1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Match

This year's final was played on 20 September.

Summary

Paddy O'Connor goaled for Dublin in the 10th minute, and five late points gave them a narrow victory, their first title in nineteen years. Bobby Beggs of the Dublin team beat his former team of Galway, having won an All-Ireland medal with them in 1938 and being on the Dublin team losing to Galway in the 1934 final.

Dublin's first All-Ireland football title since 1923, brought to an end a 19-year barren spell for the county, rivalled only by their team of the late 1990s and 2000s.

This was the third of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway, following defeats to Kerry at the final hurdle in 1940 and 1941.

With their 1940 win, Kerry had reached 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin. Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin's 1942 win equalled the new total, but never again did Dublin manage to surpass Kerry's total.

Details

Final* |* = Note the same score was repeated in 1983.|

Dublin

• 1 Charlie Kelly
• 2 Bobby Beggs
• 3 Paddy Kennedy
• 4 Caleb Crone
• 5 Paddy Henry
• 6 Peter O'Reilly
• 7 Brendan Quinn
• 8 Mick Falvey
• 9 Joe Fitzgerald (c)
• 10 Jimmy Joy
• 11 Paddy Bermingham
• 12 Gerry Fitzgerald
• 13 Matt Fletcher
• 14 Paddy O'Connor
• 15 Tommy Banks

;Substitutes :16 P. Ryan :17 Jack Murphy :18 S. Healy :19 S. Moriarty :20 M. Richardson

References

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