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	Many thanks to Simon Shakeshaft, curator of the National Football Shirt Collection for supplying us with these photos of the shirt worn by John Aston against Ireland in 1950. It is part of the Neville Evans Collection.
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England made a slight change in their strip at the beginning of 1949, although the shirt's basic design, collar, long sleeves (typically rolled up above the elbows during play), three buttons down the front, remained the same. The most noticeable change came in the three-lions emblem.  The crown at the emblem's top disappeared, and the emblem's shape and design became close to what they are today. A trip to Portugal before the 1950 World Cup saw a new milestone in England's football kit history. The number-three shirt pictured above is a fine example of the new short-sleeved variation, this one worn by John Aston, against Ireland in October 1950. Belfast in early October was evidently considered balmy enough for England to take the field in their new lighter attire, though, of course, no self-respecting English international would ever play with his sleeves rolled down, anyway. From the beginning of 1950, the name of the opposition team was added in capitalised blue letters in a scroll below the emblem, and the season was inscribed in red underneath that. The team did not wear the scrolls for the games played in the 1950 and '54 World Cup tournaments. Curiously, the emblem also acquired an additional, eleventh Tudor Rose during this period and even more curiously, it had been removed by the time of the 1951-52 season, never to return. Other changes to the style of the emblem during this period are detailed here. This white shirt, like the one before, was worn with dark navy blue shorts, and black socks bearing a broad white band at their top, although on occasion it was accompanied by the red away socks, which also bore the broad white band. England normally wore black numbers on the back of the shirt and red when the red change socks were worn. England's kits were made by at least two different manufacturers during this period. On more than one occasion, the team changed into a different set of shirts, with different-style numbers, at half-time. We know that Hope Brothers (based in Littleport, Cambridgeshire) and St. Blaize contributed shirts in this period. What has been confusing is that St. Blaize shirts used the same number font made famous by Umbro in later years, but we have not found any Umbro England shirts prior to 1954. A team selected from England's 1950 World Cup squad won the F.A. Charity Shield wearing this kit in September of the same year, at Stamford Bridge. They beat another F.A. XI, selected from a squad that had toured Canada just before the World Cup. Left - the shirt worn by Billy Wright in the FA's ninetieth anniversary international against a FIFA select side.

Matches in Which England Wore the 1949 Home White Uniform
1948-49
245	9 April 1949	1-3 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	HL
Notes		England wore red socks against Scotland.
246	13 May 1949	1-3 vs. Sweden, Rĺsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län	Fr	AL
247	18 May 1949	4-1 vs. Norway, Ullevĺl Stadion, Oslo	Fr	AW
248	22 May 1949	3-1 vs. France, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris	Fr	AW
1949-50
249	21 September 1949	0-2 vs. Republic of Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool	Fr	HL
Notes		England wore red socks against the Republic of Ireland.
250	15 October 1949	4-1 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC/ WCP	AW
251	16 November 1949	9-2 vs. Ireland, Maine Road, Manchester		HW
Notes		England wore red socks against Ireland.
252	30 November 1949	2-0 vs. Italy, White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London	Fr	HW
Notes		England wore red socks against Italy.
253	15 April 1950	1-0 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC/ WCP	AW
Notes		England wore red socks against Scotland.
254	14 May 1950	5-3 vs. Portugal, Estádio Nacional, Lisboa	Fr	AW
Notes		England wore short sleeves against Portugal.
255	18 May 1950	4-1 vs. Belgium, Stade du Centenaire, Bruxelles	Fr	AW
World Cup Finals 1950
Notes		England wore short sleeves against Chile and Spain.
256	25 June 1950	2-0 vs. Chile, Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WCF	NW
258	2 July 1950	0-1 vs. Spain, Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Maracană, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		NL
1950-51
259	7 October 1950	4-1 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW
Notes		England wore short sleeves and red socks against Ireland.
260	15 November 1950	4-2 vs. Wales, Roker Park, Sunderland	BC	HW
261	22 November 1950	2-2 vs. Yugoslavia, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	Fr	HD
262	14 April 1951	2-3 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	HL
Notes		England wore red socks against Scotland.
264	19 May 1951	5-2 vs. Portugal, Goodison Park, Liverpool	Fr	HW
1951-52
265	3 October 1951	2-2 vs. France, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London	Fr	HD
266	20 October 1951	1-1 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC	AD
267	14 November 1951	2-0 vs. Ireland, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff		AD
Notes		England wore red socks against Ireland.
268	28 November 1951	2-2 vs. Austria, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HD
269	5 April 1952	2-1 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC	AW
Notes		England wore red socks against Scotland.
270	18 May 1952	1-1 vs. Italy, Stadio Comunale di Firenze, Firenze	Fr	AD
Notes		England wore red socks against Italy.
272	28 May 1952	3-0 vs. Switzerland, Hardturm Sportplatz, Zürich	Fr	AW

