1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Roscommon
2–4
(10)		 1–7
(10)
Date6 October 1946
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeBill Delaney (Laois)
Attendance75,771
1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay
Kerry Roscommon
2–8
(14)		 0–10
(10)
Date27 October 1946
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereePaddy Mythen (Wexford)
Attendance65,661

The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 59th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

The game was originally set for 22 September, but was delayed for two weeks as part of the "Save the Harvest" campaign. (see: Winter of 1946–47)

Matches

Summary

Roscommon had a six-point lead with three minutes left, but Kerry made an amazing comeback with goals by Paddy Burke and Tom "Gega" O'Connor. Burke and O'Connor also scored late goals in the replay.[1]

It was the third of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.[2]

Details

Kerry2–4 – 1–7Roscommon
Batt Garvey (0–1), Paddy Burke (1–1) & Tom Gega O'Connor (1–2). D. Keenan (0–4), J.J. Fallon 1–1 & F. Kinlough (0–2).
Attendance: 75,771
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)
Kerry2–8 – 0–10Roscommon
Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1–4), Batt Garvey (0–2), Paddy Burke (1–0) & Sub Gus Cremin (0–1) for Jackie Falvey. D. Keenan (0–7), J.J. Fallon (0–2) & J. McQullian (0–1).
Attendance: 65,661
Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Kerry

Played in drawn game
G. Cremin
W. O'Donnell
Subs used in drawn game
E. Dowling for P. Kennedy
B. Kelleher for J. Lyne
Subs used in replay
G. Cremin for J. Falvey

Roscommon (is this the replay or the drawn game?)

Sub used
D. McDermott for B. Lynch

References

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