1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

{{Short description|Annual gaelic football tournament}}

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{{Infobox All-Ireland Hurling

| type = Junior

| year = 1954

| image =

| dates =

| teams =

| connacht = Galway

| munster = Kerry

| leinster = Dublin

| ulster = Donegal

| matches =

| team = Kerry

| titles = 8th

| captain = John "Walla" O'Connor

| manager =

| team2 = London

| captain2 =

| manager2 =

| totalgoals =

| totalpoints =

| topscorer =

| previous = 1953

| next = 1955

}}

The 1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Kerry in the Munster final.{{cite news|title=Kerry Junior And Minor Football Teams Win Through At Kenmare|work=Irish Examiner|date=12 July 1954}}

The 1954 All-Ireland final was played on 3 October 1954 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee between Kerry and London, in what was the first ever meeting of the two counties in the final. Kerry won the match by 1–07 to 1-05 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first in five years.

Results

= [[Munster Junior Football Championship]] =

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| date = 11 July 1954

| round = Final

| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry

| score = 1-09 - 2-02

| team2 = File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Fr Breen Park, Kenmare

| referee = J. Neenan (Limerick)

}}

= [[Leinster Junior Football Championship]] =

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| date = 8 August 1954{{cite news|title=Dublin Draw With Late Point|work=Irish Independent|date=9 August 1954}}

| round = Final

| team1 = File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth

| score = 0-10 - 0-10

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Páirc Tailteann, Navan

| referee = Peter McDermott (Meath)

}}

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| date = 15 August 1954{{cite news|title=Louth Juniors Fought Hard Against Superior Dublin Side|work=Drogheda Independent|date=21 August 1954}}

| round = Final (Replay)

| team1 = File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin

| score = 2-11 - 2-04

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Louth.svg Louth

| report =

| goals1 = E. Crowley 1-2, Brophy 0-5 (2f), P. O'Sullivan 1-0, L. Healy 0-2, J. Young, P. Haughey 0-1 each

| goals2 = O. Flanagan 1-1, A. Morgan 1-0, P. Hand 0-2 (2f), S. Goodman 0-1

| stadium = Páirc Tailteann, Navan

| referee = Peter McDermott (Meath)

}}

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GK1Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)
RCB2Johnny Bell (O'Dwyer's)
FB3Phil Bell (O'Dwyer's)
LCB4Tom Ryan (Pioneers)
RHB5Harry Boylan (Skerries Harps)
CHB6Brendan Houlihan (Erins Isle)
LHB7Des Osborne (Erins Isle)
MF8Joe Young (St Vincent's)
MF9Paddy O'Brien (Erins Isle)
RHF10Pádraig Haughey (St Vincent's)
CHF11Cecil Cawley (Erins Isle)
LHF12Eugene Crowley (Skerries Harps)
RCF13Johnny Brophy (St Brigid's)
FF14Paddy O'Sullivan (Pioneers)
LCF15Liam Healy (St Vincent's)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
16Paddy Downey (St Brigid's) for Cawley

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GK1Eddie Murphy (Clan na Gael)
RCB2Amby Morgan (Walshestown Rovers)
FB3George Carroll (Oliver Plunketts)
LCB4Mick Pentony (Oliver Plunketts)
RHB5John McArdle (Clan na Gael)
CHB6Paddy Woods (St Colmcille's)
LHB7Paddy Dixon (Clan na Gael)
MF8Benny Toal (Clan na Gael)
MF9Mickey Gartlan (Roche Emmets)
RHF10Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHF11Pat Hand (Walshestown Rovers) (c)
LHF12Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
RCF13Séamus Connolly (Clan na Gael)
FF14Jim Rogers (St Colmcille's)
LCF15Owen Flanagan (St Magdalene's)
colspan=3|Substitutes:
16Paddy Cluskey (St Magdalene's) for Toal
17Patsy McDonnell (Sarsfields) for Cluskey
18Mick Matthews (Oliver Plunketts) for Goodman

|-

|}

= [[Ulster Junior Football Championship]] =

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| date = 30 May 1954{{cite news|title=Late goal gives Donegal Ulster Junior title|work=Donegal News|date=5 June 1954}}

| round = Final

| team1 = File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal

| score = 1-07 - 0-08

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg Tyrone

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = St Molaise Park, Irvinestown

| referee = P. McCooey (Monaghan)

}}

= [[Connacht Junior Football Championship]] =

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| date = 11 July 1954{{cite news|title=Galway Juniors Win Championship|work=Tuam Herald|date=17 July 1954}}

| round = Final

| team1 = File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon

| score = 1-08 - 2-06

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Castlerea

| referee = T. Byrne (Roscommon)

}}

= All-Ireland semi-finals =

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| date = 22 August 1954

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal

| score = 3-09 - 1-07

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Ballyshannon Grounds

| referee =

}}

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| date = 22 August 1954

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry

| score = 2-07 - 0-09

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg Dublin

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = FitzGerald Stadium

| referee =

}}

= All-Ireland home final =

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| date = 12 September 1954

| round = Home final

| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry

| score = 3-05 - 1-06

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg Donegal

| report =

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Croke Park

| referee =

}}

= All-Ireland final =

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| date = 3 October 1954{{cite news|title=London's Gallant Effort At Tralee|date=4 October 1954|work=Irish Independent}}

| round = Final

| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry

| score = 1-07 - 1-05

| team2 = File:Colours of London.svg London

| report =

| goals1 = E. Fitzgerald 0-4 (2f), J. Culloty 1-0, S. Lovett 0-2, T. Collins 0-1

| goals2 = J. Sugrue 1-0, M. Lowry 0-3 (2f), K. Mulderrig, C. Carroll ('45) 0-1 each

| stadium = Austin Stack Park, Tralee

| referee = S. Hayes (Tipperary)

}}

References

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