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National football teams

  • Paddy Moore set the goal scoring record for Irish Free State (6 goals)
  • Paddy Moore scored 4 goals (his 1st and Irish Free State's 3rd international hat-trick)
  • Jim Foley is the latest born international footballer of Irish Free State
  • Irish Free State vs Belgium H2H: 1st draw in 4 matches

Irish Free State vs Belgium match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 25 February 1934, 15:30 (UTC+0:00)
National teams, score:
Irish Free State
4-4
Belgium
Competition:
1934 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7
Referee:
Tom Crew, Leicester /
England
Attendance, venue:
28 000, Dalymount Park, Dublin
Goals:
0-1 (15') Jean Capelle, 1-1 (27') Paddy Moore, 1-2 (30') Stanley Van den Eynde, 1-3 (47') François Van den Eynde, 2-3 (48') Paddy Moore, 3-3 (56') Paddy Moore, 3-4 (60') François Van den Eynde, 4-4 (75') Paddy Moore
Irish Free State national team line-up in match Nr.13
Managed by selection committee, coach Billy Lacey
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Jim Foley  
1
19
Cork FC, Cork
Miah Lynch  
1
26
Cork Bohemians FC, Cork
Tom Burke  
1
25
Cork FC, Cork
Peadar Gaskins  Captain 
1
25
Shamrock Rovers FC, Dublin
Joe O'Reilly  
2
22
Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
Joe Kendrick  
3
28
Dolphin FC, Dublin
Bill Kennedy  
2
St Jamess Gate FC, Dublin
David Byrne  
3
28
Coleraine FC, Coleraine
Paddy Moore  
3
24
Aberdeen FC, Aberdeen
Tim O'Keeffe  
1
23
Cork FC, Cork
Jimmy Kelly  
2
24
Derry City FC, Derry
Belgium national team line-up in match Nr.142
Managed by head coach Hector Goetinck
Player
Caps
Age
Club
André Vandewyer  
2
24
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Jules Pappaert  Captain 
2
28
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Philly Smellinckx  
3
23
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Jos Van Ingelgem  
10
22
Daring Club de Bruxelles SR, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Félix Welkenhuysen  
1
25
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Désiré Bourgeois  
1
25
Royal FC Malinois, Mechelen
Louis Versyp  
31
25
Royal FC Brugeois, Brugge
Jean Brichaut  
10
22
R Standard Club Liége, Ougrée
Jean Capelle  
13
20
R Standard Club Liége, Ougrée
André Saeys  
8
23
RCS Brugeois, Brugge
Stanley Van den Eynde   34' 
17
24
Royal Beerschot AC, Antwerpen
34' François Van den Eynde  
3
22
Union Saint-Gilloise SR, Vorst
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Irish Free State
11
1.818
8
4
0
0
Belgium
12
8.417
23.876
7
4
0
0
Historical data sources
Gazet van Mechelen (Mechelen), №49, 26 Feb 1934; Concentra online archief
Evening Herald (Dublin), №49, 26 Feb 1934; Irish Newspaper Archives
De Gentenaar (Ghent), №56, 26 Feb 1934; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
La Dernière Heure (Brussels), №57, 26 Feb 1934; Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België - BelgicaPress
The Irish Press (Dublin), №49, 26 Feb 1934; Irish Newspaper Archives
Comments

db - posted on 30 May 2009 at 22:09:13

Ireland Team (link: )

stringer - posted on 22 November 2010 at 22:05:23

Desire Bourgeois (not Bourgeios) (link: )

toniofarrugia - posted on 6 March 2011 at 10:47:22

The team captain of Belgium was Jules Pappaert (link: )

toniofarrugia - posted on 6 March 2011 at 10:48:57

Substitution between Stanley and Francois Van Den Eynde occurred in the 34th minute (link: )

HisHasH - posted on 18 April 2011 at 16:05:37

Joe Kendrick = Joseph Kendrick

(link: )

Outcaster - posted on 1 January 2023 at 19:33:54

Att.: 28 000 (link: )

dudd - posted on 23 April 2023 at 20:51:30

1934 WCQ Eire - Belgium (Dublin, 25.2.1934)
Group 7
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Irish Free State vs Belgium post-match head-to-head
WP
87.5
P
4
W
3
D
1
L
0
GF
15
GA
7
GF/P
3.750
GA/P
1.750
Av attendance
20 750
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Irish Free State national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs Irish Free State 0-2
Amsterdam, Sunday 8 May 1932
Next match:
1934 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Netherlands vs Irish Free State 5-2
Amsterdam, Sunday 8 April 1934
Irish Free State results
Belgium national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Belgium vs France 2-3
Brussels, Sunday 21 January 1934
Next match:
Friendly International
Netherlands vs Belgium 9-3
Amsterdam, Sunday 11 March 1934
Belgium results
Top Irish Free State goal scorers
1. Paddy Moore (1931 - 1934) - 6 goals
2. John Joe Flood (1929 - 1930) - 4 goals
3. Ned Brooks (1924) - 3 goals
4. Frank Ghent (1924) - 2 goals
5. Jimmy Dunne (1930) - 2 goals
6. Jimmy White (1928) - 2 goals
7. Paddy Duncan (1924) - 2 goals
(correct as of February 25, 1934)
top Irish Free State goal scorers
Top Belgium goal scorers
1. Robert De Veen (1906 - 1913) - 26 goals
2. Raymond Braine (1925 - 1929) - 18 goals
... Jean Capelle (1931 - 1934) - 9 goals
... Stanley Van den Eynde (1931 - 1934) - 7 goals
... François Van den Eynde (1934) - 2 goals
(correct as of February 25, 1934)
top Belgium goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 25 Feb 1934
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Irish Free State 4-4 Belgium
Goals: Capelle 15, Moore 27, Van den Eynde 30, Van den Eynde 47, Moore 48, Moore 56, Van den Eynde 60, Moore 75

Irish Free State: Foley, Lynch, Burke, Gaskins (c), O'Reilly, Kendrick, Kennedy, Byrne, Moore, O'Keeffe, Kelly. Managed by selection committee Lacey.

Belgium: Vandewyer, Pappaert (c), Smellinckx, Van Ingelgem, Welkenhuysen, Bourgeois, Versyp, Brichaut, Capelle, Saeys, Stanley Van den Eynde (François Van den Eynde 34). Managed by Goetinck.

Att: 28 000,
Ref: Crew (England)

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