1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship

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1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship
Championship details
Champions
Winning team Louth (6th win)
Captain Brendan O'Dowda
Finalists
Runners-Up Kildare

The 1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship was the fourteenth staging of the provincial Gaelic football competition for boys under the age of 18 by Leinster GAA, since its inception in 1929.

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Louth entered the competition as defending champions and went on to retain the trophy for the third year in a row.

Leinster was the only province to crown a champion for 1942. The other three provincial councils abandoned their Minor competitions, due to travel restrictions imposed by the Irish Government during the Second World War. [1]

Similarly, the Leinster Minor Football Championship was suspended in June 1942. [2] In July 1943, Leinster GAA decided to complete the remaining rounds of their 1942 Minor football and Hurling competitions, as only three matches remained to be played. [3]

The title match in Croke Park was between Louth and Kildare. Louth, ahead by 2–6 to 0–2 at half-time, defeated Kildare by nineteen points to claim their sixth provincial title. Unlike in previous years, the winners did not progress to an All-Ireland semi-final, as the other three provincial Championships had been abandoned. The 1942 competition was the last Leinster Minor Football Championship to be held until the end of the Second World War in 1945.

Results

Leinster Minor Football Championship

3 May 1942Quarter-Final [4] Colours of Louth.svg Louth 0-09 0-05 Colours of Meath.svg Meath Páirc Tailteann, Navan
10 May 1942Preliminary [5] Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 5-06 1-04 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
24 May 1942Quarter-Final [6] Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 5-04 1-01 Colours of Laois.svg Laois O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
31 May 1942Semi-Final Colours of Louth.svg Louth 3-08 3-05 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
15 August 1943Semi-Final [7] Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 3-06 2-04 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford Geraldine Park, Athy

Final

Colours of Louth.svg Louth 5–10 - 0–06 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare
P. Donnelly 2-5 (4f), J. MacArtain 2-1, C. O'Brien 1-0, P. Burke, B. O'Dowda, H. O'Rourke, J. White 0-1 each
Referee: P. Mythen (Wexford)
GK1Paddy Rogers [11] (De La Salle)
RCB2P.J. Grist (Cooley Kickhams)
FB3Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Gaels)
LCB4Johnny Blake (De La Salle)
RHB5Paddy Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands)
CHB6John Cullen (St. Mary's College)
LHB7Denis Ryan (Cooley Kickhams)
MF8John White (Cooley Kickhams)
MF9 Brendan O'Dowda (De La Salle) (c)
RHF10Peter Donnelly (Drogheda C.B.S.)
CHF11Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF12Mickey Reynolds (Ardee Minors)
RCF13Charlie O'Brien (Drogheda C.B.S.)
FF14Paddy Burke (Ardee Minors)
LCF15Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams)
GK1J. McShortall (Suncroft)
RCB2G. Headon (Ballymore Eustace)
FB3J. Farrell (Ardclough)
LCB4F. Sullivan (Naas)
RHB5J. Nevin (Caragh)
CHB6W. Hickey (Athy)
LHB7J. Byrne (Kilcullen)
MF8T. Fox (Athy)
MF9B. O'Connor (Ardclough)
RHF10D. Conlan (Moorefield)
CHF11F. Purcell (Athy)
LHF12T. Fullam (Naas)
RCF13R. Cullen (Ardclough)
FF14E. Monahan (Suncroft)
LCF15J. Grehan (Naas)

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