1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners Kerry (8th win)
CaptainJohn "Walla" O'Connor
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up London
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Donegal
Connacht Galway
1953
1955

The 1954 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

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Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kerry in the Munster final. [1] [2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 3 October 1954 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kerry and London, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kerry won the match by 1–07 to 1-05 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first title in five years. [3] [4]

Results

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

22 August 1954Semi-final Donegal 3-09 - 1-07 Galway Ballyshannon Grounds
22 August 1954Semi-final Kerry 2-07 - 0-09 Dublin FitzGerald Stadium

All-Ireland home final

12 September 1954Home final Kerry 3-05 - 1-06 Donegal Croke Park

All-Ireland final

3 October 1954Final Kerry 1-07 - 1-05 London Austin Stack Park

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References

  1. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. "The History of the GAA in Liverpool". Lancashire GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.