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

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Kerry in the Munster final. [1]

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

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

11 July 1954Final Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 1-09 - 2-02 Colours of Cork.svg Cork Fr Breen Park, Kenmare
Referee: J. Neenan (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

8 August 1954 [2] Final Colours of Louth.svg Louth 0-10 - 0-10 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
15 August 1954 [3] Final (Replay) Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 2-11 - 2-04 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
E. Crowley 1-2, Brophy 0-5 (2f), P. O'Sullivan 1-0, L. Healy 0-2, J. Young, P. Haughey 0-1 eachO. Flanagan 1-1, A. Morgan 1-0, P. Hand 0-2 (2f), S. Goodman 0-1Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
GK1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)
RCB2Johnny Bell (O'Dwyer's)
FB3Phil Bell (O'Dwyer's)
LCB4Tom Ryan (Pioneers)
RHB5Harry Boylan (Skerries Harps)
CHB6Brendan Houlihan (Erins Isle)
LHB7Des Osborne (Erins Isle)
MF8Joe Young (St Vincent's)
MF9Paddy O'Brien (Erins Isle)
RHF10 Pádraig Haughey (St Vincent's)
CHF11Cecil Cawley (Erins Isle)
LHF12Eugene Crowley (Skerries Harps)
RCF13Johnny Brophy (St Brigid's)
FF14Paddy O'Sullivan (Pioneers)
LCF15Liam Healy (St Vincent's)
Substitutes:
16Paddy Downey (St Brigid's) for Cawley
GK1Eddie Murphy (Clan na Gael)
RCB2Amby Morgan (Walshestown Rovers)
FB3George Carroll (Oliver Plunketts)
LCB4Mick Pentony (Oliver Plunketts)
RHB5John McArdle (Clan na Gael)
CHB6Paddy Woods (St Colmcille's)
LHB7Paddy Dixon (Clan na Gael)
MF8Benny Toal (Clan na Gael)
MF9Mickey Gartlan (Roche Emmets)
RHF10Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHF11Pat Hand (Walshestown Rovers) (c)
LHF12Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
RCF13Séamus Connolly (Clan na Gael)
FF14Jim Rogers (St Colmcille's)
LCF15Owen Flanagan (St Magdalene's)
Substitutes:
16Paddy Cluskey (St Magdalene's) for Toal
17Patsy McDonnell (Sarsfields) for Cluskey
18Mick Matthews (Oliver Plunketts) for Goodman

Ulster Junior Football Championship

30 May 1954 [4] Final Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1-07 - 0-08 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone St Molaise Park, Irvinestown
Referee: P. McCooey (Monaghan)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

11 July 1954 [5] Final Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 1-08 - 2-06 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Castlerea
Referee: T. Byrne (Roscommon)

All-Ireland semi-finals

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

All-Ireland home final

12 September 1954Home final Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 3-05 - 1-06 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Croke Park

All-Ireland final

3 October 1954 [6] Final Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 1-07 - 1-05 Colours of London.svg London Austin Stack Park, Tralee
E. Fitzgerald 0-4 (2f), J. Culloty 1-0, S. Lovett 0-2, T. Collins 0-1J. Sugrue 1-0, M. Lowry 0-3 (2f), K. Mulderrig, C. Carroll ('45) 0-1 eachReferee: S. Hayes (Tipperary)

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References

  1. ↑ "Kerry Junior And Minor Football Teams Win Through At Kenmare". Irish Examiner . 12 July 1954.
  2. ↑ "Dublin Draw With Late Point". Irish Independent . 9 August 1954.
  3. ↑ "Louth Juniors Fought Hard Against Superior Dublin Side". Drogheda Independent . 21 August 1954.
  4. ↑ "Late goal gives Donegal Ulster Junior title". Donegal News . 5 June 1954.
  5. ↑ "Galway Juniors Win Championship". Tuam Herald . 17 July 1954.
  6. ↑ "London's Gallant Effort At Tralee". Irish Independent . 4 October 1954.
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