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Al-British Isles International

By an "international" match, we generally mean, of course, a match in which two countries. participate, But sea those countries are two of the four' countries comprising the British Isles it is generally a ease of all those countries _partilpating! How do T make that' out?

fell, take the recent example of Ireland v. Wales.

Ireland's goalkeeper and the Welsh wrt both play for English elubs—Liverpool and Birmingham respectively. Each country had one of its the Irishman from Derby Counts, the Welshman from Leicester City. Two of the half-backs in each team play for English clubs, And as for the forwards, the whole of the Welsh line came from English clubs, while the Trish line, though actually containing four Trish club repre sentatives, includes @ Glasgow Rangers player!

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