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1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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title	1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final match programme.jpg
image_size	250
event	[1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1946-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–4
(10)
team2	Roscommon
team2association	[[File:Colours of Roscommon.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–7
(10)
date	6 October 1946
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Bill Delaney (Laois)
attendance	75,771
previous	[1945](1945-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

(10) (10) (14) (10) The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 59th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

The game was originally set for 22 September, but was delayed for two weeks as part of the "Save the Harvest" campaign. (see: Winter of 1946–47)

Matches

Summary

Roscommon had a six-point lead with three minutes left, but Kerry made an amazing comeback with goals by Paddy Burke and Tom "Gega" O'Connor. Burke and O'Connor also scored late goals in the replay.

It was the third of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.

Details

Kerry

1 D. O'Keeffe
2 D. Lyne
3 J. Keohane
4 P. B. Brosnan
5 J. Lyne
6 B. Casey
7 E. Walsh
8 Teddy O'Connor
9 P. Kennedy (c)
10 J. Falvey
11 Tom 'Gega' O'Connor
12 B. Garvey
13 F. O'Keeffe
14 P. Burke
15 D. Kavanagh

;Played in drawn game : G. Cremin : W. O'Donnell

;Subs used in drawn game : E. Dowling for P. Kennedy : B. Kelleher for J. Lyne

;Subs used in replay : G. Cremin for J. Falvey

Roscommon (is this the replay or the drawn game?)

1 G. Dolan
2 B Jackson
3 J. Casserly
4 O. Hoare
5 B. Lynch
6 B. Carlos
7 T. Collins
8 P. Murray
9 E. Boland
10 F. Kinlough
11 J Murray (c)
12 D. Keenan
13 J. McQuillan
14 J. J. Fallon
15 J. J. Nerney

;Sub used : D. McDermott for B. Lynch

References

''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
(14 September 2009). "Kerry on honour roll". Independent News & Media.

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