The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Matches This year's final was played on 25 September, with the replay following on 23 October.
Summary Kerry supporters complained that the final whistle had gone too early in the first match, disallowing a late John Joe Landers winner. When the replay ended before Kerry could take a free which could have given an equalising goal, angry fans invaded the pitch. A loudspeaker appeal allowed the game to continue, and Galway won anyway.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Bobby Beggs lined out for the winning Galway team that day; he had earlier been on the Dublin side defeated by Galway in the final of 1934.
Details
Galway (is this the replay or the drawn game?) = 1 Jimmy McGauran 2 Mick Raftery 3 M. Connaire 4 Dinny O'Sullivan 5 Frank Cunniffe 6 Bobby Beggs 7 Charlie Connolly 8 John Burke 9 John Dunne (c) 10 Jackie Flavin 11 Mick Higgins 12 R. Griffin 13 Ned Mulholland 14 M. Kelly 15 Brendan Nestor
Subs used M. Ryder for Mulholland P. McDonagh for Burke
References
External links , a British Pathé newsreel of the game