10 October 1979

Friendly match

10th October 1979

IRISH FA XI 2-0 NEW ZEALAND XI

Venue: The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Oliver Donnelly (Newtownabbey)
Goals: IFA: McCurdy, Quinn

Irish FA XI			New Zealand XI
Roy McDonald	Crusaders	1	Richard H. Wilson	Newman's Nelson U.
Rab McCreery	Glentoran	2	Tony Sibley.[capt]	Mt Wellington
Ronnie Cromie	Ards	3	Glen Adam	Blackhouse Bay
Roy Walsh	Glentoran	4	Robert Almond	Trans Tour U.
Peter Rafferty [capt]	Linfield	5	Adrian Elrick	Hanimex U.
Brian Quinn ??>	Everton	6	Chris Turner 76>	Manurewa
John Sloan	Ballymena U.	7	Steve Sumner	Trans Tour U.
Mal Donaghy 70>	Luton T.	8	David Bright	Manurewa
Colin McCurdy	Linfield	9	Keith Nelson	Mt Wellington
Tom Armstrong 63>	Glenavon	10	Brian Turner 84>	Manurewa
Warren Feeney	Linfield	11	Johan Verweij 65>	Trans Tour U.
Peter McCusker >63	Cliftonville	sub	Shane Rufer >65	Stop Out FC
Jim Cleary >70	Portadown	sub	John McDermid >76	Hamilton
Con Davey >??	Glenavon	sub	Sam.Malcolmson.>84	Eastern Suburbs
-	-	Coach	John Adshead	-

NZ shirt from the match
(Simon Shakey Shakeshaft)

Notes:
The New Zealand side was a selection from their full international squad. Through October 1979 they toured the Middle East and the British Isles playing various club and representative teams. Many of the panel went on to play at the 1982 World Cup.

Other tour matches:
02-Oct Al-Qadisiyya . 3-1 NZ (Kuwait)
03-Oct Bahrain*...... 0-2 NZ
05-Oct Al-Ahli SC ... 1-1 NZ (Dubai)
08-Oct Bahrain* ..... 1-2 NZ
10-Oct Irish FA ..... 2-0 NZ
12-Oct Lge of Ireland 2-1 NZ
15-Oct England B .... 4-1 NZ
17-Oct Ipswich Town . 1-0 NZ
22-Oct Norwich City . 5-0 NZ
29-Oct Dundee ....... 8-1 NZ
* full international

By George Glass

RSSSF

	played - not	played - not
played - not	played - played	not - played