1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Meath (1st win)
Captain Brain Symth
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cavan
Captain John Joe O’Reilly
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
1948
1950

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Contents

Despite Leitrim reaching the Connacht final withdraw from the championship for the next 3 years.

Meath won their first title. [1] [2] [3] Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo 2-10 – 1-9 Roscommon
P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1).
Corran Park, Ballymote
Attendance: 20,000

Leitrim 3-3 – 1-7 Galway
Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 9,000

Mayo 7-10 – 0-2 Sligo
P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2).

Mayo 4-6 – 0-3 Leitrim
P Carney (0-3, frees), T Langan (0-1), L Hastings (1-0); Joe Gilvarry (1-1) & P Solan (2-1).

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Dublin 2-9 – 2-5 Longford

Westmeath 3-7 – 1-5 Carlow

Meath 0-11 – 1-5 Kildare
B.Edwards 1-0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0-1.

Louth 0-7 – 0-5 Wicklow

Westmeath 2-5 – 0-7 Laois

Offaly 4-7 – 3-7 Dublin

Meath 0-14 – 4-0 Wexford

Offaly 1-9 – 2-6 Westmeath
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)

Meath 1-5 – 1-5 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 32,000

Meath 2-9 – 3-6
(AET)
Louth

Offaly 1-2 – 0-8 Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)

Meath 2-5 – 1-7 Louth

Meath 4-5 – 0-6 Westmeath
Paddy Meegan and Peter McDermott 2-0 each, Frankie Byrne 0-2f, Brian Smyth, Pat Carolan, Matty McDonnell (0-1f) 0-1 eachPeter Molloy 0-5f and Johnny Ward 0-1f
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 37,102
Referee: J. Dowling (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary 3-8 – 3-4 Waterford
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)

Clare 3-7 – 1-8 Kerry
G. O'Sullivan (1-2), T. Ashe (0-1) & Willie O'Donnell (0-5).
Cusack Park, Ennis
Referee: Patrick McKenna (Tipperary)

Cork 4-2 – 2-4 Tipperary
E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1).
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)

Cork 3-6 – 0-7 Clare
P. O’Donnell (1-2), D. O’Donavan (1-1), J. Cronin (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & J. Lynam (1-0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Down 0-8 – 2-6 Monaghan

Antrim 5-9 – 1-6 Derry

Armagh 3-6 – 1-8 Monaghan

Cavan 7-10 – 1-7 Tyrone

Antrim 1-6 – 3-7 Cavan
J Mc Callin (0-4), Pa O Hara (1-0), S Gibson (0-2)P Donohoe (1-5), J Cassidy (1-0), M Higgins (0-1), T Tighe (0-1), V Sherlock (1-0)

Armagh 0-14 – 1-4 Donegal

Cavan 1-7 – 1-6 Armagh
P Donohoe (1-2), Ed Carolan (0-3), V Sherlock (0-1), T Tighe (0-1)S M Breen (1-1), G O Neill (0-2), W Mc Corry (0-1), A O Hagan (0-1), G Fegan (0-1)
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 24,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Meath 3-10 – 1-10 Mayo
P Carney (0-6, five frees), L Hastings (0-1), T Langan (1-0), P Solan (0-1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0-2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 48,200

Cavan 1-9 – 2-3 Cork
P Donohoe (0-6), J Cassidy (1-0), J Stafford (0-1), T Tighe (0-1), P Brady (0-1)J. Hartnett (1-0), D. O’Donavan (1-0) & J. Cronin (0-2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 49,789

Meath 1-10 – 1-6 Cavan
M Mc Donnell (0-1), F Byrne (0-4), P Meegan (0-1), Morris (0-1), B Smyth (0-1), P Mc Dermott (0-1), W Halfpenny (1-0), P Connell (0-1)P Donohoe (0-6), M Higgins (1-0)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 79,460
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

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