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 semifinal 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)
CaptainMiko Doyle
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
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 Quarterfinals between Offaly vs Laois and Dublin vs Louth.
  • The last year that All Ireland Semifinals were no longer outside Rotation cycle.

References
  1. "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "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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