1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (1st win)
CaptainBrain Symth
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
CaptainJohn Joe O’Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Despite Leitrim reaching the Connacht final withdraw from the championship for the next 3 years.

Meath won their first title.[1][2][3] Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo2-10 – 1-9Roscommon
P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1).
Attendance: 20,000
Leitrim3-3 – 1-7Galway
Attendance: 9,000
Mayo7-10 – 0-2Sligo
P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2).
Mayo4-6 – 0-3Leitrim
P Carney (0-3, frees), T Langan (0-1), L Hastings (1-0); Joe Gilvarry (1-1) & P Solan (2-1).

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Dublin2-9 – 2-5Longford
Westmeath3-7 – 1-5Carlow
Meath0-11 – 1-5Kildare
B.Edwards 1-0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0-1.
Louth0-7 – 0-5Wicklow
Westmeath2-5 – 0-7Laois
Offaly4-7 – 3-7Dublin
Meath0-14 – 4-0Wexford
Offaly1-9 – 2-6Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath1-5 – 1-5Louth
Attendance: 32,000
Meath2-9 – 3-6
(AET)		Louth
Offaly1-2 – 0-8Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath2-5 – 1-7Louth
Meath4-5 – 0-6Westmeath
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
Attendance: 37,102
Referee: J. Dowling (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary3-8 – 3-4Waterford
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)
Clare3-7 – 1-8Kerry
G. O'Sullivan (1-2), T. Ashe (0-1) & Willie O'Donnell (0-5).
Referee: Patrick McKenna (Tipperary)
Cork4-2 – 2-4Tipperary
E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1).
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Cork3-6 – 0-7Clare
P. O’Donnell (1-2), D. O’Donavan (1-1), J. Cronin (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & J. Lynam (1-0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Down0-8 – 2-6Monaghan
Antrim5-9 – 1-6Derry
Armagh3-6 – 1-8Monaghan
Cavan7-10 – 1-7Tyrone
Antrim1-6 – 3-7Cavan
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)
Armagh0-14 – 1-4Donegal
Cavan1-7 – 1-6Armagh
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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Meath3-10 – 1-10Mayo
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
Cavan1-9 – 2-3Cork
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
Main article: 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Meath1-10 – 1-6Cavan
M Mc Donnell (0-1), F Byrne (0-4), P Meegan (0-1), Morris (0-1), B Smyth (0-1), P Mc Dermott (0-1), W Halfpenny (1-0), P Connell (0-1) P Donohoe (0-6), M Higgins (1-0)
Attendance: 79,460
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Despite 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

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  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)