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Details

Date Time League Season Match Day
May 17, 1987 2:00 pm Irish American Football League 1987 Week 4

Results

Team1234TDT
Dublin Celts01300213
NI Giants000000

Dublin Celts

Position FG Safety PAT 2XP TD Comp Att Pass Yds Rush Att Rush Yds Rec Rec Yds Int Lng Fum Lost FR Tckl Solo Asst Sack PR KR Punt PYds PAvg BFG OR
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NI Giants

Position FG Safety PAT 2XP TD Comp Att Pass Yds Rush Att Rush Yds Rec Rec Yds Int Lng Fum Lost FR Tckl Solo Asst Sack PR KR Punt PYds PAvg BFG OR
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Venue

Wanderers FC Rugby Club, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Wanderers F.C. Rugby Club, Ballsbridge, Pembroke East E ED, Dublin, Dublin 4, Leinster, D04 A373, Ireland

Recap

Two touchdowns in the second quarter by Ian Biddulph and Andy Olszewski, aided by a dominant display by their defense enabled Dublin Celts to defeat Tennent’s Giants at Wanderers Rugby Club in Dublin. The win was the Celts fourth in a row, and consigned the Giants to their first defeat of the season.

Scorers

1st Quarter

No Scoring

2nd Quarter

CEL – Ian Biddulph TD

CEL – Andy Olszewski TD

PAT after one of the TDs

3rd Quarter

No Scoring

4th Quarter

No Scoring

References

Fixture

[16] Anon. (1987) “Your Sports Diary: Tomorrow: American Football” Irish Independent. Saturday, May 16, 1987. pg. 21. Past copies of the Irish Independent are Available to view online at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [Accessed 13 October 2018] The Irish Newspaper Archive is a subscription service.

Result

[17][ Anon. (1987) “American Football: Dublin Celts still unbeaten” The Irish Times. Monday, May 18, 1987. pg. 4 Past copies of the The Irish Times Article are Available to view online at: https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1987/0518/Pg004.html#Ar00414 The Irish Times Archive is a subscription service.

[18][ Anon. (1987) “American Football” The Irish Independent. Monday, May 18, 1987. pg. 14 Past copies of the Irish Independent are Available to view online at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [Accessed 12 August 2021] The Irish Newspaper Archive is a subscription service.

[20] Anon. (1987) “Giants ‘at Home'” Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, May 19, 1987. pg. 30 Past copies of the Belfast Telegraph are Available to view online at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ [Accessed 6 May 2020] The Irish Newspaper Archive is a subscription service.