1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (10th win)
Captain	Con Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kildare
Captain	Mick Walsh
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
	← 1930 1932 →

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]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

31 May 1931
Quarter-Final

Mayo	1-8 – 1-3	Sligo
J Culkin (0-4) & G Courell (1-3).

Tuam

24 May 1931
Semi-Final

Roscommon	5-6 – 0-1	Leitrim

Boyle

5 July 1931
Semi-Final

Mayo	3-5 – 1-4	Galway
J Culkin (1-2), G Courell (1-1), P Moclair (1-2).

Castlerea

Attendance: 6,000

9 August 1931
Final

Mayo	2-10 – 3-2	Roscommon
S O’Malley (0-1), J Forde (0-1), S O’Dwyer (0-1), M Moran (0-1); G Courell (2-3) & J Culkin (0-3).

Sligo

Attendance: 6,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

1931

Preliminary Round

Louth	2-2 – 1-3	Meath

Dundalk

1931

Quarter Final

Louth	1-5 – 5-6	Dublin

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

17 May 1931

Quarter Final

Westmeath	8-5 – 1-5	Kilkenny

Ballyduff Park, Tullamore

31 May 1931

Quarter Final

Kildare	2-4 – 1-6	Laois
J.P.Murphy 1-1, P.Loughlin 1-0, F.Malone, H.Burke, J.Higgins 0-1.

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

7 June 1931

Quarter Final

Meath	2-1 – 1-1	Offaly

Navan

Referee: T Burke (Louth)

28 June 1931

Quarter Final Replay

Meath	0-8 – 0-3	Offaly

Navan

Referee: A Rogers

19 July 1931

Semi Final

Kildare	1-4 – 1-4	Meath
M.Mahon 1-0, P.Martin 0-2, P.Byrne, J.Higgins 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

26 July 1931

Semi Final

Westmeath	2-4 – 1-4	Dublin

Ballyduff Park, Tullamore

2 August 1931

Semi Final Replay

Kildare	1-5 – 0-5	Meath
P.Doyle 1-2, P.Pringle, P.Waters 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

9 August 1931

Final

Kildare	2-9 – 1-6	Westmeath
Paul Doyle 1-5 (1-4f), Peter Pringle 1-0, Peter Waters, M Mahon, Paddy Martin, Dermot Bourke 0-1 each		Paddy Doyle 1-2f, Jack Smith 0-2, Jim Byrne (0-1f) and Paddy Bracken 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 9,300

Referee: J. Donoghue (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

7 June 1931

Preliminary Round

Tipperary	4-4 – 0-1	Limerick

Newcastlewest

Referee: P. McNamara (Clare)

14 June 1931

Quarter-Final

Cork	3-4 – 1-2	Clare
M. Jackson (0-3), J. O'Regan (2-0) & J. Murphy (1-0).

The Mardyke, Cork

21 June 1931

Quarter-Final

Tipperary	0-7 – 0-0	Waterford

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: T. Keating (Tipperary)

5 July 1931

Semi-Final

Cork	3-1 – 2-11	Tipperary
J. Murphy & J. Warren (1-0).

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Referee: P. Whelan (W)

9 August 1931

Final

Kerry	5-8 – 0-2	Tipperary
Tim Landers (1-0), Jackie Ryan (1-0) & Martin Regan (3-0).

Tralee

Referee: S. Malone (Clare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

10 May 1931
Quarter-Final

Donegal	2-4 – 0-1	Antrim

Letterkenny

Attendance: 1,000

An objection was made and the game awarded to Antrim.

17 May 1931
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	3-8 – 1-4	Tyrone

Dungannon

24 May 1931
Quarter-Final

Armagh	0-6 – 0-2	Down

Pairc Esler, Newry

14 June 1931
Quarter-Final

Cavan	2-5 – 1-2	Fermanagh

Belturbet

21 June 1931
Semi-Final

Armagh	1-9 – 0-4	Monaghan

Carrickmacross

Attendance: 4,000

5 July 1931
Semi-Final

Cavan	4-9 – 2-3	Antrim

Corrigan Park, Belfast

2 August 1931
Final

Cavan	0-8 – 2-1	Armagh

Dundalk

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

30 August 1931

Semi-Final

Kerry	1-6 – 1-4	Mayo
J Ryan 1-1, P Whitty 0-3, B Stack, M Doyle 0-1 each		S O’Dwyer (0-1), G Courell (0-2) & J Culkin (1-0).

Tuam

30 August 1931
Semi-Final

Kildare	0-10 – 1-5	Cavan
P.Doyle 0-4, P.Byrne 0-3, P.Martin 0-2, P.Pringle 0-1.

Breffni Park, Cavan

27 September 1931

Final

Kerry	1-11 – 0-8	Kildare
J Ryan 0-6, P Russell 1-0, P Whitty, J J Landers 0-2 each, M Doyle 0-1.	Report	P.Byrne, H.Burke 0-3, D.Bourke, P.Martin 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

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

^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 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)

[1] "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 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)

[1]

[2]

[3]