1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Mayo (2nd win)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
	← 1949 1951 →

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 64th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Mayo won their second All-Ireland.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

11 June 1950
Semi-final

Roscommon	0–10 – 1–4	Galway

, Roscommon

25 June 1950
Semi-final

Mayo	0–10 – 1–5	Sligo

James Stephens Park, Ballina

16 July 1950
Final

Mayo	1–7 – 0–4	Roscommon
P Carney (0-4, three frees) & M Mulderrig (1-3).

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

30 April 1950
Preliminary round

Longford	0–12 – 0–5	Westmeath

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

7 May 1950
Preliminary round

Kildare	2–11 – 1–9	Dublin
S.Brennan 0-4, L.O'Brien 1-1, J.Malone 0-3, P.Lyons 1-0, C.Hanlon, P.White, B.Edwards 0-1.

Cusack Park, Mullingar

14 May 1950
Preliminary round

Wicklow	2–4 – 0–6	Longford

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

21 May 1950
Quarter-final

Louth	1–7 – 1–6	Carlow

Croke Park, Dublin

28 May 1950
Quarter-final

Kildare	2–5 – 1–6	Offaly
B.Edwards 1-1, P.Lyons 1-0, P.White 0-2, S.Brennan, J.Malone 0-1.

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Attendance: 13,500

Referee: J Conroy (Laois)

4 June 1950
Quarter-final

Wexford	4–3 – 1–5	Laois

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Attendance: 11,447

18 June 1950
Quarter-final

Meath	6–8 – 0–4	Wicklow

Croke Park, Dublin

25 June 1950
Semi-final

Louth	1–10 – 1–8	Kildare
		S.Brennan 0-4, P.White 1-1, C.Hanlon, B.Edwards. J.Malone 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

2 July 1950
Semi-final

Meath	1–5 – 0–6	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

23 July 1950
Final

Louth	1–3 – 1–3	Meath
Frank Reid 1-0, Nicky Roe 0-2 (0-1f), Stephen White 0-1		Matty McDonnell 1-0, Brian Smyth 0-2, Mick O'Brien 0-1f

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 36,202

Referee: J. Conroy (Laois)

6 August 1950
Final replay

Louth	3–5 – 0–13	Meath
Nicky Roe 1-3 (0-3f), Hubert Reynolds 1-1, Mick Reynolds 1-0, Frank Ried 0-1		Mick O'Brien 0-5f, Matty McDonnell 0-3 (0-1f), Paddy O'Brien (1 '50), Des Taffe (0-1f), Paddy Connell, Paddy Meegan, Larry McGuinness 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

2 July 1950
Quarter-final

Cork	3–8 – 2–2	Waterford
E. Young (2-2), D. Kellaher (0-1), J. O’Keefe (0-1) & P. O’Donnell (0-4).

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

18 June 1950
Semi-final

Kerry	1–6 – 1–6	Clare
G. O'Sullivan (0-1), DJ McMahon (1-0), D. Kavanagh (0-1), P. McCarthy (0-1) & Batt Garvey (0-3).

Austin Stack Park, Tralee

16 July 1950
Semi-final replay

Kerry	6–6 – 2–4	Clare
T. O'Sullivan (2-3), G.O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Palmer (1-0), B. Garvey (1-2) & Sub P. Godley (1-0).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

16 July 1950
Semi-final

Cork	3–5 – 0–3	Tipperary
C. McGrath (0-3), J. Hartnett (1-0), P. O’Donavan (1-0) & E. Young (0-2).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)

30 July 1950
Final

Kerry	2–5 – 1–5	Cork
T. O'Sullivan (0-2), P. Godley (0-1) & D. Kavanagh (2-1).		J. Hartnett (0-1), E. Young (0-1), J. Cronin (0-2) & D. Kellaher (1-1).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

4 June 1950
Quarter-final

Antrim	5–10 – 0–5	Derry

Corrigan Park, Belfast

11 June 1950
Quarter-final

Cavan	8–7 – 0–3	Tyrone

, Coalisland

18 June 1950
Quarter-final

Down	2–8 – 3–5	Donegal

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

25 June 1950
Quarter-final

Armagh	0–14 – 1–5	Monaghan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 10,000

25 June 1950
Quarter-final replay

Down	4–3 – 1–7	Donegal

O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny

2 July 1950
Semi-final

Antrim	2–6 – 1–12	Cavan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 20,000

9 July 1950
Semi-final

Armagh	1–8 – 1–7	Down

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Attendance: 5,800

23 July 1950
Final

Armagh	1–11 – 1–7	Cavan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

13 August 1950
Semi-final

Mayo	3–9 – 0–6	Armagh
P Carney (0-1, free), M Flanagan (0-1), W Kenny (0-1, free), J Gilvarry (0-1); M Mulderrig (0-2), T Langan (2-3) & P Solan (1-0).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 49,281

20 August 1950
Semi-final

Louth	1–7 – 0–8	Kerry
		T. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Palmer (0-1), P. McCarthy (0-1), B. Garvey (0-4) & Sub G. O'Sullivan (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 50,072

24 September 1950
Final

Mayo	2–5 – 1–6	Louth
E Mongey (0-2), M Flanagan (1-0), J Gilvarry (0-1), M Mulderrig (0-2) & P Solan (1-0).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 76,174

Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

The Connacht final between Mayo and Roscommon took place at the new Tuam Stadium, in Tuam.
Armagh end a 47-year wait by winning their first Ulster title since 1903.
The All Ireland semi-final between Mayo and Armagh was their first championship meeting.
Mayo end a 14-year period by winning their second All Ireland title.

References[]

^ "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[1] "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[2] "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[3] "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

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