1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1938 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Event1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date25 September 1938
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeP. Maguire (Cavan)
Attendance68,950
1937
1938 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final replay
Date23 October 1938
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereePeter Waters (Kildare)
Attendance47,851
1939

Kerry supporters complained that the final whistle had gone too early in the first match, disallowing a late John Joe Landers winner. When the replay ended before Kerry could take a free which could have given an equalising goal, angry fans invaded the pitch. A loudspeaker appeal allowed the game to continue, and Galway won anyway.[1]

Bobby Beggs lined out for the winning Galway team that day; he had earlier been on the Dublin side defeated by Galway in the final of 1934.[2]

Match details

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25 September 1938
Final
Galway 3–3 – 2–6 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 68,950
Referee: P. Maguire (Cavan)
Sean Brosnan (0-1), Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Tony McAuliffe (0-1), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (0-2) & Tim O'Leary (1-1).

23 October 1938
Final replay
Galway 2–4 – 0–7 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 47,851
Referee: Peter Waters (Kildare)
Sean Brosnan (0-3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1) & Miko Doyle (0-3).

References

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  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. Bobby Beggs was on the defeated Dublin team [in 1934] but in 1938 he was on the Galway team that triumphed by beating Kerry by 2 – 4 to 0 – 7.
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