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National football teams

Since 1930 to 1935, Jack McCarthy held Irish Free State's record for international appearances

Football player Jack McCarthy

John Joseph McCarthy

Jack McCarthy

Born on 29 March 1898
Died on 10 March 1958, Dublin (aged 59)

National team appearances of Jack McCarthy

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Irish Free State	1924 - 1930	6	1
Total:		6	1

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Bohemian FC, Dublin	28 May 1924 - 11 May 1930	6	1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
28 May 1924	Bulgaria	debut	26 years 1 month 29 days
12 Feb 1928	Belgium	first cap as captain	29 years 10 months 14 days
11 May 1930	Belgium	last appearance; record for caps (held up to 8 Dec 1935)	32 years 1 month 12 days

Record of national team matches played by Jack McCarthy

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Irish Free State national football team	6	4	0	2	12	9	66.7

Jack McCarthy's international caps

as player of Bohemian FC, Dublin:

debut age - 26 years 1 month 29 days

28 May 1924 16:00 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique de Colombes

0-1

Bulgaria vs Irish Free State

VIII. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1924, Round of 16

02 Jun 1924 17:00 (+1:00)

Saint-Ouen, Stade de Paris (Bauer)

1-2

Irish Free State vs Netherlands

VIII. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1924, Quarterfinal

03 Jun 1924 15:00 (+1:00)

Colombes, Stade Olympique de Colombes

3-1

Irish Free State vs Estonia

Friendly International

21 Mar 1926 15:30 (+1:00)

Turin, Stadio di Corso Marsiglia

3-0

Italy vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

12 Feb 1928 14:30

Ougrée, Stade de Sclessin

2-4

Belgium vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

11 May 1930 16:00 (+1:00)

Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Stade à Molenbeek-Saint-Jean

1-3

Belgium vs Irish Free State

Friendly International

Comments

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Other notes posted on 24 March 2011 at 16:33:03

Born: 1898 (link:

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Milosh1983 Serbia - Error report posted on 30 March 2020 at 13:01:39

full name was John ’Jack’ McCarthy (link:

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db Ukraine - Additional information posted on 8 August 2020 at 11:10:43

John Joseph ’Jack’ McCarthy
Died 10.03.1958 at the age of 59 (link:

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db Ukraine - Other notes posted on 4 August 2021 at 13:55:08

He had a brother Stephen (link:

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db Ukraine - Additional information posted on 23 August 2021 at 14:42:18

Born 29.03.1898 (link:

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Rep. of Ireland upcoming fixtures

Friendly International

Rep. of Ireland vs Hungary

Dublin, Tuesday 4 June 2024

Friendly International

Portugal vs Rep. of Ireland

Aveiro, Tuesday 11 June 2024

Rep. of Ireland vs England

Saturday 7 September 2024

Rep. of Ireland vs Greece

Tuesday 10 September 2024

Rep. of Ireland fixtures

Jack McCarthy's most often teammates

Tommy Muldoon (1924) - 3 games
Paddy O'Reilly (1924) - 3 games
John Joe Dykes (1924) - 3 games
Paddy Duncan (1924) - 3 games
Johnny Murray (1924) - 3 games

Rep. of Ireland players born on 19 May

Shay Gibbons (1929) - 4 caps
Paddy Dunning (1951) - 2 caps