1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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The 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 29th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Date17 December 1916
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
Wexford, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 17 December 1916 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Pat Dunphy (Laois)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 3,000 | ||||||
| Weather | cold, wintry | ||||||
Match
Summary
The Croke Park pitch frosted over overnight, but was pronounced playable. Mayo were the first Connacht team to reach the final, but Wexford won by a wide margin. The low attendance was due to the lack of special trains under the martial law introduced after the Easter Rising.[2]
It was the second of four All-Ireland SFC titles won by Wexford in the 1910s.[3]
Seán O'Kennedy, whose brother Gus played at corner-forward, captained Wexford.
Details
17 December 1916 Final |
        Wexford
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   Mayo
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Wexford
- Seán O'Kennedy (c)
- Tom McGrath (goal)
- Paddy Mackey
- Edmund Wheeler
- Jim Byrne
- Tom Murphy
- Tom Mernagh
- Martin Howlett
- Frank Furlong
- Tom Doyle
- John Crowley
- Dick Reynolds
- J. Wall
- Aidan Doyle
- Gus O'Kennedy