9 September 1944
(Friendly Match)
IRELAND - COMBINED SERVICES 4:8
- Referee: Flight-Lieut. J.A. Mowatt
- Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
- Attendance: 49,875,
- Goals: (Ireland) Doherty 4; (Combined Services) Carter 4, Lawton, Mortensen, Mullen 2.
Ireland: (green)
Tom Breen (Linfield/Manchester United) -- Billy McMillan (Belfast Celtic), Joe Barr (Cliftonville) -- Harry Walsh (Linfield), Jack Vernon (Belfast Celtic), Sam Jones (Blackpool) -- Davy Cochrane (Linfield/Leeds United), Alex Stevenson (Everton), Jimmy McAlinden (Belfast Celtic/Portsmouth), Peter Dermot Doherty (Manchester City), Paddy Bonnar (Belfast Celtic)
Captain: Peter Doherty
Combined Services: (white)
Frank Swift (Manchester City/England) -- Laurie Scott (Arsenal/England), Wally Barnes (Arsenal/Wales) -- Archie R. Macauley (West Ham United/Scotland), Bernard Joy (Arsenal/England), Matt Busby (Liverpool/Scotland) -- Stanley Matthews (Stoke City/England), Horatio S. Carter (Sunderland//England), Tommy Lawton (Everton/England), Stanley Mortensen (Blackpool), James Mullen (Wolverhampton Wanderers/England)
Captain: Bernard Joy
By George Glass