1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
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The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 61st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Contested by a team from the Ulster (Cavan) and a team from Connacht (Mayo), such a meeting in the decider between teams from these provinces would not happen again until 2012.[1]
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| Event | 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1948 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | M. J. Flatherty (Offaly) | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,645 | ||||||
| Weather | Windy | ||||||
This was the last time Cavan defeated Mayo in a championship game until 2025.[2]
Pre-match
Cavan were the defending All-Ireland SFC title holders.
Match
Summary
Cavan retained the title they had won in 1947 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York City.[3][4]
In a heavy wind, Cavan led 3–2 to 0–0 at half-time, but Mayo came back to lead the game. Cavan eventually made it two-in-a-row with a Peter Donohoe point. This final's eight goals is the most scored in a final, a record shared with the 1977 match.[5]
Details
26 Sep 1948 Final |
| Cavan | 4–5 – 4–4 | Mayo |
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| Gls: Peter Donohoe (0–4), Victor Sherlock (0–1) Pts: Tony Tighe (2–0), Victor Sherlock, Mick Higgins (1–0) each |
Gls: P Carney, P Solan (1–0) each, T Acton (2–0) Pts: E Mongey (0–1), P Carney (0–2, penalty goal and a free), S Mulderrig (0–1) |
         Cavan
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   Mayo
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Cavan team
1 Des Benson 2 Willie Doonan 3 Brian O'Reilly 4 Paddy Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 John Joe O'Reilly (c) 7 Simon Deignan 8 Phil Brady 9 Victor Sherlock 10 Tony Tighe 11 Mick Higgins 12 John Joe Cassidy 13 Joe Stafford 14 Peter Donohoe 15 Edwin Carolan
- Sub used
- Subs not used
16 Barney Cully 18 T. P. O'Reilly 19 John Wilson 20 Val Gannon 21 Seamus Morris
Mayo team
1 Tommy Byrne 2 Peter Quinn 3 Paddy Prendergast 4 Seán Flanagan 5 John Forde (c) 6 P. McAndrew 7 Johnny Gilvarry 8 Éamonn Mongey 9 Pádraig Carney 10 Billy Kenny 11 Tommy Langan 12 Joe Gilvarry 13 Tom Acton 14 Peter Solan 15 Seán Mulderrig
- Subs not used
16 Mick Flanagann 17 Liam Hastings 18 Paddy Gilvarry 19 M. McNamara 20 Henry Dixon 21 J. Munnelly 22 P. Jordan 23 S. Daly