1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 31st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 16 February 1919 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Pat Dunphy (Laois)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 12,000 | ||||||
| Weather | fine but bitterly cold | ||||||
Match
Summary
Tipperary's preparations were severely hampered by military regulations following the Soloheadbeg ambush, not to mention the death of Davey Tobin by Spanish flu. A disallowed goal and a last-minute miss by Gus McCarthy were enough to allow Wexford to complete a four-in-a-row.[2] The match, played on 16 February 1919, had been postponed from the previous autumn due to the spread of the flu.[3]
Leading 0-3 to 0-2 at half-time, Wexford eventually won by a point to claim their fourth of four All-Ireland SFC titles in the 1910s.[4][5] They have not since appeared in an All-Ireland football final.
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See also
- 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also postponed due to an outbreak of infectious disease
- 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also postponed due to an outbreak of infectious disease