1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 42nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners.^[1][2][3]

1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kildare (4th win)
Captain	Bill 'Squires' Gannon
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cavan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Sligo
Championship statistics
← 1927 1929 →

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leitrim	1-0 – 1-0	Galway

10 June 1928
Quarter-Final

Roscommon

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Leitrim	0-7 – 0-3	Galway

24 June 1928
Quarter-Final Replay

Roscommon

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Mayo	1-5 – 0-3	Roscommon
J Forde (1-0).

17 June 1928
Semi-Final

Ballyhaunis

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Sligo	1-5 – 0-2	Leitrim

15 July 1928
Semi-Final

Boyle

Attendance: 5,000

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Sligo	1-4 – 0-6	Mayo
		JJ Walsh (0-2), G Courell (0-3, two frees).

5 August 1928
Final

Tuam

Attendance: 9,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Wexford	7-7 – 3-4	Kilkenny

May 1928

Quarter-Final

New Ross

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Longford	3-4 – 0-11	Meath

May 1928

Quarter-Final

Mullingar

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Dublin	0-5 – 0-3	Louth

20 May 1928

Quarter-Final

Navan

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Kildare	0-4 – 1-0	Laois
A. O'Neill, J. Loughlin, F. Malone, T. Keogh 0-1 each	Report	J. Brown 1-0

20 May 1928

Quarter-Final

Geraldine Park, Athy

Referee: S. J. Donnelly (Dublin)

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Kildare	3-6 – 0-2	Longford
P Ryan 2-1; P Pringle 1-0; P. Martin 0-2; J Curtis, P Loughlin, Keogh 0-1 each	Report	M. Deane 0-2

10 June 1928

Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: J. Byrne (Louth)

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Dublin	3-3 – 0-4	Wexford

8 July 1928

Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: T. Burke (Louth)

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Kildare	0-10 – 1-6	Dublin
Paul Doyle (0-2f) and Paddy Loughlin 0-3 each, Joe Curtis 0-2, Paddy Martin and Tom Keogh 0-1 each	Report	M Durnin 1-0, Joe Synott 0-3, Jack Reilly, Joe Stynes, Mick O'Brien 0-1 each

22 July 1928

Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jim Byrne (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry	3-4 – 0-5	Clare
J O'Connor 1-0, P Russell 0-3, P Whitty 0-1

10 June 1928

Quarter-Final

The Cricket Field, Kilrush

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Tipperary	1-7 – 2-3	Kerry
		J J Sheehy 1-2, N Sweeney 1-0, P Russell 0-1

8 July 1928

Semi-Final

Tipperary

Referee: W. Walsh (Waterford)

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Cork	4-3 – 0-4	Tipperary

5 August 1928

Final

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: P. Whelan (W)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone	7-3 – 2-3	Derry

27 May 1928
Quarter-Final

Dungannon

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Monaghan	3-5 – 1-3	Down

27 May 1928
Quarter-Final

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

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Armagh	6-3 – 1-7	Fermanagh

10 June 1928
Quarter-Final

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

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Cavan	1-5 – 0-2	Antrim

17 June 1928
Quarter-Final

Belturbet

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Armagh	0-4 – 0-1	Monaghan

1 July 1928
Semi-Final

Carrickmacross

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Cavan	4-3 – 0-4	Tyrone

8 July 1928
Semi-Final

Dungannon

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Cavan	2-6 – 1-4	Armagh

29 July 1928
Final

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 6,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cavan	2-5 – 0-4	Sligo

26 August 1928
Semi-Final

Breffni Park, Cavan

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Kildare	3-7 – 0-2	Cork
W.Mangan 3-0, P.Doyle 0-5, J.Curtis, P.Loughlin 0-1.

2 September 1928
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: J. Shevlin (Roscommon)

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Kildare	2-6 – 2-5	Cavan
P.Doyle 0-5, W.Mangan, P.Loughlin 1-0, T.Keogh 0-1.

30 September 1928
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 24,700

Referee: Tom Burke (Louth)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Cork win the Munster title for the first time since 1916.
• Sligo win the Connacht title for the first time ever.
• Kildare are All Ireland champions for the second year in a row.

Roll of Honour

• Dublin - 14 (1923)
• Kerry - 7 (1926)
• Wexford - 5 (1918)
• Kildare - 4 (1928)
• Tipperary - 4 (1920)
• Limerick - 2 (1896)
• Cork - 2 (1911)
• Louth - 2 (1912)
• Galway - 1 (1925)

References

1. "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 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)

External links

Beaten By A Point (1928) on YouTube, a British Pathé newsreel of the Kildare-Dublin Leinster final