Coach: George KAY




GOALKEEPERS:

1 Cyril SIDLOW
Ray MINSHULL


DEFENDERS:

2 Ray LAMBERT
3 Bernard RAMSDEN
5 Laurie HUGHES
Tom BUSH
Jim HARLEY
Eddie SPICER


MIDFIELDERS:

4 Phil TAYLOR
6 Bob PAISLEY
Harry EASTHAM
Bill JONES
Stan PALK
Robert PRIDAY


FORWARDS:

7 Berry NIEUWENHUYS
8 Jack BALMER
9 Albert STUBBINS
10 Willie FAGAN
11 Billy LIDDELL
Cyril DONE
Billy WATKINSON

Mate, I'm pretty sure that every English team was playing WM since the late 30's.

Do you mean with a three-man defensive line? If that's the case, then Hughes was more of a centre back than a centre half.
However, I believe Liverpool still used a three-men midfield line since I read about Hughes having to play as centre-half while Paisley had to move to left-half and Bill Jones ─ who was the most versatile player in the team ─ played often as inside to replace the injured Willie Fagan.