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Players (31653)
Managers (1459)
Referees (3525)
Clubs (3556)
Venues (1808)
National football teams

  • Northern Ireland's 12th consecutive match without victory
  • Billy Bingham is the latest born international footballer of Northern Ireland
  • Antoine Bonifaci is the latest born international footballer of France

Northern Ireland vs France international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 12 May 1951, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
Northern Ireland
2-2
France
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Arthur Ellis, Halifax /
England
Attendance, venue:
24 000, Windsor Park, Belfast
Goals:
1-0 (9') Ray Ferris (pen.), 1-1 (16') Jean Baratte, 1-2 (28') Antoine Bonifaci, 2-2 (62') Billy Simpson
Northern Ireland football team line-up in match Nr.173
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Ted Hinton  
7
28
Millwall FC, London
Len Graham  
2
25
Doncaster Rovers FC, Doncaster
Alf McMichael  
5
23
Newcastle United FC, Newcastle upon Tyne
Danny Blanchflower  
5
25
Aston Villa FC, Birmingham
Jackie Vernon  Captain 
15
32
West Bromwich Albion FC, West Bromwich
Ray Ferris  
2
30
Birmingham City FC, Birmingham
Billy Bingham  
1
19
Sunderland AFC, Sunderland
Kevin McGarry  
3
28
Cliftonville FC, Belfast
Billy Simpson  
2
21
Rangers FC, Glasgow
Billy Dickson  
2
28
Chelsea FC, London
Johnny McKenna  
6
24
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
France football team line-up in match Nr.192
Managed by selection committee: chairman Paul Nicolas, Jean Rigal, Gaston Barreau, coach Pierre Pibarot
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Julien Darui  
25
35
CO Roubaix-Tourcoing, Roubaix
Guy Huguet  
9
27
AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
Roger Marche  Captain 
20
27
Stade de Reims, Reims
Antoine Cuissard  
23
26
AS Saint-Étienne, Saint-Étienne
Robert Jonquet  
6
26
Stade de Reims, Reims
René Gallice  
1
32
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
André Strappe  
8
23
Lille OSC, Lille
Antoine Bonifaci  
1
19
OGC Nice, Nice
Jean Baratte  
22
27
Lille OSC, Lille
Édouard Kargu  
5
25
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Edmond Haan  
1
26
RC Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Northern Ireland
11
4.545
26.320
11
2
0
0
France
11
11.000
27.118
7
2
0
0
Historical data sources
Paris-presse, L’Intransigeant (Paris), №1992, 13 May 1951; RetroNews
L’Aube (Paris), №4450, 14 May 1951; RetroNews
Belfast News-Letter (Belfast), №-, 14 May 1951; Irish Newspaper Archives
L’Équipe (Paris), №1586, 14 May 1951; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
La Bourgogne Républicaine (Dijon), №111, 15 May 1951; RetroNews
Comments

bandyall - posted on 23 October 2010 at 10:09:52

Goals: 2:1 (28.) Antoine Bonifaci
(...)

Soproni Démon - posted on 11 October 2011 at 22:12:33

Coach manager
North Ireland: Doug Livingstone
Northern Ireland vs France post-match head-to-head
WP
50.0
P
1
W
0
D
1
L
0
GF
2
GA
2
GF/P
2.000
GA/P
2.000
Av attendance
24 000
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Northern Ireland national team matches
Previous match:
British Championship 1950-1951
Northern Ireland vs Wales 1-2
Belfast, Wednesday 7 March 1951
Next match:
British Championship 1951-1952
Northern Ireland vs Scotland 0-3
Belfast, Saturday 6 October 1951
Northern Ireland football matches
France national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
France vs Yugoslavia 2-1
Paris, Tuesday 6 February 1951
Next match:
Friendly International
Scotland vs France 1-0
Glasgow, Wednesday 16 May 1951
France football matches
Top Northern Ireland goal scorers
1. Billy Gillespie (1913 - 1926) - 13 goals
2. Joe Bambrick (1928 - 1938) - 11 goals
3. Olphie Stanfield (1887 - 1897) - 10 goals
... Billy Simpson (1951) - 2 goals
... Ray Ferris (1951) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 12, 1951)
Northern Ireland scorers
Top France goal scorers
1. Jean Nicolas (1933 - 1938) - 21 goals
2. Paul Nicolas (1920 - 1929) - 20 goals
3. Jean Baratte (1947 - 1951) - 18 goals
... Antoine Bonifaci (1951) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 12, 1951)
France scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 12 May 1951
Windsor Park, Belfast
Northern Ireland 2-2 France
Goals: Ferris 9 (11m), Baratte 16, Bonifaci 28, Simpson 62

Northern Ireland: Hinton, Graham, McMichael, Blanchflower, Vernon (c), Ferris, Bingham, McGarry, Simpson, Dickson, McKenna. Managed by selection committee.

France: Darui, Huguet, Marche (c), Cuissard, Jonquet, Gallice, Strappe, Bonifaci, Baratte, Kargu, Haan. Managed by selection committee Nicolas, Rigal, Barreau, Pibarot.

Att: 24 000,
Ref: Ellis (England)

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