1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the All Ireland semi-final Cavan ended Mayo's day as All Ireland Champions. Kerry won the title.[1][2][3]

1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (12th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLaois
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1936
1938 →

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Sligo2-10 – 1-6Roscommon
Attendance: 2,000
Galway3-1 – 0-2Sligo
Mayo3-5 – 0-8Galway
P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-2, one free), P Laffey (1-1); J Munnelly (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1) & sub M Hannon (0-1).
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Meath3-9 – 2-3Westmeath
Wexford2-7 – 1-4Carlow
Kildare5-11 – 1-7Wicklow
P.Byrne 2-6, T.Mulhall, W.Ryan 1-0, J.Martin, P.Bourke 0-2.
Laois2-6 – 1-9Offaly
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)
Dublin1-7 – 0-10Louth
Laois2-7 – 1-7Offaly
Attendance: 8000
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)
Wexford3-7 – 1-8Meath
Dublin1-4 – 2-5Louth
Attendance: 10,000
Wexford0-6 – 1-5Louth
Laois2-10 – 2-7Kildare
P.Byrne 1-5, T.Mulhall 1-0, M.Brosnan 0-1, P.Bourke 0-1.
Laois0-12 – 0-4Louth
Tom Keogh 0-4 (0-1f), Mick Haughney 0-3, Danny Douglas and Tommy Murphy 0-2 each, Bill Delaney 0-1 James McKevitt (0-2f) and Harry Devine 0-2 each
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Martin Lynch (Carlow)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Tipperary1-8 – 1-6Waterford
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Kerry6-7 – 0-4Cork
Paddy Kennedy (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Con Geaney (1-3), Sean McCarthy (3-0) & Michael O'Gorman (2-1). D. O'Connor (0-2) & A. Ricken (0-1).
Clare2-3 – 1-6Limerick
Clare1-8 – 0-6Limerick
Kerry2-11 – 0-4Tipperary
P. Kennedy (0-2), T. O'Leary (0-1), C. O'Sullivan (1-2), J. G. O'Gorman (0-1), C. Geaney (0-1), S. McCarthy (0-1) & M. Ferriter (1-3).
Referee: T. Greaney (W)
Kerry4-9 – 1-1Clare
Tim O'Leary (1-3), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (0-4), Con Geaney (0-1), Sean McCarthy (2-1) & Mick Ferriter (1-0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Donegal3-8 – 0-6Antrim
Monaghan4-12 – 0-8Tyrone
Cavan3-11 – 2-6Fermanagh
Attendance: 2,000
Armagh4-14 – 2-7Down
Cavan2-12 – 1-4Donegal
Monaghan1-3 – 2-12Armagh
Attendance: 8,000
Cavan0-13 – 0-3Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry2-3 – 2-3Laois
Tadhg Healy (0-1), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Con Geaney (1-1) & Sean McCarthy (1-0).
Kerry2-2 – 1-4Laois
Tim Landers (2-1) & Mikey Lyne (0-1).
Cavan2-5 – 1-7Mayo
J Carney (0-2), J Munnelly (0-3), P Moclair (1-0), P Munnelly (0-1).
Main article: 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry2-5 – 1-8Cavan
Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Gearoid Fitzgerald (0-1), John Joe Landers (2-1), Tim O'Donnell Camp (0-1) & Tim Landers (0-1).
Attendance: 52,325
Kerry4-4 – 1-7Cavan
Tim Landers (0-4), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (1-0) & Tim O'Leary (2-0).
Attendance: 51,234
Referee: M. Hennessy (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Lettekenny's pitch is named O'Donnell Park after Hugh O'Donnell.
  • There was 3 replays in the Leinster Football championship 1 in the Preliminary Round game between Wexford vs Louth and 2 Quarter-Finals between Offaly vs Laois and Dublin vs Louth.
  • The last year that All Ireland Semi-finals were no longer outside Rotation cycle.

References
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