Ireland.
South Africans beat Bohemians.
M/S of a team of footballers in shirts with gazelle motifs on - probably South African - posing as a group for the camera. M/S of a South African captain and the Irish captain posing with an African statuette. M/S of the Bohemians posing as...
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Bohemians V South Africa, Dalymount Park, August 30 1924. The Bohemians team includes three members of Ireland’s 1924 Olympic squad - Jack McCarthy, Johnny Murray and Christy Robinson. Also included in the photograph are J.L. Brennan, Charlie
Harris and Billy Otto, all of whom accompanied the squad to Paris, and Sir Henry McLaughlin, the honorary president of the FAI.
Back row (l to r): James L. Brennan, unknown official, Albert Kelly, Christy Robinson,
Mason (goalkeeper), unknown official, Dave Roberts, Bob Carter, Johnny McIlroy, Sir Henry McLaughlin, Charlie Harris.
Front row (l to r): Johnny Murray, Jack McCarthy, Billy Otto (captain), Mick O’Kane, Ned Brooks.
Match played on 30 August 1924. South Africa beat Bohemians 4-2. The "gazelle" mentioned above is of course a "springbok".