1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Kerry (8th win)
Captain	John "Walla" O'Connor
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	London
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Donegal
Connacht	Galway
← 1953 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.

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

Kerry v Cork

11 July 1954 Final	Kerry	1-09 - 2-02	Cork	Fr Breen Park, Kenmare
				Referee: J. Neenan (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Louth v Dublin

8 August 1954 Final	Louth	0-10 - 0-10	Dublin	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
				Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Dublin v Louth

15 August 1954 Final (Replay)	Dublin	2-11 - 2-04	Louth	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
	E. Crowley 1-2, Brophy 0-5 (2f), P. O'Sullivan 1-0, L. Healy 0-2, J. Young, P. Haughey 0-1 each		O. Flanagan 1-1, A. Morgan 1-0, P. Hand 0-2 (2f), S. Goodman 0-1	Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

GK 1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair) RCB 2 Johnny Bell (O'Dwyer's) FB 3 Phil Bell (O'Dwyer's) LCB 4 Tom Ryan (Pioneers) RHB 5 Harry Boylan (Skerries Harps) CHB 6 Brendan Houlihan (Erins Isle) LHB 7 Des Osborne (Erins Isle) MF 8 Joe Young (St Vincent's) MF 9 Paddy O'Brien (Erins Isle) RHF 10 Pádraig Haughey (St Vincent's) CHF 11 Cecil Cawley (Erins Isle) LHF 12 Eugene Crowley (Skerries Harps) RCF 13 Johnny Brophy (St Brigid's) FF 14 Paddy O'Sullivan (Pioneers) LCF 15 Liam Healy (St Vincent's) Substitutes: 16 Paddy Downey (St Brigid's) for Cawley

GK 1 Eddie Murphy (Clan na Gael) RCB 2 Amby Morgan (Walshestown Rovers) FB 3 George Carroll (Oliver Plunketts) LCB 4 Mick Pentony (Oliver Plunketts) RHB 5 John McArdle (Clan na Gael) CHB 6 Paddy Woods (St Colmcille's) LHB 7 Paddy Dixon (Clan na Gael) MF 8 Benny Toal (Clan na Gael) MF 9 Mickey Gartlan (Roche Emmets) RHF 10 Patsy Coleman (St Mary's) CHF 11 Pat Hand (Walshestown Rovers) (c) LHF 12 Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers) RCF 13 Séamus Connolly (Clan na Gael) FF 14 Jim Rogers (St Colmcille's) LCF 15 Owen Flanagan (St Magdalene's) Substitutes: 16 Paddy Cluskey (St Magdalene's) for Toal 17 Patsy McDonnell (Sarsfields) for Cluskey 18 Mick Matthews (Oliver Plunketts) for Goodman

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Donegal v Tyrone

30 May 1954 Final	Donegal	1-07 - 0-08	Tyrone	St Molaise Park, Irvinestown
				Referee: P. McCooey (Monaghan)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Roscommon v Galway

11 July 1954 Final	Roscommon	1-08 - 2-06	Galway	Castlerea
				Referee: T. Byrne (Roscommon)

All-Ireland semi-finals

Donegal v Galway

22 August 1954 Semi-final

Donegal

3-09 - 1-07

Galway

Ballyshannon Grounds

Kerry v Dublin

22 August 1954 Semi-final

Kerry

2-07 - 0-09

Dublin

FitzGerald Stadium

All-Ireland home final

Kerry v Donegal

12 September 1954 Home final

Kerry

3-05 - 1-06

Donegal

Croke Park

All-Ireland final

Kerry v London

3 October 1954 Final	Kerry	1-07 - 1-05	London	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
	E. Fitzgerald 0-4 (2f), J. Culloty 1-0, S. Lovett 0-2, T. Collins 0-1		J. Sugrue 1-0, M. Lowry 0-3 (2f), K. Mulderrig, C. Carroll ('45) 0-1 each	Referee: S. Hayes (Tipperary)