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1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (2nd win)
CaptainPeter McDermott
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainJohn Dowling
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1953
1955

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Meath were the winners.[1][2][3]

Note the Munster football championship did not have Quarter-Finals. Limerick did not take part (1953-1964) while Clare skipped a year.

Results

Mayo4-9 – 1-7Roscommon
P Irwin (0-1), J Nallen; F Leonard, T Langan (0-3), S O’Donnell; M Flanagan (2-1), D O’Neill (1-3, two frees) & P Solan (1-1).
Attendance: 15,000

Sligo1-8 – 1-7Leitrim

Galway2-4 – 1-5Mayo
T Langan (0-1), S O’Donnell (0-1) & D O’Neill (0-3).
Attendance: 5,000

Galway2-10 – 3-4Sligo
Attendance: 15,000
Longford1-6 – 0-7Laois

Kildare1-5 – 0-8Carlow
P.White 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1, P.Mooney 0-1

Kildare1-9 – 2-6
A.E.T.
Carlow
L.McCormack 1-1, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, D.Dalton 0-1

Meath1-9 – 1-8Wicklow

Kildare1-7 – 1-6Carlow
D.Dalton 1-1. P.White 0-3, R.Swan 0-2, M.Byrne, F.Marron, P.Mooney 0-1

Dublin0-11 – 0-2Louth

Longford1-7 – 1-4Westmeath

Wexford0-7 – 1-5Offaly
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

Meath3-2 – 0-5Kildare
P.Mooney 0-3, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, L.McCormack 0-1

Dublin2-4 – 2-5Offaly
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)

Meath2-9 – 1-5Longford

Meath4-7 – 2-10Offaly
Tom Moriarty 2-0, Paddy Meegan 1-3 (0-3f), Peter McDermott 1-1, Paddy Connell, Michael Grace, Billy Ratigan 0-1 each Paddy Casey 1-4 (1-2f), Johnny Kinahan 1-0, Christy Carroll 0-2, Sean Foran, Mick Furlong, Alo Kelly (0-1f), Paddy Fenlon 0-1 each
Attendance: 44,109
Referee: Bill Goodison (Wexford)

Note there were no Quarter-Final's were played Limerick didn't complete (1953-1964) while Clare decided to skip the Munster championships for just 1 year. This means that Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford would go on straight to the Semi-Final's with the winners of both matches qualify for the final.

Kerry3-10 – 1-2Waterford
T. Moriarty (0-1), C. Kennelly (0-1), J. J. Sheehan (0-1) P. Sheehy (0-2), B. Buckley (2-1), S. Kelly (0-2) & J. Lyne (1-2).

Cork3-11 – 2-7Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-2), J. Hartnett (2-0), N. Duggan (0-1), P. Harrington (0-1), J. J. Henichion (0-1) & Sub J. Lowery (1-5).
Referee: J. O'Connell (L)

Kerry4-9 – 2-3Cork
P. Sheehy (0-3), T. Moriarty (0-1), T. Lyne (0-1), J. Brosnan (2-1), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (1-1). J. O’Donovan (2-1) & J. J. Henichion (0-2).
Tyrone1-7 – 1-5Donegal

Derry4-11 – 3-4Down

Armagh1-8 – 1-6Antrim
Attendance: 4,000

Cavan3-8 – 2-5Monaghan

Armagh1-12 – 2-6Derry

Cavan3-10 – 2-10Tyrone

Cavan2-10 – 2-5Armagh
Meath1-5 – 0-7Cavan
Attendance: 42,123

Kerry2-6 – 1-6Galway
P. Sheehy (1-1), T. Lyne (1-3), J. Brosnan (0-1) & S. Kelly (0-1).
Attendance: 40,740

Meath1-13 – 1-7Kerry
P. Meegan (0-5), T. Monriaty (1-2), B. Smyth (0-3), McDonnll 0-2 & P. McDermott (0-1). J. J. Sheehan (1-1), J. Brosnan (0-2) & T. Lyne (0-4).
Attendance: 75,276
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Munster championship did not have Quarter-finals, due to Limerick 2nd year not taking part while Clare skipped the year.
  • Galway end a 9 year wait for the Connacht football title.
  • The All Ireland final was Meath's first ever win over Kerry in history.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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)