1930–31 National Football League (Ireland)

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1930–31 National Football League 29 June 1930 – May 1931 Kerry Miko Doyle 3rd Cavan Jim Smith Westmeath 1928–29 1931–32 The 1930–31 National Football League was the 4th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Kerry won their third league in a row. They trailed Cavan 1-1 to 0-1 at half-time in the final, but went on to win by a point.http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(6)/1984-(1)August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes GAA Final Teamshttp://www.1st-stop-county-kerry.com/KerryVKildare1931.html Kerry V kildare 1931 All-Ireland Gaelic football Final at croke Park Dublin www.1st-stop-county-kerry.com 6 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234003/http://www.1st-stop-county-kerry.com/KerryVKildare1931.html 4 March 2016 dead After their win, Kerry went on an American tour.http://www.historyireland.com/volume-18/up-kerry-up-the-ira/ Up Kerry! Up the IRA! 5 March 2013 Format Divisions Division One: 22 teams. Split into four regional groups Division Two: 10 teams. Split into two regional sections Round-robin format Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away. Points awarded 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw. Titles Teams in Division One competed for the National Football League title. Teams in Division Two (Midland) competed for the National Football League Division Two (Midland) title. Teams in Division Two (Northern) competed for the National Football League Division Two (Northern) title. Knockout stage qualifiers Division One title: top team in each group qualified for the semi-final Division Two (Midland) title: top team in each group qualified for the final Division Two (Northern) title: group winners win the title Division One Group A 23 March 1930 Round 1 Kildare 1-1 — 2-3 Dublin Newbridge"Dublin's success at Newbridge", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 M. Delaney Laois 23 March 1930 Round 1 Kerry 3-8 — 2-0 Laois Austin Stack Park, Tralee 6 April 1930 Round 2 Dublin 4-5 — 2-2 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin"Dublin's good win", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Laois 3-2 — 2-6 Kildare Portlaoise"Won by a point", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 Sean Robbins Offaly 5 October 1930 Round 3 Wexford 1-4 — 3-5 Kildare Wexford 16 November 1930 Kerry 0-2 — 0-2 Kildare Naas"Four scores in poor game", Irish Independent, 17 November 1930, p. 11 16 November 1930 Kerry w/o — scr. Wexford 7 December 1930 Round 4 Dublin 0-3 — 0-8 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin"Kerry defeat Dublin in National Football League", The Kerryman, 13 December 1930, p. 12 J. Delaney Laois Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Kerry football4 3 1 0 7 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Dublin football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Kildare football4 2 1 1 5 20px|border Laois football4 1 0 3 2 20px|border Wexford football 4 0 0 4 0 Group B 23 March 1930 Round 1 Clare 2-7 — 2-6 Limerick Kilrush"Won by a point", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 23 March 1930 Round 1 Tipperary 3-3 — 2-8 Cork Clonmel"Home County weak", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Cork 3-5 — 1-2 Clare Cork"In The South", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Limerick 1-5 — 1-5 Waterford Glin"National League", Irish Independent, 8 April 1930, p. 14 9 November 1930 Round 2 Tipperary 1-2 — 3-6 Waterford Clonmel"Football League", Cork Examiner, 10 November 1930, p. 10 7 December 1930 Round 4 Waterford 2-7 — 1-2 Clare Dungarvan"Dungarvan tie decides honours", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13 Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Waterford football4 3 1 0 7 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Cork football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Clare football4 2 0 2 4 20px|border Limerick football3 0 1 2 1 20px|border Tipperary football 3 0 0 3 0 Group C 23 March 1930 Round 1 Antrim 0-2 — 1-2 Monaghan Corrigan Park, Belfast"In The North", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 23 March 1930 Round 1 Meath 2-8 — 1-2 Armagh Navan"Armagh outplayed", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Louth 2-3 — 0-3 Antrim Drogheda"Homesters win well", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 J. Curran Meath 6 April 1930 Round 2 Monaghan 