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.
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| Event | 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 25 September 1938 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,950 | ||||||
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| Date | 23 October 1938 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | P. Maguire | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,851 | ||||||
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 edit
| 25 September 1938 Final |
Galway | 3–3 – 2–6 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68,950 |
| 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: P. Maguire |
| Sean Brosnan (0-3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1) & Miko Doyle (0-3). |
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    Kerry
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References edit
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- "All Ireland Gaelic Football Final (1938)" on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the game