1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesMay 9 – September 26, 1954
Teams28
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (2nd win)
CaptainPeter McDermott
ManagerP. Tully
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainJohn Dowling
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played24
← 1953
1955 →

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Meath were the winners.[1][2][3]

Note the Munster football championship did not have Quarter-Finals. Limerick did not take part (1953–1964) while Clare skipped a year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo4–9 – 1–7Roscommon
P Irwin (0–1), J Nallen; F Leonard, T Langan (0–3), S O’Donnell; M Flanagan (2–1), D O’Neill (1–3, two frees) & P Solan (1–1).
Attendance: 15,000
Sligo1–8 – 1–7Leitrim
Galway2–4 – 1–5Mayo
T Langan (0–1), S O’Donnell (0–1) & D O’Neill (0–3).
Attendance: 5,000
Galway2–10 – 3–4Sligo
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford1–6 – 0–7Laois
Kildare1–5 – 0–8Carlow
P.White 0–3, L.McCormack 0–1, P.Mooney 0–1
Kildare1–9 – 2–6
A.E.T.		Carlow
L.McCormack 1–1, P.White, S.Harrison 0–2, D.Dalton 0–1
Meath1–9 – 1–8Wicklow
Kildare1–7 – 1–6Carlow
D.Dalton 1–1. P.White 0–3, R.Swan 0–2, M.Byrne, F.Marron, P.Mooney 0–1
Dublin0–11 – 0–2Louth
Longford1–7 – 1–4Westmeath
Wexford0–7 – 1–5Offaly
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Meath3–2 – 0–5Kildare
P.Mooney 0–3, P.White, S.Harrison 0–2, L.McCormack 0–1
Dublin2–4 – 2–5Offaly
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Meath2–9 – 1–5Longford
Meath4–7 – 2–10Offaly
Tom Moriarty 2–0, Paddy Meegan 1–3 (0-3f), Peter McDermott 1–1, Paddy Connell, Michael Grace, Billy Ratigan 0–1 each Paddy Casey 1–4 (1-2f), Johnny Kinahan 1–0, Christy Carroll 0–2, Sean Foran, Mick Furlong, Alo Kelly (0-1f), Paddy Fenlon 0–1 each
Attendance: 44,109
Referee: Bill Goodison (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Note there were no Quarter-Final's were played Limerick didn't complete (1953–1964) while Clare decided to skip the Munster championships for just 1 year. This means that Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford would go on straight to the Semi-Final's with the winners of both matches qualify for the final.

Kerry3–10 – 1–2Waterford
T. Moriarty (0–1), C. Kennelly (0–1), J. J. Sheehan (0–1) P. Sheehy (0–2), B. Buckley (2–1), S. Kelly (0–2) & J. Lyne (1–2).
Cork3–11 – 2–7Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0–1), N. Fitzgerald (0–2), J. Hartnett (2–0), N. Duggan (0–1), P. Harrington (0–1), J. J. Henichion (0–1) & Sub J. Lowery (1–5).
Referee: J. O'Connell (L)
Kerry4–9 – 2–3Cork
P. Sheehy (0–3), T. Moriarty (0–1), T. Lyne (0–1), J. Brosnan (2–1), S. Kelly (1–2) & J. Lyne (1–1). J. O’Donovan (2–1) & J. J. Henichion (0–2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone1–7 – 1–5Donegal
Derry4–11 – 3–4Down
Armagh1–8 – 1–6Antrim
Attendance: 4,000
Cavan3–8 – 2–5Monaghan
Armagh1–12 – 2–6Derry
Cavan3–10 – 2–10Tyrone
Cavan2–10 – 2–5Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Meath1–5 – 0–7Cavan
Attendance: 42,123
Kerry2–6 – 1–6Galway
P. Sheehy (1–1), T. Lyne (1–3), J. Brosnan (0–1) & S. Kelly (0–1).
Attendance: 40,740
Meath1–13 – 1–7Kerry
P. Meegan (0–5), T. Monriaty (1–2), B. Smyth (0–3), McDonnll 0–2 & P. McDermott (0–1). J. J. Sheehan (1–1), J. Brosnan (0–2) & T. Lyne (0–4).
Attendance: 75,276
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Munster championship did not have Quarter-finals, due to Limerick 2nd year not taking part while Clare skipped the year.
  • Galway end a 9-year wait for the Connacht football title.
  • The All Ireland final was Meath's first ever win over Kerry in history.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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