The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 44th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1931 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | T. Keating (Tipperary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 42,350 | ||||||
| Weather | Fine | ||||||
Kildare led 0-7 to 0-4 at half-time but Kerry outclassed them in the second half, a defensive mixup allowing a Paul Russell long shot drop into the goals.[1][2]
It was the second of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[3]
Match details
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         Kerry
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  Kildare
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References
edit- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "A unique account of the 1931 All Ireland Final".
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
External links
edit- "All Ireland Football Final G.A.A. (1931)" on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the game