Nth. Ireland v England
Northern Ireland met England in their annual competition for the Friendly Cup at The Reading Rooms, Bangor on 22nd-23rd January. The English team established a narrow 13-11 lead after the first day, and thereafter had things almost all their own way in the final matches, retaining the trophy with a 33-15 result. The English Junior squad were also successful in their parallel competition for the Kingsman Cup, emerging with a 19-5 victory.
The teams were :
NI : Tony Buttimer, Davy Pogue, Paddy Donnelly, Davy Elliott, Tony Shields, John McIntyre, Freddie Cahoon, Eugene Rogan;
England : Gary Rogers, Phillip Welham, Darren Kell, Stephen Crosland, Peter Shelley, Bill Andress, David Nichols, Paul Dunning.
NI : R. Latimer, Joe Buttimer, Keith McCready, M. Tulley;
England : Matthew Sutton, Jimmy Chambers, Martin Shutt, Dean Bavister.