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  • France suffered its 4th consecutive defeat
  • Record for most Irish Free State caps: Joe O'Reilly's 11th appearance

France vs Irish Free State international football match report

Date, kick-off time:
Sunday, 23 May 1937, 15:00 (UTC+1:00)
National teams, score:
France
0-2
Irish Free State
Competition:
International Friendly
Referee:
Gustav Krist, Prostějov /
Czechoslovakia
Attendance, venue:
16 688, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Goals:
0-1 (51') Davy Jordan, 0-2 (58') Jackie Brown
France national team line-up in match Nr.141
Managed by selection committee: chairman Gaston Barreau
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Laurent Di Lorto  
4
28
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
Abdelkader Ben Bouali  
1
24
Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
Raoul Diagne  
9
26
Racing CP, Colombes
François Bourbotte  
3
24
SC Fives, Lille
Georges Meuris  
1
30
Red Star Olympique, Paris
Edmond Delfour  Captain 
36
29
Racing CP, Colombes
Michel Lauri  
1
28
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
Ignace Kowalczyk  
4
23
Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
Roger Courtois  
14
24
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
Michel Frutoso  
1
23
RC Roubaix, Roubaix
Alfred Aston  
13
25
Red Star Olympique, Paris
Irish Free State national team line-up in match Nr.21
Managed by selection committee
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Tommy Breen  
2
24
Manchester United FC, Stretford
Billy O'Neill  
8
21
Dundalk FC, Dundalk
John Feenan  
2
22
Sunderland AFC, Sunderland
Joe O'Reilly  
11
25
St Jamess Gate FC, Dublin
Charlie Turner  Captain 
5
25
Southend United FC, Southend on Sea
Con Moulson  
5
30
Notts County FC, Nottingham
Jackie Brown  
2
22
Coventry City FC, Coventry
Davy Jordan  
2
28
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, Wolverhampton
Jimmy Dunne  
6
31
Southampton FC, Southampton
Paddy Farrell  
2
25
Hibernian FC, Edinburgh
Willie Fallon  
5
25
Notts County FC, Nottingham
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
France
11
7.909
26.254
6
0
0
0
Irish Free State
11
4.545
25.887
10
2
0
0
Historical data sources
L’Ouest-Éclair (Rennes), №14806, 24 May 1937; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
Le Petit Parisien (Paris), №21999, 24 May 1937; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
L’Intransigeant (Paris), №51017, 24 May 1937; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
Paris-soir (Paris), №5081, 24 May 1937; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
Le Journal (Paris), №16288, 24 May 1937; Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica
Comments
France vs Irish Free State post-match head-to-head
WP
0.0
P
1
W
0
D
0
L
1
GF
0
GA
2
GF/P
0.000
GA/P
2.000
Av attendance
16 688
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
France national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Germany vs France 4-0
Stuttgart, Sunday 21 March 1937
Next match:
Friendly International
France vs Switzerland 2-1
Paris, Sunday 10 October 1937
France results
Irish Free State national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Switzerland vs Irish Free State 0-1
Bern, Monday 17 May 1937
Next match:
1938 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Norway vs Irish Free State 3-2
Aker, Sunday 10 October 1937
Irish Free State results
Top Irish Free State goal scorers
1. Jimmy Dunne (1930 - 1937) - 8 goals
2. Paddy Moore (1931 - 1934) - 7 goals
3. John Joe Flood (1929 - 1930) - 4 goals
... Davy Jordan (1937) - 1 goal
... Jackie Brown (1937) - 1 goal
(correct as of May 23, 1937)
Irish Free State goal scorers
Brief match report
Sun. 23 May 1937
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
France 0-2 Irish Free State
Goals: Jordan 51, Brown 58

France: Di Lorto, Ben Bouali, Diagne, Bourbotte, Meuris, Delfour (c), Lauri, Kowalczyk, Courtois, Frutoso, Aston. Managed by selection committee Barreau.

Irish Free State: Breen, O'Neill, Feenan, O'Reilly, Turner (c), Moulson, Brown, Jordan, Dunne, Farrell, Fallon. Managed by selection committee.

Att: 16 688,
Ref: Krist (Czechoslovakia)

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