1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersKerry (8th win)
CaptainJohn "Walla" O'Connor
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upLondon
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDonegal
ConnachtGalway
← 1953
1955 →

The 1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Kerry in the Munster final.[1]

The 1954 All-Ireland final was played on 3 October 1954 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee between Kerry and London, in what was the first ever meeting of the two counties in the final. Kerry won the match by 1–07 to 1-05 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first in five years.

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

11 July 1954 Final Kerry 1-09 - 2-02 Cork Fr Breen Park, Kenmare
Referee: J. Neenan (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

8 August 1954[2] Final Louth 0-10 - 0-10 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
15 August 1954[3] Final (Replay) Dublin 2-11 - 2-04 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
E. Crowley 1-2, Brophy 0-5 (2f), P. O'Sullivan 1-0, L. Healy 0-2, J. Young, P. Haughey 0-1 each O. Flanagan 1-1, A. Morgan 1-0, P. Hand 0-2 (2f), S. Goodman 0-1 Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
GK 1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)
RCB 2 Johnny Bell (O'Dwyer's)
FB 3 Phil Bell (O'Dwyer's)
LCB 4 Tom Ryan (Pioneers)
RHB 5 Harry Boylan (Skerries Harps)
CHB 6 Brendan Houlihan (Erins Isle)
LHB 7 Des Osborne (Erins Isle)
MF 8 Joe Young (St Vincent's)
MF 9 Paddy O'Brien (Erins Isle)
RHF 10 Pádraig Haughey (St Vincent's)
CHF 11 Cecil Cawley (Erins Isle)
LHF 12 Eugene Crowley (Skerries Harps)
RCF 13 Johnny Brophy (St Brigid's)
FF 14 Paddy O'Sullivan (Pioneers)
LCF 15 Liam Healy (St Vincent's)
Substitutes:
16 Paddy Downey (St Brigid's) for Cawley
GK 1 Eddie Murphy (Clan na Gael)
RCB 2 Amby Morgan (Walshestown Rovers)
FB 3 George Carroll (Oliver Plunketts)
LCB 4 Mick Pentony (Oliver Plunketts)
RHB 5 John McArdle (Clan na Gael)
CHB 6 Paddy Woods (St Colmcille's)
LHB 7 Paddy Dixon (Clan na Gael)
MF 8 Benny Toal (Clan na Gael)
MF 9 Mickey Gartlan (Roche Emmets)
RHF 10 Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHF 11 Pat Hand (Walshestown Rovers) (c)
LHF 12 Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
RCF 13 Séamus Connolly (Clan na Gael)
FF 14 Jim Rogers (St Colmcille's)
LCF 15 Owen Flanagan (St Magdalene's)
Substitutes:
16 Paddy Cluskey (St Magdalene's) for Toal
17 Patsy McDonnell (Sarsfields) for Cluskey
18 Mick Matthews (Oliver Plunketts) for Goodman

Ulster Junior Football Championship

30 May 1954[4] Final Donegal 1-07 - 0-08 Tyrone St Molaise Park, Irvinestown
Referee: P. McCooey (Monaghan)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

11 July 1954[5] Final Roscommon 1-08 - 2-06 Galway Castlerea
Referee: T. Byrne (Roscommon)

All-Ireland semi-finals

22 August 1954 Semi-final Donegal 3-09 - 1-07 Galway Ballyshannon Grounds
22 August 1954 Semi-final Kerry 2-07 - 0-09 Dublin FitzGerald Stadium

All-Ireland home final

12 September 1954 Home final Kerry 3-05 - 1-06 Donegal Croke Park

All-Ireland final

3 October 1954[6] Final Kerry 1-07 - 1-05 London Austin Stack Park, Tralee
E. Fitzgerald 0-4 (2f), J. Culloty 1-0, S. Lovett 0-2, T. Collins 0-1 J. Sugrue 1-0, M. Lowry 0-3 (2f), K. Mulderrig, C. Carroll ('45) 0-1 each Referee: S. Hayes (Tipperary)

References

  1. ^ "Kerry Junior And Minor Football Teams Win Through At Kenmare". Irish Examiner. 12 July 1954.
  2. ^ "Dublin Draw With Late Point". Irish Independent. 9 August 1954.
  3. ^ "Louth Juniors Fought Hard Against Superior Dublin Side". Drogheda Independent. 21 August 1954.
  4. ^ "Late goal gives Donegal Ulster Junior title". Donegal News. 5 June 1954.
  5. ^ "Galway Juniors Win Championship". Tuam Herald. 17 July 1954.
  6. ^ "London's Gallant Effort At Tralee". Irish Independent. 4 October 1954.
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