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Football match
1915 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Wexford, champions
Event1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Wexford Kerry
2–4
(10)
2–1
(7)
Date7 November 1915
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereePat Dunphy (Laois)
Attendance27,000
WeatherFine
1914 1916

The 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Wexford won by three points; their goals were scored by Jim and Aidan Byrne, while Dick Fitzgerald and Denis Doyle got Kerry's goals.

It was the first of four consecutive All-Ireland SFC titles won by Wexford between 1915 and 1918.

Seán O'Kennedy, whose brother Gus played at corner-forward, captained Wexford.

Details

Wexford v Kerry
7 Nov 1915
Final
Wexford 2–4 2–1 Kerry
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)
Attendance: 27,000
Wexford Kerry

Wexford =

References

  1. O'Connell, Cian (9 December 2016). "1916 All Ireland referees remembered".
  2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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