1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1931 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

Event	1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Kildare 1–11 (14) 0–8 (8)
Date	27 September 1931
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	T. Keating (Tipperary)
Attendance	42,350
Weather	Fine

The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 44th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kildare led 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time but Kerry outclassed them in the second half, a defensive mixup allowing a Paul Russell long shot drop into the goals.[1][2]

It was the second of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[3]

Details

Team of Kerry, champions

Kerry v Kildare

27 September 1931 Final

Kerry	1–11 – 0–8	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin Referee: T. Keating (Tipperary) Attendance: 42,350

Kerry

Kildare

Kerry =

• 1 D. O'Keeffe
• 2 D. O'Connor
• 3 J. Barrett
• 4 J. Walsh
• 5 P. Russell
• 6 J. O'Sullivan
• 7 T. Landers
• 8 C. Brosnan (c)
• 9 B. Stack
• 10 J. J. Landers
• 11 M. Doyle
• 12 É. Fitzgerald
• 13 J. Ryan
• 14 P. Whitty
• 15 M. Regan

References

1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
2. "A unique account of the 1931 All Ireland Final".
3. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.

External links

• "All Ireland Football Final G.A.A. (1931)" on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the game