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059: 22 February 1902

59
22/02/1902
British Home Nations Championship
Wales (WAL)
-
Ireland (IRE)
H/T
0
3
0-1
Referee:
Arthur Kingscott (England)
Venue:
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff*
Attendance:
10,000*
Goals:
A. Gara 40, 60, 75*
IRELAND:
Coach:
-
Captain:
W.K. Gibson OR Robert Milne
James Nolan-Whelan (Freebooters); William Gibson (Cliftonville), Bill McCracken (Distillery); John Darling (Linfield), Robert Milne (C, Linfield), Harry Nicholl (Belfast Celtic); John Mercer (Linfield), James Maxwell (Linfield), Andrew Gara (Preston North End), Alfred Kearns (Distillery), Jack Kirwan (Tottenham Hotspur).

WALES:
Bob Evans (Wrexham); Hugh Jones (Aberaman), Horace Blew (Wrexham); Maurice Parry (Liverpool), Teddy Hughes (Tottenham Hotspur), John Leonard Jones (Tottenham Hotspur); Fred Kelly (Druids), Thomas Jenkins (Rhyl), Roger Evans (Clapton), Ephraim Williams (Druids), Dick Morris (Newtown).

Match Report:
Lancashire Evening Post

Notes:
* Alternative sources list the venue as Ninian Park, Cardiff, the attendance as 3,000 or 7,000, the scorer of Ireland's third goal as J. Maxwell.

Credits/Sources:
George Glass
The British Home Football Championships 1884-1984 (Richard Samuel, 2003)

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