1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (1st win)
CaptainBrain Symth
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
CaptainJohn Joe O’Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1948
1950 →

Meath won their first title.[1][2][3] Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Mayo2-10 – 1-9Roscommon
P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1).
Attendance: 20,000
Leitrim3-3 – 1-7Galway
Attendance: 9,000
Mayo7-10 – 0-2Sligo
P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2).
Mayo4-6 – 0-3Leitrim
P Carney (0-3, frees), T Langan (0-1), L Hastings (1-0); Joe Gilvarry (1-1) & P Solan (2-1).

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Dublin2-9 – 2-5Longford
Westmeath3-7 – 1-5Carlow
Meath0-11 – 1-5Kildare
B.Edwards 1-0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0-1.
Louth0-7 – 0-5Wicklow
Westmeath2-5 – 0-7Laois
Offaly4-7 – 3-7Dublin
Meath0-14 – 4-0Wexford
Offaly1-9 – 2-6Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath1-5 – 1-5Louth
Attendance: 32,000
Meath2-9 – 3-6
(AET)		Louth
Offaly1-2 – 0-8Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath2-5 – 1-7Louth
Meath4-5 – 0-6Westmeath
Paddy Meegan and Peter McDermott 2-0 each, Frankie Byrne 0-2f, Brian Smyth, Pat Carolan, Matty McDonnell (0-1f) 0-1 each Peter Molloy 0-5f and Johnny Ward 0-1f
Attendance: 37,102
Referee: J. Dowling (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Tipperary3-8 – 3-4Waterford
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)
Clare3-7 – 1-8Kerry
G. O'Sullivan (1-2), T. Ashe (0-1) & Willie O'Donnell (0-5).
Cork4-2 – 2-4Tipperary
E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1).
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Cork3-6 – 0-7Clare
P. O’Donnell (1-2), D. O’Donavan (1-1), J. Cronin (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & J. Lynam (1-0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Down0-8 – 2-6Monaghan
Antrim5-9 – 1-6Derry
Armagh3-6 – 1-8Monaghan
Cavan7-10 – 1-7Tyrone
Antrim1-6 – 3-7Cavan
Armagh0-14 – 1-4Donegal
Cavan1-7 – 1-6Armagh
Attendance: 24,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Meath3-10 – 1-10Mayo
P Carney (0-6, five frees), L Hastings (0-1), T Langan (1-0), P Solan (0-1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0-2).
Attendance: 48,200
Cavan1-9 – 2-3Cork
J. Hartnett (1-0), D. O’Donavan (1-0) & J. Cronin (0-2).
Attendance: 49,789
Main article: 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Meath1-10 – 1-6Cavan
Attendance: 79,460
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Desipte reaching Connacht final Leitrim withdraw from championship for 3 years.
  • Clare beat Kerry for the first time ever.
  • For the second time in history Meath had played Louth 3 times it previously happened in 1919.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Mayo was their first championship meeting.
  • Meath are All Ireland Champions for the first time.

References
  1. "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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