1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Official programme
Event1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Galway
0–7
(7)		 1–3
(6)
Date22 September 1940
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeSeamus Burke (Kildare)
Attendance60,821
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The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all.[1]

It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.[2]

It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway.[3]

With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin.[4] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.[4]

Details

Team of Kerry, champions
Kerry0-7 – 1-3Galway
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Murt Kelly (0-2), Dan Spring (0-1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-2) & Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0-1) for Dan Spring. J. Duggan (1-0), B. Nestor, J. Dunne & J. Burke (0-1) each.
Attendance: 60,821
Referee: Seamus Burke (Kildare)

References

  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. ^ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. Then, they lost three in a row, in 1940 to Kerry by 0 – 7 to 1 – 3; in 1941 to Kerry by 1 – 8 to 0 – 7; and in 1942 to Dublin by 1 – 10 to 1 – 8.
  4. ^ a b Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.