1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2018 June 2018 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg 250 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Cavan 40px 2–4(10) Meath 40px 1–7(10) 28 September 1952 Croke Park Dublin Sean Hayes (Tipperary) 64,200 1951 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final replay 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final R.jpg 250 Cavan 40px 0–9 Meath 40px 0–5 12 October 1952 Croke Park Dublin Sean Hayes (Tipperary) 62,515 1953 The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Mick Higgins was Cavan's captain on the day.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/8485296.stm Cavan GAA legend Mick Higgins dies at the age of 87 BBC Sport BBC 28 January 2010 28 January 2010 Match 1 Summary Cavan equalised with a strange point — Edwin Carolan chased a ball that seemed to go wide, and kicked it across the goalmouth and over the bar. Carolan's equaliser has been described as a "wonder score".Colm Keys https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/comedians-at-large-in-kingdom-setup-38493564.html Scoring the equaliser proves great leveller Irish Independent Independent News & Media 13 September 2019 13 September 2019 Does it present any advantage in an All-Ireland final replay to have scored the equaliser in the drawn game? A look back on the last six drawn football finals shows honours even in that regard... In 1972, Mick O'Dwyer's leveller was in vain when Kerry lost the replay heavily to Offaly while Edwin Carolan's 'wonder score, in the 1952 drawn All-Ireland final for Cavan, paved the way for the last of their five successes in the subsequent replay over Meath. Details 28 September 1952Final Cavan football 2–4 – 1–7 Meath football T Tighe & J J Cassidy (1–0), M Higgins, V Sherlock, P Fitsmons & E Carolan (0–1) each P Meegan (0–4), P McDermott (1–1), J Reilly & McDonnell (0–1) each Croke Park, Dublin 64,200 Sean Hayes (Tipperary) Match 2 Summary Mick Higgins's five points won the replay for Cavan, while Peter McDermott (Meath) missed an easy goal chance.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Details 12 October 1952Final replay Cavan football 0–9 – 0–5 Meath football M Higgins (0–7), T Tighe & J Cusack (0–1) each P McDermott (0–2), J Reilly, M McDonnell & D Taaffe (0–1) each Croke Park, Dublin 62,515 Sean Hayes (Tipperary) Meath 1 Kevin Smyth 2 Micheál O'Brien 3 Paddy O'Brien 4 Kevin McConnell 5 T. O'Brien 6 Connie Kelly 7 Christo Hand 8 Brendan Maguire 9 Des Taaffe 10 Declan Brennan 11 Brian Smyth 12 Paddy Meegan (c) 13 Mattie McDonnell 14 Jim Reilly 15 Peter McDermott Played in drawn game Patsy McGearty Paddy Connell Trainer Patrick Tully Post-match Cavan haven't appeared in an All-Ireland SFC final since. References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Cavan county football team matches Category:Meath county football team matches