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20 October 1959

(friendly match)
COUNTY ANTRIM F.A. - SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE F.A. 5:3

Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 6,000
Goalscorers: (CA) Welsh (2), Boyd (2), Bruce; (Shef) Barber, Hamilton, Gilliland (og)

Co. Antrim:
Milligan (Cliftonville) --
Gilliland (Linfield)
Parke (Linfield) --
Kennedy (Distillery)
Campbell (Crusaders)
Gough (Linfield) --
Welsh (Linfield)
Bruce (Glentoran)
Barr (Ballymena United)
Dickson (Linfield)
Boyd (Ards)
Captain: Dickson

Sheffield:
Springett (Sheffield Wednesday) --
Coldwell (Sheffield United)
Morgan (Rotherham) --
T. McArnearney (Sheffield Wednesday)
Swan (Sheffield Wednesday)
Barber (Barnsley) --
Wilkinson (Sheffield Wednesday)
Hamilton (Sheffield United)
Pace (Sheffield United)
Myerscough (Rotherham)
Simpson (Sheffield United)

Selected Other Co. Antrim FA Representative Matches:
01-09-1888 vs Canada ..................... H L 2-6
14-10-1953 vs South Africa ............... H W 1-0
21-10-1958 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . A L 2-6
10-05-1988 vs Mid-Ulster/North-West Select H L 2-6

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