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1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCork (5th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTyrone
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway

The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Mayo entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 24 September 1972, Cork won the championship following a 3-11 to 2-11 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their first in three championship seasons.[1]

Results

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Quarter-final

1972 Quarter-final Galway 2-11 - 2-07 Sligo McHale Park, Castlebar

Semi-finals

1972 Semi-final Roscommon 2-10 - 1-08 Mayo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
1972 Semi-final Galway 2-10 - 0-05 Leitrim St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

Final

16 July 1972 Final Galway 4-11 - 1-11 Roscommon McHale Park, Castlebar

First round

1972 First round Laois 4-12 - 2-08 Kilkenny Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
1972 First round Carlow 0-06 - 2-11 Wexford Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Second round

1972 Second round Dublin 4-09 - 3-06 Westmeath Trim
1972 Second round Longford 0-06 - 1-10 Wicklow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Third round

1972 Third round Laois 1-07 - 1-08 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1972 Third round Louth 1-09 - 2-07 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin

Quarter-finals

1972 Quarter-final Meath 2-15 - 3-04 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin
1972 Quarter-final Kidare 1-06 - 1-17 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Semi-finals

1972 Semi-final Dublin 1-11 - 0-06 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1972 Semi-final Meath 1-11 - 0-07 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Final

23 July 1972 Final Meath 3-08 - 1-10 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Quarter-finals

1972 Quarter-final Tipperary 2-10 - 0-02 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Semi-finals

1972 Semi-final Cork 1-14 - 0-08 Waterford Midleton
1972 Semi-final Tipperary 2-07 - 2-12 Kerry Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

Final

16 July 1972 Final Cork 2-14 - 1-14 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Quarter-finals

1972 Quarter-final Donegal 1-11 - 2-12 Monaghan St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
1972 Quarter-final Derry 1-05 - 0-05 Antrim Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen

Semi-finals

1972 Semi-final Cavan 0-10 - 1-06 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
1972 Semi-final Derry 1-07 - 1-15 Tyrone O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Final

30 July 1972 Final Cavan 1-06 - 3-06 Tyrone St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Semi-finals

13 August 1972 Semi-final Cork 2-08 - 0-11 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
J Ahern 1-2, S Ó Sé 1-0, L Goode 0-2, R Wilmot 0-1, D O'Hare 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1. J Duffy 0-5, D Smyth 0-2, M Hughes 0-1, K Clancy 0-1, T Mullins 0-1, M Conroy 0-1. Referee: P Devlin (Tyrone)
20 August 1972 Semi-final Tyrone 3-10 - 0-10 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
M Harte 1-3, F McGuigan 1-2, J Cunningham 1-0, J Hughes 0-2, P Quinn 0-1, M Quinn 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1. E O'Brien 0-4, B McGuinness 0-3, J Kennedy 0-1, M Ryan 0-1, G Dempsey 0-1. Referee: J Dennigan (Cork)

Final

24 September 1972 Final Cork 3-11 - 2-11 Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin
J Barry-Murphy 2-1, J Ahern 0-5, L Goode 1-1, L Gould 0-3, D O'Hare 0-1. M Harte 1-0, M Quinn 1-0, J Hughes 0-5, P McGuigan 0-4, B O'Neill 0-2. Referee: M Hayden (Roscommon)

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.