1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final | |
Event: | 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship |
Team1score: | 2–5 (11) |
Team2score: | 2–3 (9) |
Date: | 24 September 1939 |
Stadium: | Croke Park |
City: | Dublin |
Referee: | J. Flaherty (Offaly) |
Attendance: | 46,828 |
Previous: | 1938 |
Next: | 1940 |
The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry had to play without their captain Sean Brosnan, who had a heavy cold.[1] Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.[2]
It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[3]
This was the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.
To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, the county champions at the time.[4]