1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 25 September 1938 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | P Maguire (Cavan) | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,950 | ||||||
Matches
This year's final was played on 25 September, with the replay following on 23 October.[1]
Summary
Kerry supporters complained that the final whistle had gone too early in the first match, disallowing a late John Joe Landers winner. When the replay ended before Kerry could take a free which could have given an equalising goal, angry fans invaded the pitch. A loudspeaker appeal allowed the game to continue, and Galway won anyway.[2]
Bobby Beggs lined out for the winning Galway team that day; he had earlier been on the Dublin side defeated by Galway in the final of 1934.[3]
Details
| 25 September 1938 Final |
Galway | 3â3 â 2â6 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 68,950 Referee: P Maguire (Cavan) |
| Seán Brosnan (0â1), Paddy Kennedy (0â1), Tony McAuliffe (0â1), John Joe Landers (1â0), Miko Doyle (0â2) & Tim O'Leary (1â1) |
| 23 October 1938 Final replay |
Galway | 2â4 â 0â7 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 47,851 Referee: Peter Waters (Kildare) |
| Seán Brosnan (0â3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0â1), Miko Doyle (0â3) |
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    Kerry
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Galway (is this the replay or the drawn game?) =
- 1 Jimmy McGauran
- 2 Mick Raftery
- 3 M. Connaire
- 4 Dinny O'Sullivan
- 5 Frank Cunniffe
- 6 Bobby Beggs
- 7 Charlie Connolly
- 8 John Burke
- 9 John Dunne (c)
- 10 Jackie Flavin
- 11 Mick Higgins
- 12 R. Griffin
- 13 Ned Mulholland
- 14 M. Kelly
- 15 Brendan Nestor
- Subs used
- M. Ryder for Mulholland
- P. McDonagh for Burke