1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Football match
Event | 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 25 September 1949 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | D. Ryan (Kerry) | ||||||
Attendance | 79,460 | ||||||
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The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Pre-match
Cavan were aiming for three consecutive All-Ireland football titles, having beaten Kerry at America's Polo Grounds in 1947 and beaten Mayo at Croke Park in 1948.[1]
Match summary
Meath led 0–7 to 0–3 at half-time and were able to retain this four-point lead to the end, despite six points by Cavan's Peter Donahue.[2]
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