1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (16th win)
Captain Paddy Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Roscommon
Captain Jimmy Murray
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Laois
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
1945
1947

The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 60th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Contents

The Munster Quarter-Final Kerry ended Cork's All Ireland title.

Kerry won their sixteenth title, moving ahead of Dublin in the all-time standings, a position which they have never lost since. [1] [2] [3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Sligo 6–10 – 0–6 Leitrim

Roscommon 0–7 – 0–4 Galway

Mayo 2–9 – 2–6 Sligo
P Carney (0–4), Joe Gilvarry (1–0), S Mellette (0–1), J Kilroy (1–0) & J Mulvey (0–2).

Roscommon 1–4 – 0–6 Mayo
P Carney (0–2, frees), E Mongey (0–1), P Quinn (0–1) & J Munnelly (0–2).
Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe
Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)

Note: Roscommon’s goal proved to be a controversial one. The goal was scored by Roscommon’s Jimmy Murray and there was some confusion as to whether or not it would be allowed as the umpires failed to signal the score. It was only after Jimmy Murray had raised the green flag himself that the umpires finally signalled the goal. The referee, speaking after the match to the Irish Press match reporter ‘Green Flag’ (an appropriate sobriquet) stated that he had allowed the score because in his opinion the Mayo goalkeeper, Tom Byrne, was behind the line when he saved Murray’s initial goal effort. In the week following the final, Mayo entered a formal objection with the Connacht Council, reportedly about the legality of two of the Roscommon team. Roscommon entered a counter-objection. At a meeting of the Connacht Council on 5/8/1946 at Castlerea, both the objection and counter-objection were withdrawn, the referee’s report was adopted and a replay ordered. (Source: Irish Press reports July, August 1946).


Roscommon 1–9 – 1–2 Mayo
P Carney (0–1, free), Joe Gilvarry (1–0) & T Acton (0–1).
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Referee: H. Vallelly or Alf Murray (Armagh)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Meath 2–11 – 0–8 Longford

Louth 2–7 – 0–7 Wicklow

Laois 1–3 – 0–5 Dublin
Seamus Hughes 1–1, Chris Delaney (0-1f) and Paddy Peacock 0–1 eachM Killeen 0–2, Matt Fletcher (0-1f), M O'Reilly, N Ryan 0–1 each

Offaly 2–6 – 0–4 Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: P Russell

Kildare 2–3 – 2–3 Carlow
P.White, R.Martin 1–0, M.Byrne 0–2, P.O'Brien 0–1.

Kildare 3–5 – 0–7 Carlow
R.Martin 2–1, M.Byrne 1–3, P.White 0–1

Laois 1–7 – 1–5 Offaly
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kennedy

Louth 1–6 – 0–6 Meath

Kildare 3–3 – 0–10 Wexford
M.Byrne 0–3, W.Geraghty, T.Fox, R.Martin 1–0.

Laois 1–9 – 0–10 Louth

Laois 0–11 – 1–6 Kildare
Tommy Murphy 0-8f, Seamus Hughes, Bill Delaney, Morgan Delaney 0–1 eachT. Ryan 1–1, Michael Byrne 0–2 (0-1f), Pat White, John Donnelly, Paddy O'Brien 0–1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 27,353
Referee: Patsy Ratty (Meath)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare 3–6 – 4–3 Limerick

Clare 2–12 – 1–0 Limerick

Kerry 1–8 – 1–4 Cork
Jackie Falvey (0–1), Charlie O'Connor (0–3), Batt Garvey (0–1), Jackie Lyne (0–1) & Paddy Burke (0–2).D. Murray (0–1), J. Lynch (0–1) & J. Cronin (1–0).

Waterford 2–4 – 1–5 Tipperary
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: D. O'Leary ( C )

Kerry 1–6 – 0–7 Clare
Jackie Falvey (0–1), Willie O'Donnell (0–1), Jackie Lyne (0–1) & Paddy Burke (1–3).

Kerry 2–16 – 2–1 Waterford
T. O'Connor (0–1), J. Falvey (1–1), Dan Kavanagh (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (0–7), J. Lyne (1–2), P. Burke (0–2) & P. Kennedy (0–1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry 4–6 – 0–4 Fermanagh

Cavan 8–13 – 2–3 Tyrone
T O Reilly (2–6), J Cassidy (1–1), M Higgins (2–5), J Stafford (3–0), P Donohoe (0–1)I Jones (1–1), M Harte (2–1)

Donegal 4–5 – 1–9 Monaghan

Armagh 0–13 – 0–4 Down

Antrim 1–11 – 0–10 Derry

Cavan 5–8 – 0–3 Donegal
T O Reilly (3–1), J Stafford (0–3), P Donohoe (0–3), M Higgins (0–1), Boylan (1–0), Deneher (1–0)F White (0–2), M Slevin (0–1)

Antrim 1–12 – 0–6 Armagh

Antrim 2–8 – 1–7 Cavan
J Mc Callin (2–0), K Armstrong (0–2), F Mc Corry (0–4), Pa O Hara (0–1), H O Neill (0–1)T O Reilly (1–2), M Higgins (0–2), P Donohoe (0–2), P Cassidy (0–1)
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 15,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry 2–7 – 0–10 Antrim
Willie O'Donnell (1–5), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Batt Garvey (1–0) & Dan Kavanagh (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,051

Roscommon 3–5 – 2–6 Laois
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 51,275

Kerry 2–4 – 1–7 Roscommon
Batt Garvey (0–1), Paddy Burke (1–1) & Tom Gega O'Connor (1–2).D. Keenan (0–4), J.J. Fallon 1–1 & F. Kinlough (0–2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 75,771
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)

Kerry 2–8 – 0–10 Roscommon
Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1–4), Batt Garvey (0–2), Paddy Burke (1–0) & Sub Gus Cremin (0–1) for Jackie Falvey.D. Keenan (0–7), J.J. Fallon (0–2) & J. McQullian (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,661
Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

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