1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1950 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
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Event 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Mayo Louth
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2-05
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Date24 September 1950
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Simon Deignan (Cavan)
Attendance76,174
← 1949
1951 →

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 63rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland, between Mayo and Louth. The referee for the 1950 final was Simon Deignan, who played for Cavan in the 1947 and 1948 finals. [1]

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This was the first of two consecutive All-Ireland football titles won by Mayo. [2] They have not won an All-Ireland football title since 1951.

The attendance of 76,174 was the third highest on record in a final at that time.

Match

Mayo won the toss and elected to play against the wind in the first half. Nicky Roe put Louth ahead within the first minute. Mayo responded through Éamonn Mongey and took the lead when a well-placed shot by forward Peter Solan beat the Louth goalkeeper Thornton. [3]

Mayo were forced into making a substitution with Billy Kenny being withdrawn following a collision with Louth midfielder Frank Reid. They increased their lead however with successive points from Mick Mulderrig and Joe Gilvarry. Nicky Roe then goaled for Louth who raised another white flag with a fisted point from wing-forward Jimmy McDonnell. [3]

Mayo then replaced their starting goalkeeper Durkin with Seán Wynne. Nicky Roe kicked a free and scored the last point of the half on 32 minutes, to leave Louth a point in front at the interval.

Second Half

Roe continued where he had left off by pointing a free early on. Louth corner-forward Mickey Reynolds subsequently had an excellent goal chance but shot over the bar with the Mayo keeper Wynne beaten.

With the wind now more of a factor, Mayo replied with another point from the outstanding Éamonn Mongey. [3] His midfield partner Pádraig Carney spurned two scoreable opportunities before the prolific Nicky Roe restored Louth's two-point lead.

Louth's cause was not helped with Roe having to leave the field due to injury and with five minutes remaining came the key moment of the match. Mayo snatched a freak goal after Seán Flanagan charged down a Seán Boyle clearance. [4] Mick Flanagan took up possession and fisted to the Louth net after a twenty-yard run. [5]

Mayo, finishing the stronger of the two sides, added a further point through Mick Mulderrig to lead by two (2-5 to 1–6) as full-time approached and there would be no response from the Wee County men.

Details

24 September 1950
15:15 IST
Final
Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2–05 – 1–06 Colours of Louth.svg Louth
(HT: 1–03 – 1–04)
Gls: Peter Solan, Mick Flanagan
Pts: Éamonn Mongey (0-2), Mick Mulderrig (0-2), Joe Gilvarry (0-1)		Gls: Nicky Roe
Pts: Nicky Roe (0-5), Jimmy McDonnell (0-1)
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)
Attendance: 76,174
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Mayo
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Louth
GK1Billy Durkin
RCB2 John Forde
FB3 Paddy Prendergast
LCB4 Seán Flanagan (c)
RHB5 Peter Quinn
CHB6 Henry Dixon
LHB7 John McAndrew
MF8 Pádraig Carney
MF9 Éamonn Mongey
RHF10Mick Flanagan
CHF11Billy Kenny
LHF12 Joe Gilvarry
RCF13 Mick Mulderrig
FF14 Tom Langan
LCF15 Peter Solan
Substitutes:
16Seán Wynne for Billy Durkin
17Mick Caulfield for Billy Kenny
18Seán Mulderrig for Mick Caulfield
19Tom Acton
20Tommy Byrne
21Liam Hastings
22Joe Staunton
23Paddy Irwin
GK1Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB2Michael Byrne (St Bride's)
FB3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) (c)
LCB4Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB5Seán Boyle (St Mary's)
CHB6Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB7Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
MF8Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels)
MF9Frank Reid (Dundalk Gaels)
RHF10 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
CHF11Nicky Roe (St Mary's)
LHF12 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF13Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
FF14Hubert Reynolds (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF15Mickey Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
Substitutes:
16Ray Mooney (St Mary's) for Nicky Roe
17Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers) for Paddy McArdle
18Ronan Lynch (Geraldines)
19Jack Bell (St Mary's)
20Patsy Byrne (Stabannon Parnells)
21Owen Lynch (Stabannon Parnells)
22Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
23John Morgan (Dundalk Young Irelands)

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References

  1. ↑ Moran, Seán (30 November 2011). "'GAA Football Gold' is worth its weight in memories". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2011. One aspect of the games in those years is the frequency with which contemporary players act as referees (not in the modern sense but as actual match officials). Simon Deignan plays for Cavan in 1947 and '48 and then referees the 1950 final.
  2. ↑ McGee, Eugene (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 6 February 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lucky Goal Helped Mayo to All-Ireland win". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 25 September 1950.
  4. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  5. ↑ "Louth will have done a good days work if they can push Kerry to a few points". The Kerryman . Independent News & Media. 28 March 2002.
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