1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1952 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Sean Hayes (Tipperary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 64,200 | ||||||
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| Date | 12 October 1952 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Sean Hayes (Tipperary) | ||||||
| Attendance | 62,515 | ||||||
The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Mick Higgins was Cavan's captain on the day.[1]
Match 1[edit]
Summary[edit]
Cavan equalised with a strange point — Edwin Carolan chased a ball that seemed to go wide, and kicked it across the goalmouth and over the bar.[2] Carolan's equaliser has been described as a "wonder score".[3]
Details[edit]
| Cavan | 2–4 – 1–7 | Meath |
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| T. Tighe & J. J. Cassidy (1-0), M. Higgins, V. Sherlock, P. Fitsmons & E. Carolan (0-1). | P. Meegan (0-4), P. McDermott 1-1, J. Reilly & McDonell (0-1). |
Match 2[edit]
Summary[edit]
Mick Higgins's five points won the replay for Cavan, while Peter McDermott (Meath) missed an easy goal chance.[2]
Details[edit]
| Cavan | 0–9 – 0–5 | Meath |
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| M. Higgins (0-7), T. Tighe & J. Cusack (0-1). | P. McDermott (0-2), J. Reilly, M. McDonnell & D. Taaffe (0-1). |
Post-match[edit]
Cavan have not appeared in an All-Ireland football final since.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cavan GAA legend Mick Higgins dies at the age of 87". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ a b High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ Keys, Colm (13 September 2019). "Scoring the equaliser proves great leveller". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Does it present any advantage in an All-Ireland final replay to have scored the equaliser in the drawn game? A look back on the last six drawn football finals shows honours even in that regard... In 1972, Mick O'Dwyer's leveller was in vain when Kerry lost the replay heavily to Offaly while Edwin Carolan's 'wonder score, in the 1952 drawn All-Ireland final for Cavan, paved the way for the last of their five successes in the subsequent replay over Meath.