1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date 14 November 1914
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance 13,000
1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Final Replay
Date 29 November 1914
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance 20,000
Weather Windy

The 1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 27th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1914 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Wexford led 2-0 to 0-1 at half-time, but Kerry fought back to score five points in the second half - Dick Fitzgerald scoring a point in the last minute. The replay took place on an extremely windy day; Wexford had the breeze in the first half and scored six points without reply, while Kerry scored 2-3 without reply in the second half to take their second title in a row.[1][2]

References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.