21 March 1956
(Friendly match)
BRITISH ARMY - IRELAND 4:3
Referee:
Venue: Deepdale, Preston.
Goals: (Army) Dunmore 2, Biggs, Hill; (Ireland) McParland 2, J Blanchflower (pen).
British Army:
Hodgkinson (West Bromwich Albion) --
Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool)
Graham Shaw (Sheffield United) --
Stanley Anderson (Sunderland)
Trevor Smith (Birmingham)
Eddie Coleman (Manchester United) --
Ally Hill (Clyde)
Alfred Biggs (Bristol Rovers)
David Dunmore (Tottenham Hotspurs)
Phil Woosnam (Leyton Orient)
William Omand (Queen’s Park)
Captain:
Ireland:
Norman Upritchard (Portsmouth) --
Dick Keith (Newcastle United)
Alf McMichael (Newcastle United) --
Tommy Casey (Newcastle United)
Jackie Blanchflower (Manchester United)
Wilbur Cush (Glenavon) --
Billy Bingham (Sunderland)
Eddie Crossan (Blackburn Rovers)
Eddie McMorran (Doncaster Rovers)
Billy Simpson (Glasgow Rangers)
Peter McParland (Aston Villa)
Captain:
By George Glass
BRITISH ARMY - IRELAND 4:3
Referee:
Venue: Deepdale, Preston.
Goals: (Army) Dunmore 2, Biggs, Hill; (Ireland) McParland 2, J Blanchflower (pen).
British Army:
Hodgkinson (West Bromwich Albion) --
Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool)
Graham Shaw (Sheffield United) --
Stanley Anderson (Sunderland)
Trevor Smith (Birmingham)
Eddie Coleman (Manchester United) --
Ally Hill (Clyde)
Alfred Biggs (Bristol Rovers)
David Dunmore (Tottenham Hotspurs)
Phil Woosnam (Leyton Orient)
William Omand (Queen’s Park)
Captain:
Ireland:
Norman Upritchard (Portsmouth) --
Dick Keith (Newcastle United)
Alf McMichael (Newcastle United) --
Tommy Casey (Newcastle United)
Jackie Blanchflower (Manchester United)
Wilbur Cush (Glenavon) --
Billy Bingham (Sunderland)
Eddie Crossan (Blackburn Rovers)
Eddie McMorran (Doncaster Rovers)
Billy Simpson (Glasgow Rangers)
Peter McParland (Aston Villa)
Captain:
By George Glass