1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (10th win)
CaptainCon Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
CaptainMick Walsh
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1930
1932 →

The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 45th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Final
Mayo1–8 – 1–3Sligo
J Culkin (0–4) & G Courell (1–3).
Semi-Final
Roscommon5–6 – 0–1Leitrim
Semi-Final
Mayo3–5 – 1–4Galway
J Culkin (1–2), G Courell (1–1), P Moclair (1–2).
Attendance: 6,000
Final
Mayo2–10 – 3–2Roscommon
S O’Malley (0–1), J Forde (0–1), S O’Dwyer (0–1), M Moran (0–1); G Courell (2–3) & J Culkin (0–3).
Attendance: 6,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round
Louth2–2 – 1–3Meath
Quarter-Final
Louth1–5 – 5–6Dublin
Quarter-Final
Westmeath8–5 – 1–5Kilkenny
Ballyduff Park, Tullamore
Quarter-Final
Kildare2–4 – 1–6Laois
J.P.Murphy 1–1, P.Loughlin 1–0, F.Malone, H.Burke, J.Higgins 0–1.
Quarter-Final
Meath2–1 – 1–1Offaly
Referee: T Burke (Louth)
Quarter-Final Replay
Meath0–8 – 0–3Offaly
Referee: A Rogers
Semi-Final
Kildare1–4 – 1–4Meath
M.Mahon 1–0, P.Martin 0–2, P.Byrne, J.Higgins 0–1.
Semi-Final
Westmeath2–4 – 1–4Dublin
Ballyduff Park, Tullamore
Semi Final Replay
Kildare1–5 – 0–5Meath
P.Doyle 1–2, P.Pringle, P.Waters 0–1.
Final
Kildare2–9 – 1–6Westmeath
Paul Doyle 1–5 (1-4f), Peter Pringle 1–0, Peter Waters, M Mahon, Paddy Martin, Dermot Bourke 0–1 each Paddy Doyle 1-2f, Jack Smith 0–2, Jim Byrne (0-1f) and Paddy Bracken 0–1 each
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: J. Donoghue (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round
Tipperary4–4 – 0–1Limerick
Referee: P. McNamara (Clare)
Quarter-Final
Cork3–4 – 1–2Clare
M. Jackson (0–3), J. O'Regan (2–0) & J. Murphy (1–0).
Quarter-Final
Tipperary0–7 – 0–0Waterford
Referee: T. Keating (Tipperary)
Semi-Final
Cork3–1 – 2–11Tipperary
J. Murphy & J. Warren (1–0).
Referee: P. Whelan (W)
Final
Kerry5–8 – 0–2Tipperary
Tim Landers (1–0), Jackie Ryan (1–0) & Martin Regan (3–0).
Referee: S. Malone (Clare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Final
Donegal2–4 – 0–1Antrim
Attendance: 1,000

An objection was made and the game awarded to Antrim.

Quarter-Final
Monaghan3–8 – 1–4Tyrone
Quarter-Final
Armagh0–6 – 0–2Down
Quarter-Final
Cavan2–5 – 1–2Fermanagh
Semi-Final
Armagh1–9 – 0–4Monaghan
Attendance: 4,000
Semi-Final
Cavan4–9 – 2–3Antrim
Final
Cavan0–8 – 2–1Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-Final
Kerry1–6 – 1–4Mayo
J Ryan 1–1, P Whitty 0–3, B Stack, M Doyle 0–1 each S O’Dwyer (0–1), G Courell (0–2) & J Culkin (1–0).
Kildare0–10 – 1–5Cavan
P.Doyle 0–4, P.Byrne 0–3, P.Martin 0–2, P.Pringle 0–1.
Main article: 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Final
Kerry1–11 – 0–8Kildare
J Ryan 0–6, P Russell 1–0, P Whitty, J J Landers 0–2 each, M Doyle 0–1. Report P.Byrne, H.Burke 0–3, D.Bourke, P.Martin 0–1.
Attendance: 42,350
Referee: T. Keating (Tipperary)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Castlebar's pitch becomes known as McHale after John MacHale.
  • Kilkenny withdraw from Leinster Championship until 1943.
  • Westmeath beat Dublin for the first time ever.
  • Kerry become the first Munster team to be All Ireland champions for 3 years in a row.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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