The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match Summary
Meath won with a goal by Colm O'Rourke. The win was also helped by poor shooting from Larry Tompkins, as he missed 6 of 8 frees in the second half.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
The game was played a crowd of over 68,000 spectators. Meath emerged victorious with a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-11. The decisive moment came when Colm O'Rourke and Brian Stafford led a strong attacking display, while Gerry McEntee controlled the midfield.
Details
Meath 1 M. McQuillan 2 R. O'Malley 3 M. Lyons (c) 4 T. Ferguson 5 K. Foley 6 L. Harnan 7 M. O'Connell 8 L. Hayes 9 G. McEntee 10 D. Beggy 11 J. Cassells 12 P. J. Gillic 13 C. O'Rourke 14 B. Stafford 15 B. Flynn
Subs used 21 C. Coyle for J. Cassells 17 P. Lyons for M. O'Connell
Subs not used 16 D. Smith 18 F. Murtagh 19 M. McCabe 20 F. Foley
Manager S. Boylan
Cork 1 J. Kerins 2 T. Davis 3 C. Corrigan 4 D. Walsh 5 T. Nation 6 C. Counihan (c) 7 N. Cahalane 8 S. Fahy 9 T. McCarthy 10 J. O'Driscoll 11 L. Tompkins 12 J. Kerrigan 13 C. O'Neill 14 C. Ryan 15 J. Cleary
Subs used 17 J. Evans for C. Corrigan 20 T. Leahy for S. Fahy 21 P. Hayes for C. Ryan
Subs not used 16 F. Delaney 18 M. Slocum 19 D. Culloty 22 B. Coffey 23 T. Mannix 24 M. McCarthy 25 N. Creedon
Manager B. Morgan
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