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1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg
image_size	250
event	1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
team1	Cavan
team1association	[[File:Colours of Cavan.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–4
(10)
team2	Meath
team2association	[[File:Colours of Meath.svg	40px]]
team2score	1–7
(10)
date	28 September 1952
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Sean Hayes (Tipperary)
attendance	64,200
previous	1951

(10) (10) The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Mick Higgins was Cavan's captain on the day.

Match 1

Summary

Cavan equalised with a strange point — Edwin Carolan chased a ball that seemed to go wide, and kicked it across the goalmouth and over the bar.

Details

Final

Match 2

Summary

Mick Higgins's five points won the replay for Cavan, while Peter McDermott (Meath) missed an easy goal chance.

Details

Final replay

Meath

1 Kevin Smyth
2 Micheál O'Brien
3 Paddy O'Brien
4 Kevin McConnell
5 T. O'Brien
6 Connie Kelly
7 Christo Hand
8 Brendan Maguire
9 Des Taaffe
10 Declan Brennan
11 Brian Smyth
12 Paddy Meegan (c)
13 Mattie McDonnell
14 Jim Reilly
15 Peter McDermott

;Played in drawn game : Patsy McGearty : Paddy Connell

;Trainer : Patrick Tully

Post-match

Cavan haven't appeared in an All-Ireland SFC final since.

References

(28 January 2010). "Cavan GAA legend Mick Higgins dies at the age of 87". [[BBC]].
Keys, Colm. (13 September 2019). "Scoring the equaliser proves great leveller". [[Independent News & Media]].
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.

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