Event | 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 28 September 1952 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Sean Hayes (Tipperary) | ||||||
Attendance | 64,200 | ||||||
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Date | 12 October 1952 | ||||||
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Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Sean Hayes (Tipperary) | ||||||
Attendance | 62,515 | ||||||
The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Mick Higgins was Cavan's captain on the day. [1]
Cavan equalised with a strange point — Edwin Carolan chased a ball that seemed to go wide, and kicked it across the goalmouth and over the bar. [2] Carolan's equaliser has been described as a "wonder score". [3]
Cavan | 2–4 – 1–7 | Meath |
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T. Tighe & J. J. Cassidy (1-0), M. Higgins, V. Sherlock, P. Fitsmons & E. Carolan (0-1). | P. Meegan (0-4), P. McDermott 1-1, J. Reilly & McDonell (0-1). |
Mick Higgins's five points won the replay for Cavan, while Peter McDermott (Meath) missed an easy goal chance. [2]
Cavan have not appeared in an All-Ireland football final since. [1]
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