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.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (5th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tyrone |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
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
editQuarter-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 | 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 | Limerick | 2-05 - 0-12 | Waterford | FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock |
| 1972 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 2-10 - 0-02 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Semi-finals
| 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
edit- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.