1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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The 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 43rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1930 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Jim Byrne (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 33,280 | ||||||
Match
Summary
Monaghan scored first, but Kerry won comprehensively with goals by John Joe Landers, John Joe Sheehy (who was captain of the team) and Ned Sweeney.[1]
It was the first of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[2]
This was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Monaghan.[3] It remains Monaghan's only final appearance.
Monaghan's goalkeeper for this game, Thomas Bradley, was a First World War veteran, who had been at the Battle of the Somme and Battle of Passchendaele.[4]
Details
Kerry =
- 1 Johnny Riordan
- 2 Dee O'Connor
- 3 Joe Barrett
- 4 Jack Walsh
- 5 Paul Russell
- 6 Joe O'Sullivan
- 7 Tim O'Donnell
- 8 Con Brosnan
- 9 Bob Stack
- 10 Jackie Ryan
- 11 Miko Doyle
- 12 Ãamonn Fitzgerald
- 13 Ned Sweeney
- 14 J. J. Landers
- 15 J. J. Sheehy (c)
Monaghan =
- Thomas Bradley
- ?