1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (1st win)
Captain	Jimmy O'Gorman
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Louth
Captain	John Harlin
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Mayo

The 1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Dublin entered as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Louth in the Leinster quarter-final.

On 20 September 1931, Kerry won the championship following a 3–04 to 0–04 defeat of Louth in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

The final had been arranged for 6 September but Kerry failed to fulfil the fixture. The match was subsequently rescheduled to be played a fortnight later, with Louth awarded home advantage.

Results

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Louth v Wexford

9 August 1931 Final	Louth	1–05 - 0–03	Wexford	Croke Park
	J. Harlin 1-0, G. Dillon 0-2, J. Caffrey, P. Collier, A. Woods 0-1 each		A. Kealy, J. Morris, P. Quinn 0-1 each

GK 1 Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors) RCB 2 Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill) FB 3 Gerard Hearty (Clan na Gael) LCB 4 Jimmy Beirne (Ardee minors) RHB 5 Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones) CHB 6 Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns) LHB 7 Jack Kelly (O'Connells) MF 8 James Caffrey (O'Connells) MF 9 Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams) RHF 10 Peter Collier (O'Connells) CHF 11 Ambrose Woods (Cooley Kickhams) LHF 12 Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors) RCF 13 Gerard Dillon (Clan na Gael) FF 14 John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c) LCF 15 Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)

GK 1 G. Howlin (Sarsfields) RCB 2 F. Sutherland (Sarsfields) FB 3 T. Merriman (Starlights) LCB 4 J. Forde (Gorey Blues) RHB 5 M. O'Connor (Sarsfields) CHB 6 L. Byrne (Starlights) LHB 7 W. Connolly (Starlights) MF 8 J. Quinn (Starlights) MF 9 M. Swan (Ballyhogue) RHF 10 E. Foley (Sarsfields) CHF 11 A. Travers (Gorey Blues) LHF 12 S. Carroll (Sarsfields) RCF 13 J. Morris (Sarsfields) FF 14 P. Quinn (Starlights) LCF 15 A. Kealy (Gorey Parnells)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Tyrone v Armagh

Tyrone

0–07 - 0–04

Armagh

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Mayo v Sligo

Mayo

2–07 - 0–03

Sligo

Munster Minor Football Championship

Kerry v Tipperary

Kerry

3–06 - 0–07

Tipperary

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Kerry v Mayo

30 August 1931

Kerry

3–11 - 0–02

Mayo

Tuam Stadium

Louth v Tyrone

23 August 1931

Louth

2–06 - 1–07

Tyrone

Athletic Grounds, Dundalk

Final (Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda)

Kerry v Louth

20 September 1931

Kerry	3–04 – 0–04	Louth
(HT: 2–01 - 0–01)
Gls: Healy (1-0), P.J. O'Sullivan (1-0), Chute (1-0) Pts: McMahon (0-02), Murphy (0-01) P.J. O'Sullivan (0-01)		Pts: Collier (0-02), Caffrey (0-01), Dempsey (0-01)

Referee: Patrick Fearon (Armagh) Attendance: 5,000

GK 1 Brendan Reidy (Austin Stacks) RCB 2 Frank O'Neill (Austin Stacks) FB 3 Paddy Walsh (St Mary's) LCB 4 Ned O'Mahony (Firies) RHB 5 D.J. McCarthy (John Mitchel's) CHB 6 Jack O'Keeffe (Dr Crokes) LHB 7 Tim O'Sullivan (Austin Stacks) MF 8 Jimmy O'Gorman (Austin Stacks) (c) MF 9 Paddy McMahon (John Mitchel's) RHF 10 Tommy Murphy (John Mitchel's) CHF 11 P.J. O'Sullivan (St Mary's) LHF 12 Michael Buckley (Tarbert) RCF 13 Ted Chute (Listowel Emmets) FF 14 Charlie O'Sullivan (Kerins O'Rahilly's) LCF 15 Bernard Healy (Kerins O'Rahilly's)

GK 1 Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors) RCB 2 Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill) FB 3 Gerard Hearty (Clan na Gael) LCB 4 Jimmy Beirne (Ardee minors) RHB 5 Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones) CHB 6 Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns) LHB 7 James Fearon (Cooley Kickhams) MF 8 James Caffrey (O'Connells) MF 9 Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams) RHF 10 Peter Collier (O'Connells) CHF 11 Arthur Bradley (Ardee minors) LHF 12 Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors) RCF 13 Jack Kelly (O'Connells) FF 14 John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c) LCF 15 Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)