The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
All-Ireland Champions | |
---|---|
Winning team | Meath (1st win) |
Captain | Brain Symth |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Cavan |
Captain | John Joe O’Reilly |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Mayo |
Championship statistics | |
← 1948 1950 → |
Meath won their first title.[1][2][3] Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.
Results
editMayo | 2-10 – 1-9 | Roscommon |
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P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1). |
Attendance: 20,000
Mayo | 7-10 – 0-2 | Sligo |
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P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2). |
Mayo | 4-6 – 0-3 | Leitrim |
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P Carney (0-3, frees), T Langan (0-1), L Hastings (1-0); Joe Gilvarry (1-1) & P Solan (2-1). |
Meath | 4-5 – 0-6 | Westmeath |
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Paddy Meegan and Peter McDermott 2-0 each, Frankie Byrne 0-2f, Brian Smyth, Pat Carolan, Matty McDonnell (0-1f) 0-1 each | Peter Molloy 0-5f and Johnny Ward 0-1f |
Cork | 4-2 – 2-4 | Tipperary |
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E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1). |
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Cork | 3-6 – 0-7 | Clare |
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P. O’Donnell (1-2), D. O’Donavan (1-1), J. Cronin (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & J. Lynam (1-0). |
Antrim | 1-6 – 3-7 | Cavan |
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J Mc Callin (0-4), Pa O Hara (1-0), S Gibson (0-2) | P Donohoe (1-5), J Cassidy (1-0), M Higgins (0-1), T Tighe (0-1), V Sherlock (1-0) |
Cavan | 1-7 – 1-6 | Armagh |
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P Donohoe (1-2), Ed Carolan (0-3), V Sherlock (0-1), T Tighe (0-1) | S M Breen (1-1), G O Neill (0-2), W Mc Corry (0-1), A O Hagan (0-1), G Fegan (0-1) |
Attendance: 24,000
Meath | 3-10 – 1-10 | Mayo |
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P Carney (0-6, five frees), L Hastings (0-1), T Langan (1-0), P Solan (0-1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0-2). |
Attendance: 48,200
Cavan | 1-9 – 2-3 | Cork |
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P Donohoe (0-6), J Cassidy (1-0), J Stafford (0-1), T Tighe (0-1), P Brady (0-1) | J. Hartnett (1-0), D. O’Donavan (1-0) & J. Cronin (0-2). |
Attendance: 49,789
Championship statistics
editMiscellaneous
edit- Desipte reaching Connacht final Leitrim withdraw from championship for 3 years.
- Clare beat Kerry for the first time ever.
- For the second time in history Meath had played Louth 3 times it previously happened in 1919.
- The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Mayo was their first championship meeting.
- Meath are All Ireland Champions for the first time.
References
edit- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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