1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (1st win)
CaptainJimmy O'Gorman
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Louth
CaptainJohn Harlin
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Louth
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Mayo

The 1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Contents

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Louth in the Leinster quarter-final.

On 20 September 1931, Kerry won the championship following a 3–04 to 0–04 defeat of Louth in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. [1]

The final had been arranged for 6 September but Kerry failed to fulfil the fixture. The match was subsequently rescheduled to be played a fortnight later, with Louth awarded home advantage. [2]

Results

Leinster Minor Football Championship

9 August 1931 [3] Final Colours of Louth.svg Louth 1–05 - 0–03 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford Croke Park
J. Harlin 1-0, G. Dillon 0-2, J. Caffrey, P. Collier, A. Woods 0-1 eachA. Kealy, J. Morris, P. Quinn 0-1 each
GK1Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors)
RCB2Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill)
FB3Gerard Hearty (Clan na Gael)
LCB4Jimmy Beirne (Ardee minors)
RHB5Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns)
LHB7Jack Kelly (O'Connells)
MF8James Caffrey (O'Connells)
MF9Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Peter Collier (O'Connells)
CHF11Ambrose Woods (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF12Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors)
RCF13Gerard Dillon (Clan na Gael)
FF14John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c)
LCF15Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)
GK1G. Howlin (Sarsfields)
RCB2F. Sutherland (Sarsfields)
FB3T. Merriman (Starlights)
LCB4J. Forde (Gorey Blues)
RHB5M. O'Connor (Sarsfields)
CHB6L. Byrne (Starlights)
LHB7W. Connolly (Starlights)
MF8J. Quinn (Starlights)
MF9M. Swan (Ballyhogue)
RHF10E. Foley (Sarsfields)
CHF11A. Travers (Gorey Blues)
LHF12S. Carroll (Sarsfields)
RCF13J. Morris (Sarsfields)
FF14P. Quinn (Starlights)
LCF15A. Kealy (Gorey Parnells)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Tyrone 0–07 - 0–04 Armagh  

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Mayo 2–07 - 0–03 Sligo  

Munster Minor Football Championship

Kerry 3–06 - 0–07 Tipperary  

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

30 August 1931 Kerry 3–11 - 0–02 Mayo Tuam Stadium
23 August 1931 Louth 2–06 - 1–07 Tyrone Athletic Grounds, Dundalk


Final (Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda)

20 September 1931 [4]
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 3–04 – 0–04 Colours of Louth.svg Louth
(HT: 2–01 - 0–01)
Gls: Healy (1-0), P.J. O'Sullivan (1-0), Chute (1-0)
Pts: McMahon (0-02), Murphy (0-01) P.J. O'Sullivan (0-01)
Pts: Collier (0-02), Caffrey (0-01), Dempsey (0-01)

Referee: Patrick Fearon (Armagh)
Attendance: 5,000
GK1Brendan Reidy (Austin Stacks)
RCB2Frank O'Neill (Austin Stacks)
FB3Paddy Walsh (St Mary's)
LCB4Ned O'Mahony (Firies)
RHB5D.J. McCarthy (John Mitchel's)
CHB6Jack O'Keeffe (Dr Crokes)
LHB7Tim O'Sullivan (Austin Stacks)
MF8Jimmy O'Gorman (Austin Stacks) (c)
MF9Paddy McMahon (John Mitchel's)
RHF10Tommy Murphy (John Mitchel's)
CHF11P.J. O'Sullivan (St Mary's)
LHF12Michael Buckley (Tarbert)
RCF13Ted Chute (Listowel Emmets)
FF14Charlie O'Sullivan (Kerins O'Rahilly's)
LCF15Bernard Healy (Kerins O'Rahilly's)
GK1Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors)
RCB2Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill)
FB3Gerard Hearty (Clan na Gael)
LCB4Jimmy Beirne (Ardee minors)
RHB5Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns)
LHB7James Fearon (Cooley Kickhams)
MF8James Caffrey (O'Connells)
MF9Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Peter Collier (O'Connells)
CHF11Arthur Bradley (Ardee minors)
LHF12Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors)
RCF13Jack Kelly (O'Connells)
FF14John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c)
LCF15Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Joe Carroll: 'Kerry unlikely to miss the bus'". Dundalk Democrat . 15 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Louth Minors Leinster Champions! - Wexford Beaten In Dashing Final". Drogheda Independent . 15 August 1931.
  4. ↑ "Kerry Minors Win All-Ireland Football Final - Sterlimg Display At Drogheda". The Kerryman . 26 September 1931.
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