International Career
Grainger earned his first England cap on 9 May 1956 in a friendly with Brazil. He scored within the opening minutes with his first touch of the ball and in the 83rd minute headed in England's fourth. Of his debut against Brazil, Grainger said: "When you think of the talent in that England team, with Duncan Edwards, Billy Wright and Stanley Matthews, you delight in what might have been. We will never know how good the team could have been because Munich cheated us. But in 1956, we scored four against Brazil at Wembley and we even missed two penalties. That was how superior we were that day. Two years later, Brazil won the World Cup."
He played a further six games for the national side, the final one being less than a year later against Scotland. He played poorly and thus ended his international career.
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