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
Manager P. Tully
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).
James Stephens Park, Ballina
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).
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Dublin 2–9 – 2–5 Longford
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Westmeath 3–7 – 1–5 Carlow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Meath 0–11 – 1–5 Kildare
B.Edwards 1–0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0–1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Louth 0–7 – 0–5 Wicklow
Croke Park, Dublin
Westmeath 2–5 – 0–7 Laois
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Offaly 4–7 – 3–7 Dublin
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Meath 0–14 – 4–0 Wexford
Croke Park, Dublin
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
Croke Park, Dublin
Offaly 1–2 – 0–8 Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath 2–5 – 1–7 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
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: Frank Cunniffe (Galway)
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).
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Down 0–8 – 2–6 Monaghan
St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
Antrim 5–9 – 1–6 Derry
Rossa Park, Magherafelt
Armagh 3–6 – 1–8 Monaghan
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Cavan 7–10 – 1–7 Tyrone
Breffni Park, Cavan
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)
Corrigan Park, Belfast
Armagh 0–14 – 1–4 Donegal
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
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

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | 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)
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