1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Kerry gaa football team 1930.jpg
Kerry, champions
Event 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date28 September 1930
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Jim Byrne (Wexford)
Attendance33,280
1929
1931

The 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 43rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Contents

Match

Summary

Monaghan scored first but Kerry won comprehensively with goals by John Joe Landers, John Joe Sheehy (captain of the team) and Ned Sweeney. [1]

It was the first of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s. [2]

This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Monaghan. [3] It remains Monaghan's only final appearance.

Monaghan's goalkeeper for this game, Thomas Bradley, was a First World War veteran who had been at the Battle of the Somme and Battle of Passchendaele. [4]

Details

Final
Kerry 3-11 – 0-2 Monaghan
J J Landers 2-3, N Sweeney 1-0, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0-3 each, M Doyle 0-2
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 33,280
Referee: Jim Byrne (Wexford)

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References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. "WW1 and the GAA - Thomas Bradley". 6 November 2018.