Belgium 5 v 2 England Date 21 Sep 1947 00:00 Venue Stade du Heysel Attendance 54436 England Belgium Thomas Finney [Preston North End] Cornelius Franklin [Stoke City] George Hardwick [Middlesbrough] Thomas Lawton [Chelsea] Wilfred Mannion [Middlesbrough] Stanley Matthews [Blackpool] Stanley Mortensen [Blackpool] Lawrence Scott [Arsenal] Frank Swift [Manchester City] Timothy Ward [Derby County] William Wright [Wolverhampton Wanderers] Francois Daenen, Léon Aernaudts, Joseph Pannaye, Henri Coppens, Fernand Massay, Jules Henriet, Victor Lemberechts, Joseph Mermans, Albert de Cleyn, Léopold Anoul, René Thirifays.