The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 31st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
 Wexford, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 16 February 1919 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Pat Dunphy (Laois)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 12,000 | ||||||
| Weather | fine but bitterly cold | ||||||
Match
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editTipperary's preparations were severely hampered by military regulations following the Soloheadbeg ambush, not to mention the death of Davey Tobin by Spanish flu. A disallowed goal and a last-minute miss by Gus McCarthy were enough to allow Wexford to complete a four-in-a-row.[2] The match, played on 16 February 1919, had been postponed from the previous autumn due to the spread of the flu.[3]
Leading 0-3 to 0-2 at half-time, Wexford eventually won by a point to claim their fourth of four All-Ireland SFC titles in the 1910s.[4][5] They have not since appeared in an All-Ireland football final.
Team Details
edit Wexford | 0-5 – 0-4 |  Tipperary[6] |
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| J. Redmond, P. Todd 0-2 each, J. Byrne 0-1 | G. McCarthy 0-2, J. Skinner, T. Ryan 0-1 each |
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See also
edit- 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also postponed due to an outbreak of infectious disease
- 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also postponed due to an outbreak of infectious disease
References
edit- ↑ O'Connell, Cian (9 December 2016). "1916 All Ireland referees remembered".
- ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ↑ "How the sporting world reacted to the Spanish Flu". Anthony Pyne. RTÉ Sport. 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Football Final - Wexford Wins For Fourth Time". The Nationalist. 19 February 1919.
- ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ↑ "Tipperary – Munster Senior Champions 1918". Friends of Tipperary Football. 19 April 2018.