The England Party for the end-of-season European Tour  May 1952
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	starts	subs	App	G	Capt
Allen, Ronald	15 January 1929	23	OR	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0	0	0	0
Baily, Edward F.	6 August 1925	24	IL	Tottenham Hotspur FC	6	0	6	5	0
Broadis, Ivan A.	18 December 1922	28	IR	Manchester City FC	2	0	2	0	0
Dickinson, James W.	24 April 1925	27	LHB	Portsmouth FC	17	0	17	0	0
Eckersley, William	16 July 1925	26	LB	Blackburn Rovers FC	6	0	6	0	0
Elliott, William H.	20 March 1925	27	OL	Burnley FC	0	0	0	0	0
Finney, Thomas	5 April 1922	30	OR	Preston North End FC	35	0	35	20	0
Froggatt, Jack	17 November 1922	29	CHB	Portsmouth FC	5	0	5	1	0
Garrett, Thomas	28 February 1926	26	LB	Blackpool FC	1	0	1	0	0
Lofthouse, Nathaniel	27 August 1925	26	CF	Bolton Wanderers FC	5	0	5	5	0
Merrick, Gilbert H.	26 January 1922	30	G	Birmingham City FC	3	0	3	3ᵍᵃ	0
Nicholson, William E.	26 January 1919	33	RHB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	1	0	1	1	0
Pearson, Stanley C.	11 January 1919	33	IL	Manchester United FC	7	0	7	5	0
Ramsey, Alfred E.	22 January 1920	32	RB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	19	0	19	0	3
Sewell, John	24 January 1927	25	IR	Sheffield Wednesday FC	1	0	1	0	0
Williams, Bert F.	31 January 1920	31	G	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	18	0	18	24ᵍᵃ	0
Wright, William A.	6 February 1924	28	RHB	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	40	0	40	3	23

The England B Party for the match against France Espoirs  May 1952
Astall, Gordon	22 September 1927	24	OR	Plymouth Argyle FC	0	0	0	0	0
Barlow, Raymond J.	17 August 1926	25	LHB	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0	0	0	0
Edwards, Bryan	27 October 1930	21	OF	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0	0	0	0
Foster, Robert J.	19 July 1929	22	IR	Preston North End FC	0	0	0	0	0
	Foster replaced Lewis on 13 May.
Grant, Wilfred	3 August 1920	31	CF	Cardiff City FC	0	0	0	0	0
Gregory, Ernest	10 November 1921	30	GK	West Ham United FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ	0
Gunter, Philip E.	6 January 1932	20	RB	Portsmouth FC	0	0	0	0	0
	Gunter replaced Rutter on 13 May.
Hawksworth, Derek M.	16 July 1927	24	OL	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0
Kennedy, Joseph P.	15 November 1925	26	CHB	West Bromwich Albion FC	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis, Derek I.E.	10 June 1929	22	IR	Preston North End FC	0	0	0	0	0
	Lewis withdrew from the team on 13 May because of injury.
Owen, Sydney W.	29 September 1922	29	CHB	Swindon Town FC	0	0	0	0	0
Rutter, Charles F.	22 December 1927	24	RB	Cardiff City FC	0	0	0	0	0
	Rutter withdrew from the team on 13 May because of injury.
Shannon, Leslie	12 March 1926	26	IL	Burnley FC	0	0	0	0	0
Wheeler, John E.	26 July 1928	23	RHB	Bolton Wanderers FC	0	0	0	0	0
Wicks, Stanley M.	11 July 1928	23	LB	Reading FC	0	0	0	0	0

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the fifth of the 1951-52 season, against Scotland on 5 April 1952.

Diary

Friday, 25 April 1952 - The Football Association Selection Committee chose their seventeen players to take in three matches on the Continental Tour. No players have been chosen from either of the FA Cup finalists, Arsenal FC and Newcastle United FC. This means that Jackie Milburn, the United centre-forward, who was a strong candidate for a place in the party, will be able to go to South Africa with the club.
At the same meeting, the B team to face France B on 22 May is also selected.

Monday, 12 May 1952 - The Party report to Eastbourne. As an experiment, suggested by the F.A. Technical Committee, all tuning-up for the Italy-England match is being carried out at the Sussex resort.

Tuesday, 13 May 1952 - Thirteen of the Party who arrived yesterday took part in light training on Larkin's Field. Finney, Dickinson and Froggatt also arrived to swell the party to sixteen. Only Jackie Sewell was missing, as he is already in Switzerland. Later in the day, the B Team also report to Eastbourne for light training, as part of the Technical Committee's experiment. There are two enforced changes to the B team, Preston's Derek Lewis and Cardiff's Charlie Rutter have been forced to withdraw, there places going to Foster and Gunter. There are now thirty players at training headquarters—a useful mixture of seasoned stars and promising youngsters—from whom teams for practise work-outs can be drawn. All are staying at The Albion Hotel in the town.

Wednesday, 14 May 1952 - Full-scale trials under the guidance of Walter Winterbottom on a schoolboys' pitch near their Eastbourne headquarters, under the presence of the selectors. The starting XI that will face the Italians is named, showing just one change from the team that defeated Scotland, Billy Elliott winning his first cap instead of Jack Rowley, who is not part of the touring Party. The two teams play against each other, with the senior side winning two-nil, Pearson and Nicholson scoring for the seniors, with both goals set up by Elliott.
In the afternoon, the players and officials called on the Mayor of Eastbourne, Alderman R.J.S. Croft, at the Town Hall and visit the summer show at the Winter Garden Pavilion.

Thursday, 16 May 1952 - The England team leave London Airport for Milan, before taking the train to Florence (right).

Saturday, 17 May 1952 - The England team are invited to watch a football match in Florence between local sides in medieval costumes in the public gardens. The costume game is a tradition dating to the early 16th century, when the early Florentines played a form of football.

England Form: last six games
W D D W W L  f 14:a 8  success: 67%
264	19 May 1951 - England 5 Portugal 2 [2-1] Goodison Park, Liverpool (52,686)	Nicholson, Milburn (2), Finney, Hassall Patalino, Albano	Fr	HW
265	3 October 1951 - England 2 France 2 [2-2] Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (57,603)	Firoud OG, Medley Doye, Alpsteg		HD
266	20 October 1951 - Wales 1 England 1 [1-1] Ninian Park, Cardiff (51,500)	Foulkes Bailey	BC	AD
267	14 November 1951 - England 2 Ireland 0 [1-0] Villa Park, Birmingham (57,889)	Lofthouse (2)		HW
268	28 November 1951 - England 2 Austria 2 [0-0] Empire Stadium, Wembley (100,000)	Ramsey (pen), Lofthouse Melchior, Stojaspal (pen)	Fr	HW
269	5 April 1952 - Scotland 1 England 2 [0-2] Hampden Park, Glasgow (133,991)	Reilly Pearson (2)	BC	HL