Date 25 September 1949 Attendance 79,460 | Venue Croke Park, Dublin | |
Event 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 62nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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Pre-match
Cavan were aiming for three consecutive All-Ireland football titles, having beaten Kerry at America's Polo Grounds in 1947 and beaten Mayo at Croke Park in 1948.
Match summary
Meath led 0-7 to 0-3 at half-time and were able to retain this four-point lead to the end, despite six points by Cavan's Peter Donahue.
References
1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA