1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (3rd win)
CaptainDermot O'Brien
ManagerJim "Sogger" Quigley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainNealie Duggan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLouth
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
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1958 →

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Cork ended Galway's spell a All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.

Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Roscommon0-7 – 0-6Mayo
M McLoughlin (0-2), PJ Downey (0-2), J O’Connell (0-1). Sub: M Stewart (0-1)
Attendance: 7,560
Sligo2-1 – 1-8Leitrim
Galway0-13 – 0-7Roscommon

Connacht Final

Galway4-8 – 0-4Leitrim
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford3-4 – 2-7Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Longford1-10 – 0-6Westmeath
Louth3-6 – 0-4Carlow
Wicklow3-6 – 1-6Laois
Kildare2-10 – 1-3Offaly
P.Loughlin 1-2, S.Harrison 0-4, S.Aldridge 0-3, P.Wright 1-0, E.Hogan 0-1
Attendance: 12000
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
Wicklow3-7 – 1-11Meath
Louth1-12 – 0-9Wexford
Dublin2-10 – 1-4Longford
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Louth5-8 – 1-9Kildare
S.Harrison 1-7, E.Hogan, M.Bohane 0-1
Dublin3-9 – 0-9Wicklow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Leinster Final

Louth2-9 – 1-7 Dublin
Jim McDonnell 2-2, Kevin Beahan 0-4f, Dermot O'Brien, Sean Cunningham, Frank Lynch 0-1 each Des Ferguson 1-1, Ollie Freaney 0-4f, Paddy Downey and Cathal O'Leary 0-1 each
Attendance: 30,234
Referee: Eamon Moulds (Wicklow)
GK 1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB 2 Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)
FB 3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB 4 Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)
RHB 5 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHB 6 Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
MF 9 Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)
RHF 10 Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF 11 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
LHF 12 Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)
RCF 13 Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LCF 15 Jim Roe (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
19 Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly
20 Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk
GK 1
RCB 2
FB 3
LCB 4
RHB 5
CHB 6
LHB 7
MF 8
MF 9
RHF 10
CHF 11
LHF 12
RCF 13
FF 14
LCF 15

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary2-9 – 4-5Clare
Referee: J. Kerins (K)
Waterford2-5 – 0-10Kerry
M. O'Connell (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Lyne (0-2), P. Fitzgerald (0-1), T. Collins (0-1) & D. McAuliffe (0-1).
Cork1-7 – 0-3Clare
J. Creedon (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), T. Ryan (0-1), R. Nutty (1-0) & D. Kelleher (0-3).

Munster Final

Cork0-16 – 1-2Waterford
N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Furlong (0-2), E. Goulding (0-5), N. Duggan (0-5) & Sub T. Ryan (0-1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry4-14 – 0-8Antrim
Ballinascreen
Donegal3-2 – 0-6Down
Cavan1-12 – 1-5Monaghan
Tyrone2-9 – 3-5Armagh
Derry1-10 – 1-9Cavan
Tyrone3-5 – 2-3Donegal

Ulster Final

Tyrone1-9 – 0-10Derry
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cork2-4 – 0-9Galway
E. Ryan (0-2), N. Fitzgerald (1-0), E. Goulding (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).
Attendance: 57,066
Louth0-13 – 0-7Tyrone
Attendance: 30,723

All Ireland Final

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1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Louth1-9 – 1-7Cork
Seán Cunningham (1-1), Kevin Beahan (0-3), Jim Roe (0-3), Séamus O'Donnell (0-1), Dan O'Neill (0-1) N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Furlong (1-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & D. Kelleher (0-3)
Attendance: 72,732
Referee: P Geraghty (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
  • Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
  • The Connacht final between
    William Pearse
    .
  • Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912.
  • There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 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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