11 March 1959
(Friendly match)
IRELAND - BRITISH ARMY 2:4 (0:1)
Referee: Tommy Mitchell (Lurgan)
Attendance/Venue: 15,000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: (Ireland) Lawther 2; (British Army) Dobbing 4
Ireland:
Victor Hunter (Coleraine) --
James Matthew Shields (Manchester United)
William McCullough (Arsenal) --
Danny Blanchflower (Totteham Hotspur)
Tommy Hamill (Linfield)
Tommy Forde (Ards) --
Billy Humphries (Leeds United)
Wilbur Cush (Leeds United)
Ian Lawther (Sunderland)
Dennis Shiels (Sheffield United)
Joseph Elwood (Leyton Orient)
Captain:
British Army:
Bert Slater (Falkirk) --
Alex Parker (Everton)
Mark Jones (Manchester United) --
John Stanley James Williams (Plymouth Argyle)
Jackie Plenderleith (Hibernians)
John Smith (West Ham United) --
Reilly (Leicester City)
John Barnwell (Arsenal)
Dobbing (Blackburn Rovers)
Alan Peacock (Middlesborough)
Wilson (Rangers)
Captain:
IRELAND - BRITISH ARMY 2:4 (0:1)
Referee: Tommy Mitchell (Lurgan)
Attendance/Venue: 15,000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals: (Ireland) Lawther 2; (British Army) Dobbing 4
Ireland:
Victor Hunter (Coleraine) --
James Matthew Shields (Manchester United)
William McCullough (Arsenal) --
Danny Blanchflower (Totteham Hotspur)
Tommy Hamill (Linfield)
Tommy Forde (Ards) --
Billy Humphries (Leeds United)
Wilbur Cush (Leeds United)
Ian Lawther (Sunderland)
Dennis Shiels (Sheffield United)
Joseph Elwood (Leyton Orient)
Captain:
British Army:
Bert Slater (Falkirk) --
Alex Parker (Everton)
Mark Jones (Manchester United) --
John Stanley James Williams (Plymouth Argyle)
Jackie Plenderleith (Hibernians)
John Smith (West Ham United) --
Reilly (Leicester City)
John Barnwell (Arsenal)
Dobbing (Blackburn Rovers)
Alan Peacock (Middlesborough)
Wilson (Rangers)
Captain: