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10 October 1979

Friendly match
10th October 1979
IRISH FA XI 2-0 NEW ZEALAND XI

Venue: 
The Oval, Belfast
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Oliver Donnelly (Newtownabbey)
Goals: IFA: McCurdy, Quinn

Irish FA XI

New Zealand XI

Roy McDonald

Crusaders

1

Richard H. Wilson

Newman's Nelson U.

Rab McCreery

Glentoran

2

Tony Sibley.[capt]

Mt Wellington

Ronnie Cromie

Ards

3

Glen Adam

Blackhouse Bay

Roy Walsh

Glentoran

4

Robert Almond

Trans Tour U.

Peter Rafferty [capt]

Linfield

5

Adrian Elrick

Hanimex U.

Brian Quinn ??>

Everton

6

Chris Turner 76>

Manurewa

John Sloan

Ballymena U.

7

Steve Sumner

Trans Tour U.

Mal Donaghy 70>

Luton T.

8

David Bright

Manurewa

Colin McCurdy

Linfield

9

Keith Nelson

Mt Wellington

Tom Armstrong 63>

Glenavon

10

Brian Turner 84>

Manurewa

Warren Feeney

Linfield

11

Johan Verweij 65>

Trans Tour U.

Peter McCusker >63

Cliftonville

sub

Shane Rufer >65

Stop Out FC

Jim Cleary >70

Portadown

sub

John McDermid >76

Hamilton

Con Davey >??

Glenavon

sub

Sam.Malcolmson.>84

Eastern Suburbs

-

-

Coach

John Adshead

-


NZ shirt from the match
(Simon Shakey Shakeshaft)
Notes:
The New Zealand side was a selection from their full international squad. Through October 1979 they toured the Middle East and the British Isles playing various club and representative teams. Many of the panel went on to play at the 1982 World Cup.

Other tour matches:
02-Oct Al-Qadisiyya . 3-1 NZ (Kuwait)
03-Oct Bahrain*...... 0-2 NZ
05-Oct Al-Ahli SC ... 1-1 NZ (Dubai)
08-Oct Bahrain* ..... 1-2 NZ
10-Oct Irish FA ..... 2-0 NZ
12-Oct Lge of Ireland 2-1 NZ
15-Oct England B .... 4-1 NZ
17-Oct Ipswich Town . 1-0 NZ
22-Oct Norwich City . 5-0 NZ
29-Oct Dundee ....... 8-1 NZ
* full international

By George Glass


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