1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Teams26
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
CaptainTom O'Connor
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMeath
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Format

Provincial Championships format changes

Leinster Championship format change

2 Preliminary rounds instead of usual 1. Involved were

Westmeath & Wicklow
of course the winners qualified for a quarterfinal to meet the stronger teams.

Munster Championship format change

In 1939 Kerry were given a bye to the Munster final, preliminary round was just a lone match between Cork vs Waterford, the winners of the game played in the quarterfinals along with Tipperary, Limerick and Clare, the winners of the game played in a lone Semifinal. The format was previously used in 1933 and was used again in 1941.

All Ireland semifinals system

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual in every 3rd year in rotation, with the four winners from Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals. The draw for these games was as follows:

  • Munster V. Connacht
  • Ulster V. Leinster

Provincial championships

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Semifinal Final
Galway 0-03
Mayo 2-10 Mayo 2-06
Sligo 0-02
Mayo2-10 – 0-2Sligo
H Kenny (0-1), M Hannon (0-1), J Munnelly (1-3), P Moclair (1-1), T Hoban (0-4).
Attendance: 4,000
Mayo2-6 – 0-3Galway
P Flannelly (0-3), M Hannon (0-1); J Munnelly (0-1), P Moclair (2-1).
Attendance: 20,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Round 1 Round 2
      
Longford 0-17
4-04 Westmeath
  3-04
Carlow 2-05
Carlow 2-08
Wicklow 1-03
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Wexford 0-06
Longford 0-04
Wexford 1-07
Louth 0-07
Louth 3-04
Dublin 1-06
Wexford 2-03
Meath 2-07
Meath 1-09
Laois 1-07
Meath 2-10
Kildare 2-08
Kildare 2-11
Offaly 1-01


Longford0-17 – 4-4Westmeath
Wicklow1-3 – 2-8Carlow
Longford3-4 – 2-5Carlow
Louth3-4 – 1-6Dublin
Meath1-9 – 1-7Laois
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Kildare2-11 – 1-1Offaly
M.Geraghty 1-5, T.Dalton 1-1, P.Barry 0-2, M.Brosnan, P.Waters, H.Ennis 0-1.
Wexford0-6 – 0-4Longford
Wexford1-7 – 0-7Louth
Meath2-10 – 2-8Kildare
W.Ryan 1-1, M.Geraghty 0-3, P.Barry 1-0, P.Waters, R.Martin, M.Brosnan, T.Dalton 0-1.
Attendance: 20,000
Meath2-7 – 2-3Wexford
Tony Donnelly 0-5 (0-3f), Jim Clarke and Hugh Lynch 1-0 each, Matty Gilsenan and Jack Cummins 0-1 each Tom Roche 1-2 and Joe Smyth 1-1
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J. Dunne (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinal
Clare 1-08, 2-14
Limerick 2-05, 0-03
Clare 1-06
Tipperary 4-05
Tipperary 1-09
Cork 0-08 Cork 2-02
Waterford 0-07
Final
   
Kerry 2-11
Tipperary 0-04


Cork0-8 – 0-7Waterford
D. O’Connor & P. Barron (0-1), R. Harnedy (1-1), P.O’Sullivan (0-1), J. Young & R. Keily (0-2).
Clare1-8 – 2-5Limerick
Tipperary1-9 – 2-2Cork
D. Murphy & P. O’Sullivan (0-1).
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Clare2-14 – 0-3Limerick
The Cricket Field, Kilrush
Tipperary4-5 – 1-6Clare
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Kerry2-11 – 0-4Tipperary
Johnny Walsh (0-1), Tony McAuliffe (1-1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Mikey Lyne (0-3) & Murt Kelly (1-4).
Referee: D. Goode (W)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round
   
Down 1-06
Antrim 1-05
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
 
 
Armagh 1-06, 1-06
Monaghan 1-06, 0-02
 
 
Armagh 2-04, 1-04
Cavan 2-06, 2-03
Donegal 0-06
Down 1-01
Donegal 0-04
Cavan 5-12
Cavan 4-11
Tyrone 1-02
Down1-6 – 1-5Antrim
Cavan4-11 – 1-2Tyrone
Attendance: 3,000
Donegal0-6 – 1-1Down
Monaghan1-6 – 1-6Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Monaghan0-2 – 1-6Armagh
Cavan5-12 – 0-4Donegal
Attendance: 8,000
Cavan2-6 – 2-4Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Cavan2-3 – 1-4Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semifinals Final
      
1M Kerry 0-04, 3-08
1C Mayo 0-04, 1-04
1M Kerry 2-05
1L Meath 2-03
1L Meath 1-09
1U Cavan 1-01
Kerry0-4 – 0-4Mayo
Sean Brosnan (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1) & Murt Kelly (0-1). P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-1) & T Hoban (0-2, one free).
Meath1-9 – 1-1Cavan
Kerry3-8 – 1-4Mayo
P. Kennedy(0-1), J. G. O'Gorman (0-2), S. Brosnan (0-1), J. Walsh (1-1), T. Landers (0-2), D. Spring (1-0) & C. O'Sullivan (1-1). H Kenny (0-1), P Laffey (0-2), J Munnelly (1-0) & T Hoban (0-1).
Main article:
1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry2-5 – 2-3Meath
Murt Kelly (0-2), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Dan Spring (2-1) & Tim Landers (0-1).
Attendance: 46,828
Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Meath win their second Leinster Title first since 1895.
  • Kerry are now one behind Dublin with All Ireland titles.
  • There were a number of first-time championship meetings; There were 2 first time championship meetings in the All Ireland Series at first in the semifinal stage a first meeting between Meath vs Cavan while the second was All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of Kerry vs Meath.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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