1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 45th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (10th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1930
1932 →

Results

Connacht Championship
Mayo1-8 – 1-3Sligo
Roscommon5-6 – 0-1Leitrim
Mayo3-5 – 1-4Galway
Attendance: 6,000
Mayo2-10 – 3-2Roscommon
Attendance: 6,000

Leinster Championship
Preliminary Round
Louth2-2 – 1-3Meath
Quarter Final
Louth1-5 – 5-6Dublin
Quarter Final
Westmeath8-5 – 1-5Kilkenny
Ballyduff Park, Tullamore
Quarter Final
Kildare2-4 – 1-6Laois
Quarter Final
Meath2-1 – 1-1Offaly
Referee: T Burke
Quarter Final Replay
Meath0-8 – 0-3Offaly
Referee: A Rogers
Semi Final
Kildare1-4 – 1-4Meath
Semi Final
Westmeath2-4 – 1-4Dublin
Ballyduff Park, Tullamore
Semi Final Replay
Kildare1-5 – 0-5Meath
Final
Kildare2-9 – 1-6Westmeath

Munster Championship
Preliminary Round
Tipperary4-4 – 0-1Limerick
Referee: P. McNamara (Clare)
Quarter-Final
Cork3-4 – 1-2Clare
Quarter-Final
Tipperary0-7 – 0-0Waterford
Referee: T. Keating (Tipperary)
Semi-Final
Cork3-1 – 2-11Tipperary
Referee: P. Whelan (W)
Final
Kerry5-8 – 0-2Tipperary
Referee: S. Malone (Clare)

Ulster Championship
Donegal2-4 – 0-1Antrim
Attendance: 1,000

An objection was made and the game awarded to Antrim.

Monaghan3-8 – 1-4Tyrone
Armagh0-6 – 0-2Down
Cavan2-5 – 1-2Fermanagh
Armagh1-9 – 0-4Monaghan
Attendance: 4,000
Cavan4-9 – 2-3Antrim
Cavan0-8 – 2-1Armagh

All-Ireland Championship
Semi-Final
Kerry1-6 – 1-4Mayo
J Ryan 1-1, P Whitty 0-3, B Stack, M Doyle 0-1 each
Kildare0-10 – 1-5Cavan
Main article: 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Final
Kerry1-11 – 0-8Kildare
J Ryan 0-6, P Russell 1-0, P Whitty, J J Landers 0-2 each, M Doyle 0-1 Report
Attendance: 42,350
Referee: T. Keating (Tipperary)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Castlebar's pitch becomes known as McHale after John MacHale.
  • Kilkenny withdraw from Leinster Championship until 1943.
  • Westmeath beat Dublin for the first time ever.
  • Kerry become the first Munster team to be All Ireland champions for 3 years in a row.

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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