1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 25 September 1938 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | P Maguire (Cavan) | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,950 | ||||||
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| Date | 23 October 1938 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Peter Waters (Kildare) | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,851 | ||||||
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Matches
[edit]This year's final was played on 25 September, with the replay following on 23 October.[1]
Summary
[edit]Kerry supporters complained that the final whistle had gone too early in the first match, disallowing a late John Joe Landers winner. When the replay ended before Kerry could take a free which could have given an equalising goal, angry fans invaded the pitch. A loudspeaker appeal allowed the game to continue, and Galway won anyway.[2]
Bobby Beggs lined out for the winning Galway team that day; he had earlier been on the Dublin side defeated by Galway in the final of 1934.[3]
Details
[edit]| 25 September 1938 Final |
Galway | 3–3 – 2–6 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68,950 Referee: P Maguire (Cavan) |
| B. Nestor (1-1), N. Mulholland & R. Griffin (1-0), J. Flavin & M. Kelly (0-1) each. | Seán Brosnan (0–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–0), Miko Doyle (0–2) & Tim O'Leary (1–1) |
| 23 October 1938 Final replay |
Galway | 2–4 – 0–7 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,851 Referee: Peter Waters (Kildare) |
| B. Nestor (0-4), R. Griffin & J. Burke (0-2) each. | Seán Brosnan (0–3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1), Miko Doyle (0–3) |
       Galway
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    Kerry
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Galway (is this the replay or the drawn game?) =
- 1 Jimmy McGauran
- 2 Mick Raftery
- 3 M. Connaire
- 4 Dinny O'Sullivan
- 5 Frank Cunniffe
- 6 Bobby Beggs
- 7 Charlie Connolly
- 8 John Burke
- 9 John Dunne (c)
- 10 Jackie Flavin
- 11 Mick Higgins
- 12 R. Griffin
- 13 Ned Mulholland
- 14 M. Kelly
- 15 Brendan Nestor
- Subs used
- M. Ryder for Mulholland
- P. McDonagh for Burke
References
[edit]- ↑ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES. DBA. 2021. p. 149.
- ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
Bobby Beggs was on the defeated Dublin team [in 1934] but in 1938 he was on the Galway team that triumphed by beating Kerry by 2 – 4 to 0 – 7.
External links
[edit]- "All Ireland Gaelic Football Final (1938)" on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the game