Football championship
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 52nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway won their third title ending Kerry's year.
Format
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual, with a rotation system of every 3rd season from this year onwards meaning for with the four winners from Connacht , Leinster , Munster and Ulster advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals. The draw for these games was as follows:
Connacht V. Ulster
Munster V. Leinster Results
19 June 1938 Tuam
17 July 1938
Galway 0-8 – 0-5 Mayo
P Flannelly (0-4, three frees) & P Moclair (0-1).
St. Coman's Park , Roscommon Attendance: 20,000
1 May 1938 Páirc Tailteann , Navan
8 May 1938 Enniscorthy
22 May 1938 Nolan Park , Kilkenny Referee: M Hennessy (Dublin)
5 June 1938 Naas
12 June 1938 Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow Referee: M Hennessy (Dublin)
29 May 1938
Kildare 4-7 – 3-5 Dublin
P.Geoghegan 2-0, J.Martin 1-3, M.Geraghty 0-2, P.Waters, G.Comerford 0-1 (1-0 was a forward scramble).
O'Moore Park , Portlaoise
3 July 1938 Croke Park , Dublin
3 July 1938 Croke Park , Dublin
10 July 1938 Cusack Park , Mullingar Attendance: 8000Referee: Seamus Burke (Kildare)
10 July 1938 Croke Park , Dublin
24 July 1938
Offaly 0-6 – 4-8 Kildare
M.Geraghty, P.O'Brien, P.Geoghegan 1-1, W.Ryan 1-0, T.Mulhall 0-2, G.Comerford, C.Higgins 0-1.
Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow Referee: C Nolan
7 August 1938
Laois 2-8 – 1-3 Kildare
Chris Delaney 0-4 (0-3f), Ned Begley and Jack McDarby 1-0 each, Danny Douglas and Mick Haughney 0-2 each
Tom Mulhall 1-1, P. Geoghegan and Joe Martin (0-1f) 0-1 each
Croke Park , Dublin Attendance: 17,979Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)
29 May 1938
Kerry 2-6 – 0-1 Clare
Johnny Walsh (1-1), Eugene Powell (0-1), Murt Kelly (1-3) & Martin Regan (0-1).
Cusack Park , Ennis
12 June 1938 Fraher Field , Dungarvan Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)
29 May 1938
Cork 2-7 – 2-3 Limerick
R. Kiely (0-1), F. Healy (1-2), A. Ricken (0-1) & T. O’Reilly (1-2).
Seán Treacy Park , Tipperary
3 July 1938
Kerry 2-6 – 1-3 Tipperary
Charlie O'Sullivan (0-2), Eugene Powell (0-2), Con Geaney (0-1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1-0), Martin Regan (1-0) & Sub Tim O'Leary (0-1).
Mitchelstown Referee: T. Greaney (W)
7 August 1938
Kerry 4-14 – 0-6 Cork
S. Brosnan (0-2), P. Kennedy (1-1), C. O'Sullivan (0-1), T. McAuliffe (1-1), M. Regan (0-4), M. Doyle (2-1) & T. O'Leary (0-4).
M. O’Connor & P. Harrington (0-2) each.
Clonakilty
19 June 1938 Corrigan Park , Belfast
19 June 1938 Omagh
3 July 1938 Belturbet
10 July 1938 Carndonagh
17 July 1938 Athletic Grounds , Armagh Attendance: 8,000
31 July 1938 Athletic Grounds , Armagh
14 August 1938 Cusack Park , Mullingar
21 August 1936
Kerry 2-6 – 2-4 Laois
Tony McAuliffe (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (1-1), Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Murt Kelly (1-1) & John Joe Landers (0-1).
Croke Park , Dublin
1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
25 September 1938
Galway 3-3 – 2-6 Kerry
Sean Brosnan (0-1), Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Tony McAuliffe (0-1), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (0-2) & Tim O'Leary (1-1).
Croke Park , Dublin Attendance: 68,950Referee: P. Maguire (Cavan)
23 October 1938
Galway 2-4 – 0-7 Kerry
Sean Brosnan (0-3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1) & Miko Doyle (0-3).
Croke Park , Dublin Attendance: 47,851Referee: Peter Waters (Kildare)
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
The Preliminary Round of the Leinster football championship saw 2 draws and replays, They were the matches between Carlow vs Wicklow and Offaly vs Wexford .
Laois become the last team until Offaly (1971-1973) to complete a triple of Leinster titles.The All Ireland semi finals become Rotation of every 3 years from this years on words between the champions of each province.
The All-Ireland final for the only time in history ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the 2nd year in a row. Roll of Honour
Dublin - 14 (1923)
Kerry - 12 (1937)
Wexford - 5 (1918)
Kildare - 4 (1928)
Tipperary - 4 (1920)
Galway - 3 (1938)
Cavan - 2 (1935)
Limerick - 2 (1896)
Cork - 2 (1911)
Louth - 2 (1912)
Mayo - 1 (1936) References
"Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA" . Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011."Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )
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