(War Charities Match)IRISH War Team - ENGLISH War Team 0:0
Referee: H. D. Allen
Attendance: 20,000 (Receipts £1,000)
Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
Irish War Team:
Elisha Scott (Belfast Celtic) --
David Rollo (Linfield)
Robert Mills (Cliftonville) --
Harry Leddy (Distillery)
Johnny Scraggs (Glentoran)
Billy Emerson (Glentoran) --
David Lyner (Glentoran)
William Lacey (Linfield)
Edward Brooks (Linfield)
Michael Hamill (Belfast Celtic)
John Wilgar (Belfast Celtic)
Captain: Johnny Scraggs
Trainer: Robert Torrans
English War Team:
James Lawrence (Newcastle United) --
William Robert McCracken (Newcastle United)
J. English (Sheffield United) --
Alfred Randolph Fenwick (West Ham United)
Hunter (Aston Villa)
Fetherstone (St. Mirren) --
John Rutherford (Woolwich Arsenal)
William Hibbert (Newcastle United)
Chambers (Newcastle United)
Halley (Sunderland)
Cook (Middlesborough)
Captain: Bill McCracken
Three of the Irish team had won caps prior to the war and another six were to be capped when international football-proper resumed.
The England side were captained by Ireland's Billy McCracken and contained two pre-war internationals and one future cap.
By George Glass
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