1952-53
273	4 October 1952	2-2 vs. Ireland, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AD
Notes		England wore short sleeves and red socks against Ireland.
274	12 November 1952	5-2 vs. Wales, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	HW
275	26 November 1952	5-0 vs. Belgium, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HW
276	18 April 1953	2-2 vs. Scotland, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	BC	HD
Notes		England wore red socks against Scotland.
Notes		England wore short sleeves, against Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
277	17 May 1953	vs. Argentina, Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Nuńez, Buenos Aires	Fr	AD
Notes		Abandoned after 21 minutes because of a torrential rainstorm but officially recognized as a draw.
278	24 May 1953	2-1 vs. Chile, Estadio Nacional de Chile, Ńuńoa, Santiago	Fr	AW
279	31 May 1953	1-2 vs. Uruguay, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo	Fr	AL
1953-54
281	10 October 1953	4-1 vs. Wales, Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff	BC/ WCP	AW
282	21 October 1953	4-4 vs. Rest of the World, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HD
Notes		England wore red socks against the Rest of the World.
283	11 November 1953	3-1 vs. Ireland, Goodison Park, Liverpool	BC/ WCP	HW
Notes		England wore red socks against Ireland.
284	25 November 1953	3-6 vs. Hungary, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London	Fr	HL
285	3 April 1954	4-2 vs. Scotland, Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow	BC/ WCP	AW
Notes		England wore red socks against Scotland.
Notes		England wore short sleeves, against Yugoslavia and Hungary.
286	16 May 1954	0-1 vs. Yugoslavia, Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija, Beograd	Fr	AL
287	23 May 1954	1-7 vs. Hungary, Népstadion, Budapest	Fr	AL
World Cup Finals 1954
Notes		England wore short sleeves and squad numbers against Belgium, Switzerland and Uruguay.
288	17 June 1954	4-4 vs. Belgium, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland	WCF	ND
289	20 June 1954	2-0 vs. Switzerland, Wankdorfstadion, Bern		AW
290	26 June 1954	2-4 vs. Uruguay, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland		NL
Notes		England wore red socks against Uruguay.
1954-55
291	2 October 1954	2-0 vs. Northern Ireland, Windsor Park, Belfast	BC	AW
Notes		England wore short sleeves and red socks against Northern Ireland.

 

England's Record wearing the 1949 Home Shirt
Type	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts %	W/L
Home	17	8	5	4	53	35	+18	1	3	3.118	2.059	61.8	+4
Away	22	14	4	4	51	30	+21	2	5	2.318	1.364	72.7	+10
Neutral	4	1	1	2	8	9	-1	1	1	2.00	2.25	37.5	-1
Total	43	23	10	10	112	74	+38	4	9	2.605	1.721	65.1	+13

A collection of badges as worn by the great Sir Tom Finney, on display in the National Football Museum in Preston. Each badge shows the difference in such a short period of time.  Note too - the eleven Tudor roses in the badge against Wales in 1950.

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