1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 43rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3] Starting their 1st 4 in a row stopped Kildare's bid for 3rd in a row.

1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (8th win)
CaptainJoe Barrett
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
CaptainJack Higgins
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
1928
1930

Results

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Leitrim0-6 – 1-4Sligo
Attendance: 2,000

Mayo6-6 – 0-4Roscommon
M Barrett (0-2), G Courell (2-1).

Sligo0-0 – 1-7Galway
Attendance: 3,000

Mayo1-6 – 0-4Galway
J Kenny (1-0), G Courell (0-6).
Attendance: 5,000
Quarter-Final
Wexford0-7 – 3-3Laois

Quarter-Final
Kildare1-5 – 0-8Meath
P.Martin 1-0, P.Doyle 0-3, P.Ryan, J.Higgins 0-1.

Quarter-Final
Dublin3-7 – 1-6Longford

Quarter-Final
Kilkenny0-10 – 0-4Louth
Referee: Sean O'Connor

Quarter-Final Replay
Kildare3-5 – 0-9Meath
A.O'Neill 2-1, P.Martin 1-2, P.Doyle 0-2.

Semi-Final
Laois5-5 – 3-10Dublin

Semi-Final
Kildare2-11 – 0-3Kilkenny
A.O'Neill 1-1, P.Martin 0-4, J.Higgins 1-0, P.Pringle 0-3, P.Loughlin, P.Doyle, J.Loughlin 0-1.

Final
Kildare2-3 – 0-6Laois
P.Pringle 2-2, P.Loughlin 0-2, W.Gannon 0-1.
Semi Final
Cork1-3 – 1-7Kerry
J J Landers 1-0, S Locke 0-3, B Stack 0-2, J Stack 0-1 each

Semi Final
Tipperary1-4 – 3-3Clare
Referee: S.Malone (Clare)

Final
Kerry1-14 – 1-2Clare
J Clifford 1-1, N Sweeney, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0-3 each, S Locke 0-2, J J Landers, M Doyle 0-1 each
Armagh5-4 – 3-2Down

Tyrone0-8 – 0-2Fermanagh

Cavan1-11 – 0-2Fermanagh

Monaghan2-8 – 0-1Donegal

Tyrone1-2 – 3-7Monaghan

Cavan4-10 – 0-2Armagh
Attendance: 8,000

Monaghan1-4 – 1-4Cavan
Attendance: 10,000

Monaghan1-10 – 0-7Cavan
Semi-Final
Kerry3-8 – 1-1Mayo
M Doyle 1-4, J J Sheehy 1-1, M Ó'Ruairc 1-0, J Ryan 0-2, P Russell 0-1 F Patten (0-1), M Barrett (1-0).

Kildare0-9 – 0-1Monaghan
T.Wheeler, P.Pringle, P.Martin 0-2, P.Loughlin, J.Higgins, P.Doyle 0-1.

Final
Kerry1-8 – 1-5Kildare
J J Sheehy 0-6, N Sweeney 1-0, J Ryan, J J Landers 0-1 each P.Doyle 0-5, P.Martin 1-0.
Attendance: 43,839
Referee: Tom Burke (Louth)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Kilkenny vs Louth game remains Kilkenny's last winning game in the Leinster championship.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Kildare and Monaghan was the first meeting between the teams.

References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "G.A.A. games", Irish Independent, 1 July 1929, p. 11