1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1939 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Kerry (in Cork shirts), champions
Event1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Meath
2–5
(11)		 2–3
(9)
Date24 September 1939
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeJ. Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance46,828
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The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry had to play without their captain Sean Brosnan, who had a heavy cold.[1] Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.[2]

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

This was the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.

To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, the county champions at the time.[4]

Details

Meath team, runners-up
24 September 1939
Final
Kerry 2–5 – 2–3 Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance: 46,828

Kerry =

Subs
16 T. McAuliffe
17 S. Brosnan
18 M. McCarthy
19 M. Raymond
20 J. Moriarty
21 J. Fitzgerald
22 M. Regan
Trainer
C. Brosnan

References

  1. ^ Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939.
  2. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14