1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 1940 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Seamus Burke (Kildare) | ||||||
| Attendance | 60,821 | ||||||
The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
[edit]This year's final was played on 22 September.[1]
Summary
[edit]Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all.[2]
It was the first of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.[3]
It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals lost by Galway.[4]
With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland SFC titles, drawing level with Dublin.[5] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.[5]
Details
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| Kerry | 0–7 – 1–3 | Galway |
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| Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Murt Kelly (0–2), Dan Spring (0–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–2), Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0–1) for Dan Spring | J Duggan (1–0), B Nestor, J Dunne, J Burke (0–1) each |
         Kerry
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  Galway
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Kerry
[edit]- 1 D. O'Keeffe
- 2 B. Myers
- 3 J. Keohane
- 4 T. Healy
- 5 B. Dillon
- 6 B. Casey
- 7 E. Walsh
- 8 S. Brosnan
- 9 J. Walsh
- 10 J. O'Gorman
- 11 T. O'Connor
- 12 P. Kennedy
- 13 M. Kelly
- 14 D. Spring (c)
- 15 C. O'Sullivan
- Sub used
- P. B. Brosnan for D. Spring
- Trainer
- C. Brosnan
Galway
[edit]- 1 J. McGauran
- 2 M. Raftery
- 3 M. Connaire
- 4 D. O'Sullivan
- 5 F. Cunniffe
- 6 B. Beggs
- 7 C. Connolly
- 8 J. Dunne (c)
- 9 J. Duggan
- 10 J. Flavin
- 11 J. Burke
- 12 J. Canavan
- 13 M. Higgins
- 13 N. Mulholland
- 14 B. Nestor
References
[edit]- ↑ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES. DBA. 2021. p. 149.
- ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
Then, they lost three in a row, in 1940 to Kerry by 0 – 7 to 1 – 3; in 1941 to Kerry by 1 – 8 to 0 – 7; and in 1942 to Dublin by 1 – 10 to 1 – 8.
- 1 2 Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.