1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Meath (2nd win)
Captain Peter McDermott
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kerry
Captain John Dowling
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
1953
1955

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Contents

Meath were the winners. [1] [2] [3]

Note the Munster football championship did not have Quarter-Finals. Limerick did not take part (1953-1964) while Clare skipped a year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo 4-9 – 1-7 Roscommon
P Irwin (0-1), J Nallen; F Leonard, T Langan (0-3), S O’Donnell; M Flanagan (2-1), D O’Neill (1-3, two frees) & P Solan (1-1).
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 15,000

Sligo 1-8 – 1-7 Leitrim

Galway 2-4 – 1-5 Mayo
T Langan (0-1), S O’Donnell (0-1) & D O’Neill (0-3).
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Attendance: 5,000

Galway 2-10 – 3-4 Sligo
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford 1-6 – 0-7 Laois

Kildare 1-5 – 0-8 Carlow
P.White 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1, P.Mooney 0-1

Kildare 1-9 – 2-6
A.E.T.
Carlow
L.McCormack 1-1, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, D.Dalton 0-1

Meath 1-9 – 1-8 Wicklow

Kildare 1-7 – 1-6 Carlow
D.Dalton 1-1. P.White 0-3, R.Swan 0-2, M.Byrne, F.Marron, P.Mooney 0-1

Dublin 0-11 – 0-2 Louth

Longford 1-7 – 1-4 Westmeath

Wexford 0-7 – 1-5 Offaly
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

Meath 3-2 – 0-5 Kildare
P.Mooney 0-3, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, L.McCormack 0-1

Dublin 2-4 – 2-5 Offaly
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)

Meath 2-9 – 1-5 Longford

Meath 4-7 – 2-10 Offaly
Tom Moriarty 2-0, Paddy Meegan 1-3 (0-3f), Peter McDermott 1-1, Paddy Connell, Michael Grace, Billy Ratigan 0-1 eachPaddy Casey 1-4 (1-2f), Johnny Kinahan 1-0, Christy Carroll 0-2, Sean Foran, Mick Furlong, Alo Kelly (0-1f), Paddy Fenlon 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 44,109
Referee: Bill Goodison (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Note there were no Quarter-Final's were played Limerick didn't complete (1953-1964) while Clare decided to skip the Munster championships for just 1 year. This means that Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford would go on straight to the Semi-Final's with the winners of both matches qualify for the final.

Kerry 3-10 – 1-2 Waterford
T. Moriarty (0-1), C. Kennelly (0-1), J. J. Sheehan (0-1) P. Sheehy (0-2), B. Buckley (2-1), S. Kelly (0-2) & J. Lyne (1-2).

Cork 3-11 – 2-7 Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-2), J. Hartnett (2-0), N. Duggan (0-1), P. Harrington (0-1), J. J. Henichion (0-1) & Sub J. Lowery (1-5).
Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
Referee: J. O'Connell (L)

Kerry 4-9 – 2-3 Cork
P. Sheehy (0-3), T. Moriarty (0-1), T. Lyne (0-1), J. Brosnan (2-1), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (1-1).J. O’Donovan (2-1) & J. J. Henichion (0-2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone 1-7 – 1-5 Donegal

Derry 4-11 – 3-4 Down

Armagh 1-8 – 1-6 Antrim
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 4,000

Cavan 3-8 – 2-5 Monaghan

Armagh 1-12 – 2-6 Derry

Cavan 3-10 – 2-10 Tyrone

Cavan 2-10 – 2-5 Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Meath 1-5 – 0-7 Cavan
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 42,123

Kerry 2-6 – 1-6 Galway
P. Sheehy (1-1), T. Lyne (1-3), J. Brosnan (0-1) & S. Kelly (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 40,740

Meath 1-13 – 1-7 Kerry
P. Meegan (0-5), T. Monriaty (1-2), B. Smyth (0-3), McDonnll 0-2 & P. McDermott (0-1).J. J. Sheehan (1-1), J. Brosnan (0-2) & T. Lyne (0-4).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 75,276
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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