The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 59th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
The game was originally set for 22 September, but was delayed for two weeks as part of the "Save the Harvest" campaign. (see: Winter of 1946–47)
Matches Summary Roscommon had a six-point lead with three minutes left, but Kerry made an amazing comeback with goals by Paddy Burke and Tom "Gega" O'Connor. Burke and O'Connor also scored late goals in the replay.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
It was the third of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1940s.
Details
Kerry 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. Lyne 3 J. Keohane 4 P. B. Brosnan 5 J. Lyne 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 Teddy O'Connor 9 P. Kennedy (c) 10 J. Falvey 11 Tom 'Gega' O'Connor 12 B. Garvey 13 F. O'Keeffe 14 P. Burke 15 D. Kavanagh
Played in drawn game G. Cremin W. O'Donnell
Subs used in drawn game E. Dowling for P. Kennedy B. Kelleher for J. Lyne
Subs used in replay G. Cremin for J. Falvey
Roscommon (is this the replay or the drawn game?) 1 G. Dolan 2 B Jackson 3 J. Casserly 4 O. Hoare 5 B. Lynch 6 B. Carlos 7 T. Collins 8 P. Murray 9 E. Boland 10 F. Kinlough 11 J Murray (c) 12 D. Keenan 13 J. McQuillan 14 J. J. Fallon 15 J. J. Nerney
Sub used D. McDermott for B. Lynch
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