1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners Down (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Warwickshire
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Louth
Ulster Down
Connacht Leitrim
1945
1947

The 1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 25th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.

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The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final.

In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britain to determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1946.

The title match at Croke Park concluded with Down defeating Warwickshire, the champions of Britain, on a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–09. [1]


Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Final

Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 3–03 - 1–07 Colours of Cork.svg Cork

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Final

Colours of Down.svg Down 2–05 - 0–07 Donegal colours.jpg Donegal

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Final

Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 2–09 - 0–04 Colours of Galway.svg Galway

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Final [2] (Croke Park, Dublin)

23 June 1946
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 3-05 0-01 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
(HT: 1-03 - 0-01)
GK1Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB2Mick Rafferty (St Fechin's)
FB3Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher)
LCB4Jim McGee (Clan Na Gael)
RHB5Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB6Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHB7Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
MF8Dermot Kelly (Owen Roe's)
MF9Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells)
RHF10Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHF11Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c)
LHF12Mickey Lennon (Geraldines)
RCF13Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCF15Martin Carpenter (Owen Roe's)

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

'Home' Semi-Finals

(Clones) [3]

25 August 1946
Colours of Down.svg Down 1–05 0-07 Colours of Louth.svg Louth
(HT: 0–04 - 0–03)

Referee: T. O'Reilly (Cavan)
GK1Emmet McGivern
RCB2Paddy O'Hagan
FB3Andy Murnin
LCB4Harry Downey
RHB5Gerry Browne
CHB6Eamon Grant
LHB7Noel McCarthy
MF8Gerry Carr (c)
MF9Joe Haughian
RHF10Gerry Doherty
CHF11Thomas Brown
LHF12Des Downey
RCF13Dan Kennedy
FF14Henry Brown
LCF15Jimmy Heaney
Substitutes:
GK1Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB2Peadar O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FB3Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher)
LCB4Jim McGee (Clan Na Gael)
RHB5Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB6Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHB7Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
MF8Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's)
MF9Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells)
RHF10Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHF11Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c)
LHF12Mickey Lennon (Geraldines)
RCF13Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCF15Kevin Quinn (Hunterstown Rovers)
Substitutes:
16John Breen (Glyde Rangers) for MacArtain
25 August 1946 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 2–11 - 2–07 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim

'Home' Final

13 October 1946 Colours of Down.svg Down [6] 2–07 - 2–03 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim [7] Breffni Park, Cavan


All-Ireland Final

(Croke Park, Dublin) [8]

27 October 1946
Colours of Down.svg Down 2–10 1–09Warwickshire
(HT: 0–05 - 1–03)

Referee: F. Brophy (Dublin)
GK1Emmet McGivern
RCB2Paddy O'Hagan
FB3Andy Murnin
LCB4Harry Downey
RHB5Gerry Browne
CHB6Eamon Grant
LHB7Noel McCarthy
MF8Gerry Carr (c)
MF9Joe Haughian
RHF10Gerry Doherty
CHF11Thomas Brown
LHF12Des Downey
RCF13Dan Kennedy
FF14Henry Brown
LCF15Jimmy Heaney
Substitutes:
16Kevin O'Hare for McGivern
17Malachy Short for Thomas Brown
GK1R. Tumulty
RCB2R. Green
FB3P.J. Foran
LCB4T. Geraghty
RHB5W. Halton
CHB6M. Hartney
LHB7J. Lonergan
MF8P. Hartnett
MF9A. Green
RHF10P. Mooney
CHF11P. Judge
LHF12J. McDermott
RCF13J. Casey
FF14M. O'Dowd
LCF15J. O'Neill
Substitutes:

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