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1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Kerry, champions
Event1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date28 September 1930
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeJim Byrne (Wexford)
Attendance33,280
1929
1931

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.

Match

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Summary

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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 football 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

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Final
Kerry3-11 – 0-2Monaghan
J J Landers 2-3, N Sweeney 1-0, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0-3 each, M Doyle 0-2
Attendance: 33,280
Referee: Jim Byrne (Wexford)

References

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  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. ^ "WW1 and the GAA - Thomas Bradley". 6 November 2018.