football team (link: )

dudd - posted on 11 May 2023 at 19:56:11

Video and photo report

youtube.com
Switzerland vs England post-match head-to-head
WP
33.4
P
6
W
2
D
0
L
4
GF
3
GA
16
GF/P
0.500
GA/P
2.667
Av attendance
34 853
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Switzerland national team matches
Previous match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Switzerland vs Italy 2-1
Lausanne, Thursday 17 June 1954
Next match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Switzerland vs Italy 4-1
Basel, Wednesday 23 June 1954
Switzerland matches
England national team matches
Previous match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Belgium vs England 4-4
Basel, Thursday 17 June 1954
Next match:
1954 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament
Uruguay vs England 4-2
Basel, Saturday 26 June 1954
England matches
Top England goal scorers
1. Vivian Woodward (1903 - 1911) - 28 goals
2. Steve Bloomer (1895 - 1907) - 28 goals
3. Stan Mortensen (1947 - 1953) - 23 goals
4. Tom Finney (1946 - 1953) - 23 goals
... Jimmy Mullen (1949 - 1954) - 6 goals
... Dennis Wilshaw (1953 - 1954) - 3 goals
(correct as of June 20, 1954)
top England scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 20 Jun 1954
Wankdorfstadion, Bern
Switzerland 0-2 England
Goals: Mullen 43, Wilshaw 69

Switzerland: Parlier, Neury, Bocquet (c), Kernen, Eggimann, Bigler, Antenen, Vonlanthen, Meier, Ballaman, Fatton. Managed by Rappan (Austria).

England: Merrick, Staniforth, Byrne, McGarry, Wright (c), Dickinson, Finney, Broadis, Taylor, Wilshaw, Mullen. Managed by Winterbottom.

Att: 43 119,
Ref: Zsolt (Hungary)

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