1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (12th win)
Captain Miko Doyle
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cavan
Captain Tom O'Reilly
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Laois
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
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The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the All Ireland semifinal Cavan ended Mayo's day as All Ireland Champions. Kerry won the title. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Sligo 2-10 – 1-6 Roscommon
Castlerea
Attendance: 2,000
Galway 3-1 – 0-2 Sligo
Castlerea

Final

Mayo 3-5 – 0-8 Galway
P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-2, one free), P Laffey (1-1); J Munnelly (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1) & sub M Hannon (0-1).
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Meath 3-9 – 2-3 Westmeath
Kells
Wexford 2-7 – 1-4 Carlow
Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
Kildare 5-11 – 1-7 Wicklow
P.Byrne 2-6, T.Mulhall, W.Ryan 1-0, J.Martin, P.Bourke 0-2.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Laois 2-6 – 1-9 Offaly
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)
Dublin 1-7 – 0-10 Louth
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Laois 2-7 – 1-7 Offaly
Geraldine Park, Athy
Attendance: 8000
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)
Wexford 3-7 – 1-8 Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin 1-4 – 2-5 Louth
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 10,000
Wexford 0-6 – 1-5 Louth
Drogheda Park, Drogheda
Laois 2-10 – 2-7 Kildare
P.Byrne 1-5, T.Mulhall 1-0, M.Brosnan 0-1, P.Bourke 0-1.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Final

Colours of Laois.svg Laois 0-12–0-04 Colours of Louth.svg Louth
Tom Keogh 0-4 (0-1f), Mick Haughney 0-3, Danny Douglas and Tommy Murphy 0-2 each, Bill Delaney 0-1James McKevitt (0-2f) and Henry Devine 0-2 each
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Martin Lynch (Carlow)
GK1Martin Farrell (Graiguecullen)
RCB2Joe Brennan (Edenderry, Offaly)
FB3Tom Delaney (Stradbally)
LCB4Dan Walsh (Army Metro, Dublin)
RHB5Chris Delaney (Tullamore, Offaly)
CHB6Mick Delaney (Stradbally)
LHB7Jim Slater (Graiguecullen)
MF8Jack Delaney (Stradbally) (c)
MF9 Bill Delaney (Stradbally)
RHF10Danny Douglas (Army Metro, Dublin)
CHF11 Tommy Murphy (Graiguecullen)
LHF12Syd Harkins (Army Metro, Dublin)
RCF13Mick Haughney (Graiguecullen)
FF14Tom Keogh (Portlaoise)
LCF15Jack McDarby (Graiguecullen)
GK1Hugh Callan (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB2Peter Martin (Wolfe Tones)
FB3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams)
LCB4Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues) (c)
RHB5Paddy McManus (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6Eugene Callan (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
LHB7Jim Thornton (Cooley Kickhams)
MF8Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
MF9Paul Matthews (Athy, Kildare)
RHF10Mick Callaghan (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11James McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF12Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands)
RCF13Henry Devine (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
FF14Paddy Hoey (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF15Patsy McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams)
Substitutes:
16Tom McKeown (Wolfe Tones) for Callan

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary 1-8 – 1-6 Waterford
Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Kerry 6-7 – 0-4 Cork
Paddy Kennedy (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Con Geaney (1-3), Sean McCarthy (3-0) & Michael O'Gorman (2-1).D. O'Connor (0-2) & A. Ricken (0-1).
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Clare 2-3 – 1-6 Limerick
The Cricket Field, Kilrush
Clare 1-8 – 0-6 Limerick
Foynes
Kerry 2-11 – 0-4 Tipperary
P. Kennedy (0-2), T. O'Leary (0-1), C. O'Sullivan (1-2), J. G. O'Gorman (0-1), C. Geaney (0-1), S. McCarthy (0-1) & M. Ferriter (1-3).
Mitchelstown
Referee: T. Greaney (W)

Final

Kerry 4-9 – 1-1 Clare
Tim O'Leary (1-3), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (0-4), Con Geaney (0-1), Sean McCarthy (2-1) & Mick Ferriter (1-0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Donegal 3-8 – 0-6 Antrim
Bundoran
Monaghan 4-12 – 0-8 Tyrone
Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland
Cavan 3-11 – 2-6 Fermanagh
Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Attendance: 2,000
Armagh 4-14 – 2-7 Down
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Cavan 2-12 – 1-4 Donegal
Breffni Park, Cavan
Monaghan 1-3 – 2-12 Armagh
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Attendance: 8,000

Final

Cavan 0-13 – 0-3 Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry 2-3 – 2-3 Laois
Tadhg Healy (0-1), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Con Geaney (1-1) & Sean McCarthy (1-0).
Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Kerry 2-2 – 1-4 Laois
Tim Landers (2-1) & Mikey Lyne (0-1).
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Cavan 2-5 – 1-7 Mayo
J Carney (0-2), J Munnelly (0-3), P Moclair (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin

Finals

Kerry 2-5 – 1-8 Cavan
Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Gearoid Fitzgerald (0-1), John Joe Landers (2-1), Tim O'Donnell Camp (0-1) & Tim Landers (0-1).
Attendance: 52,325
Kerry 4-4 – 1-7 Cavan
Tim Landers (0-4), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (1-0) & Tim O'Leary (2-0).
Attendance: 51,234
Referee: M. Hennessy (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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)
  4. ↑ "G.A.A. Notes". Dundalk Democrat . 31 July 1937.
  5. ↑ "Haughney, Mick". Hogan Stand . 15 September 2006.
  6. ↑ "Offaly-Laoighis Draw, Thrilling Football Match at Newbridge". Midland Counties Advertiser. 20 May 1937.
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