01 September 1888
COUNTY ANTRIM F. A. - CANADA 2:6 (2:2)
Umpires: Mr. Heaney (Antrim), Mr. Bingham (Canada)
Referee: William McCrum (Armagh)
Venue: Shaftesbury Grounds, Ormeau Road*, Belfast
Attendance: 1,000
Goals: [Ant] Peden (18), Gibb (43); [CAN] Scrimmage, Kraus, Webster, Thompson 3.
Co. Antrim:
Captain: ??
- John Clugston (Cliftonville) --
- Frederick Browne (Cliftonville)
- Robert Wilson (Cliftonville) --
- James Williamson (Cliftonville)
- James Christian (Linfield)
- Samuel Baird (Oldpark) --
- Olphert Martin Stanfield (Distillery)
- Samuel Torrans (Linfield)
- John Barry (Cliftonville)
- John Turnbull Gibb (Cliftonville)
- John Peden (Linfield)
Canada: (dark Blue shirts)
Captain: ??
- A.N. Garrett (Toronto) --
- S. Brubacher (Berlin Rangers)
- F. Killer (Berlin Rangers) --
- H. Pirrie (Queen’s College)
- T. Gibson (Berlin Rangers)
- H. Bewell (Norwood Wanderers) --
- Walter Bowman (Berlin Rangers)
- Alex Gibson (Berlin Rangers)
- W.P. Thompson (University of Toronto)
- A. Webster (Galt F.C.)
- C. Kranz (Berlin Rangers)
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| The Canada (Western FA) team in Oxford during their 1888 UK Tour (Before the D) |
* The ground of Belfast Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) FC from 1886 to 1889.
The Canada team was a team from the Western Football Association of Canada (founded in Berlin, Ontario in 1880) while the Irish Team was a selection from the County Antrim area only, all however were International players.
Canada also played matches against Distillery (won 3-2 on 3rd September), Clarence (won 3-2 on 4th September) and YMCA (drew 1-1 on 5th September) before touring Scotland and England.
By George Glass
Selected Other Co. Antrim FA Representative Matches:
- 14-10-1953 vs South Africa ............... H W 1-0
- 21-10-1958 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . A L 2-6
- 20-10-1959 vs Sheffield & Hallamshire FA . H W 5-3
- 10-05-1988 vs Mid-Ulster/North-West Select H L 2-6
