1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKildare (4th win)
CaptainBill 'Squires' Gannon
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
CaptainJim Smith
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtSligo
Championship statistics
← 1927
1929 →

The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 42nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leitrim1–0 – 1–0Galway
Leitrim0–7 – 0–3Galway
Mayo1–5 – 0–3Roscommon
J Forde (1–0).
Sligo1–5 – 0–2Leitrim
Attendance: 5,000
Sligo1–4 – 0–6Mayo
JJ Walsh (0–2), G Courell (0–3, two frees).
Attendance: 9,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Final
Wexford7–7 – 3–4Kilkenny
Quarter-Final
Longford3–4 – 0–11Meath
Quarter-Final
Dublin0–5 – 0–3Louth
Quarter-Final
Kildare0–4 – 1–0Laois
A. O'Neill, J. Loughlin, F. Malone, T. Keogh 0–1 each Report J. Brown 1–0
Referee: S. J. Donnelly (Dublin)
Semi-Final
Kildare3–6 – 0–2Longford
P Ryan 2–1; P Pringle 1–0; P. Martin 0–2; J Curtis, P Loughlin, Keogh 0–1 each Report M. Deane 0–2
Referee: J. Byrne (Louth)
Semi-Final
Dublin3–3 – 0–4Wexford
Referee: T. Burke (Louth)
Final
Kildare0–10 – 1–6Dublin
Paul Doyle (0-2f) and Paddy Loughlin 0–3 each, Joe Curtis 0–2, Paddy Martin and Tom Keogh 0–1 each Report M Durnin 1–0, Joe Synott 0–3, Jack Reilly, Joe Stynes, Mick O'Brien 0–1 each
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jim Byrne (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Final
Kerry3–4 – 0–5Clare
J O'Connor 1–0, P Russell 0–3, P Whitty 0–1
Semi-Final
Tipperary1–7 – 2–3Kerry
J J Sheehy 1–2, N Sweeney 1–0, P Russell 0–1
Referee: W. Walsh (Waterford)
Final
Cork4–3 – 0–4Tipperary
Referee: P. Whelan (W)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone7–3 – 2–3Derry
Monaghan3–5 – 1–3Down
Armagh6–3 – 1–7Fermanagh
Cavan1–5 – 0–2Antrim
Armagh0–4 – 0–1Monaghan
Cavan4–3 – 0–4Tyrone
Cavan2–6 – 1–4Armagh
Attendance: 6,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cavan2–5 – 0–4Sligo
Kildare3–7 – 0–2Cork
W.Mangan 3–0, P.Doyle 0–5, J.Curtis, P.Loughlin 0–1.
Referee: J. Shevlin (Roscommon)
Main article: 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kildare2–6 – 2–5Cavan
P.Doyle 0–5, W.Mangan, P.Loughlin 1–0, T.Keogh 0–1.
Attendance: 24,700
Referee: Tom Burke (Louth)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Cork win the Munster title for the first time since 1916.
  • Sligo win the Connacht title for the first time ever.
  • Kildare are All Ireland champions for the second year in a row.

Roll of Honour

  • Dublin – 14 (1923)
  • Kerry – 7 (1926)
  • Wexford – 5 (1918)
  • Kildare – 4 (1928)
  • Tipperary – 4 (1920)
  • Limerick – 2 (1896)
  • Cork – 2 (1911)
  • Louth – 2 (1912)
  • Galway – 1 (1925)

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

Beaten By A Point (1928) on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the Kildare-Dublin Leinster final

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