1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1915 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

Wexford, champions
Event	1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Wexford Kerry 2–4 (10) 2–1 (7)
Date	7 November 1915
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Pat Dunphy (Laois) [1]
Attendance	27,000
Weather	Fine
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The 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Wexford won by three points; their goals were scored by Jim and Aidan Byrne, while Dick Fitzgerald and Denis Doyle got Kerry's goals. ^[2]

It was the first of four consecutive All-Ireland SFC titles won by Wexford between 1915 and 1918. ^[3]

Seán O'Kennedy, whose brother Gus played at corner-forward, captained Wexford.

Details

Wexford v Kerry

7 Nov 1915 Final

Wexford	2–4 – 2–1	Kerry

Croke Park , Dublin Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois) Attendance: 27,000

Wexford

Kerry

Wexford

• Seán O'Kennedy (c)
• Gus O'Kennedy
• Paddy Mackey
• Tom Murphy
• Frank Furlong
• J. Wall
• Edmund Wheeler
• Tom Mernagh
• Tom Doyle
• Ned Black
• Aidan Doyle
• Jim Byrne
• Martin Howlett
• Dick Reynolds
• Tom McGrath (goal)

References

1. O'Connell, Cian (9 December 2016). "1916 All Ireland referees remembered".
2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
3. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.