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11 September 1951

Friendly match
IRELAND - BRITISH ARMY 2:2
  • Referee: P. Morris
  • Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
  • Attendance: 14,000
  • Goals: 
    • (Ireland) Smyth, McGarry
    • (Army) Taylor, Jackson
Ireland:
Alex Russell (Linfield) --
Len Graham (Doncaster Rovers)
Alfred McMichael (Newcastle United) --
William Dickson (Chelsea)
James McCabe (Leeds United)
Wilbur Cush (Glenavon) --
William Hughes (Bolton Wanderers)
Kevin McGarry (Cliftonville)
Sammy Smyth (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Joseph Harris (Blackburn Rovers)
Norman Lockhart (Aston Villa)
Captain: James McCabe
* W. Jones (Doncaster Rovers) was in the original selection, with his place being taken by Cush (Glenavon)

British Army:
John Anderson (Leicester City) --
Ralph Banks (Bolton Wanderers)
George Rankin (Everton) --
Archie Glen (Aberdeen)
Anthony Marchi (Tottenham Hotspur)
Alexnader Ewan Fenton (Blackpool) --
Brian Jackson (Letyton Orient)
Edward Dennis Uphill (Tottenham Hotspur)
Edmund W.A. Smith (Chelsea)
Tommy Taylor (Barnsley)
Harry Hooper (West Ham United)
Captain: Archie Glen
* Geoff Twentyman and John Charles were in the original selection, their places going to Banks and Marchi respectively.

By George Glass. 

Pictures supplied by Roy Cathcart.

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