1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date26 September 1937
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeM Hennessy (Clare)
Attendance52,325
1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay
Date17 October 1937
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeM Hennessy (Clare)
Attendance51,234

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the fiftieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Matches

Summary

The Radio Athlone commentator mistakenly announced Cavan as the winners of the first game; Packie Boylan's late point had been disallowed. Kerry won the replay by six points, with goals by Tim O'Leary (2), Miko Doyle and John Joe Landers.[1]

It was the fourth of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[2]

Details

26 Sep 1939
Final
Kerry 2–5 – 1–8 Cavan
Gls: John Joe Landers (2)
Pts: Charlie O'Sullivan, Gearóid Fitzgerald, John Joe Landers, Tim O'Donnell Camp & Tim Landers (1) each.
Gls: P. Boylan (1).
Pts: M.J Magee (3), P. Delvin (2), J. Smallhorne, V. White & L. Blessing (1) each.
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M Hennessy (Clare)
Attendance: 52,325

17 Oct 1939
Replay
Kerry 4–4 – 1–7 Cavan
Gls: John Joe Landers & Miko Doyle (1) & Tim O'Leary (2) each.
Pts: Tim Landers (4).
Gls: L. Blessing (1).
Pts: M.J. Magee (3), P. Delvin & V. White (2) each.
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M Hennessy (Clare)
Attendance: 51,234
Official programmes for the final (left) and playoff (right)

Kerry

Subs used
Tom O'Connor for O'Donnell
Played in drawn game
Gearóid Fitzgerald
Paddy Kennedy
Seán McCarthy

References

  1. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.