0-6 — 0-6 Cavan Clones"Level scoring", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 5 October 1930 Round 2 Cavan 0-11 — 0-9 Armagh Armagh"A win for Cavan", Cork Examiner, 6 October 1930, p. 12 2 November 1930 Round 3 Cavan W — L Louth Breffni Park, Cavan"National Football League", Meath Chronicle, 8 November 1930, p. 9 16 November 1930 Louth 1-2 — 0-7 Armagh Dundalk"Do Louth need a rest?", Irish Independent, 17 November 1930, p. 11 23 November 1930 Meath 1-6 — 0-0 Monaghan Navan"Weak teams suffer the penalty", Irish Independent, 24 November 1930, p. 12 23 November 1930 Down 1-7 — 2-5 Cavan Newry"Weak teams suffer the penalty", Irish Independent, 24 November 1930, p. 12 7 December 1930 Round 2 Cavan 5-6 — 0-3 Antrim Breffni Park, Cavan"Smith's first match", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13 7 December 1930 Round 4 Louth 2-3 — 2-3 Meath Drogheda"A lucky draw", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13 7 December 1930 Round 4 Down w/o — scr"Croke Park", Irish Independent, 5 December 1930, p,13 Monaghan 14 December 1930 Round 2 Meath 1-4 — 0-3 Antrim Navan"Antrim's narrow defeat at Navan", Irish Independent, 15 December 1930, p. 11 18 January 1931 1st Place Play-Off Cavan 2-6 — 0-2 Meath Breffni Park, Cavan"Cavan ready Divisional winners", Meath Chronicle, 24 January 1931, p. 9 Group D 26 April 1930 Round 1 Sligo 1-2 — 4-4 Mayo Tubbercurry, Sligo"Connacht Senior Football League", Connaught Telegraph, 3 May 1930, p. 4 11 May 1930 Round 1 Galway 2-1 — 0-3 Roscommon Ballinasloe"Galway play and win", Irish Independent, 12 May 1930, p. 11 29 June 1930 Round 1 Galway 0-7 — 0-1 Mayo Tuamhttp://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=5968 1930 20 July 1930 Round 1 Leitrim 3-0 — 0-5 Sligo Ballinamore, Leitrim"Leitrim's success", Irish Independent, 22 July 1930, p. 13 20 July 1930 Round 1 Roscommon 0-3 — 1-7 Mayo Castlerea 21 September 1930 Round 3 Galway 3-6 — 0-4 Leitrim Roscommon"Connacht League", Irish Independent, 22 September 1930, p. 10 1930 Round 4 Mayo w/o — scr"GAA games", Irish Independent, 3 October 1930, p. 14 Leitrim 5 October 1930 Round 4 Galway 2-8 — 0-2 Sligo Tuam"Galway's defeat of Sligo", Connacht Tribune, 11 October 1930, p. 11 Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Galway football4 4 0 0 8 Advance to Knockout stage20px|border Mayo football4 3 0 1 6 20px|border Roscommon football4 2 0 2 4 20px|border Leitrim football4 1 0 3 2 20px|border Sligo football4 0 0 4 0 Knockout stage Semi-finals 15 February 1931 Kerry 2-5 – 1-1 Galway Tuam"Kerry's win", The Cork Examiner, 16 February 1931, p.12 15 February 1931 Cavan 7-5 – 0-3 Waterford Cavan"Second Semi-final", The Cork Examiner, 16 February 1931, p.12 Final 1 March 1931 Kerry 1-3 – 1-2 Cavan John Joe Landers 1-0, Tim Landers 0-1, Miko Doyle 0-1 Terry Coyle 1-0, Jack Smallhorne 0-1, Louis Blessing 0-1 Croke Park, Dublin"Depleted Kerry Team", The Kerryman, 7 March 1931, p.10 15,000"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 Division two Midland Northern Section 23 March 1930 Round 1 Offaly 1-3 — 4-7 Westmeath Tullamore"One-sided match", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Longford 0-2 — 0-3 Offaly Longford"Decisions unpopular", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 31 August 1930 Round 3 Westmeath 5-5 — 2-7 Longford Mullingar"National League", Meath Chronicle, 6 September 1930, p. 9 Sean O'Neill Dublin Southern Section 23 March 1930 Round 1 Carlow 2-6 — 2-0 Wicklow Muine Bheag"Midland - Group A", Irish Independent, 25 March 1930, p. 12 6 April 1930 Round 2 Wicklow 0-2 — 1-4 Kilkenny Arklow"Wicklow very weak", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 9 November 1930 Round 3 Kilkenny 1-1 — 1-1 Carlow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny"Kilkenny and Carlow draw", Cork Examiner, 10 November 1930, p. 10 Final 7 December 1930 Final Westmeath 7-4 — 1-0 Kilkenny Mullingar"A poor contest", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13 Tables Northern Section TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Westmeath football2 2 0 0 4 Win Division Two (Midland)20px|border Offaly football2 1 0 1 2 20px|border Longford football2 0 0 2 0 Southern Section TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Kilkenny football2 1 1 0 3 20px|border Carlow football2 1 1 0 3 20px|border Wicklow football 2 0 0 2 0 Northern 23 March 1930 Round 1 Donegal 2-6 — 1-1 Tyrone Erne Park, Ballyshannon"Donegal's first match in National League", Donegal News, 29 March 1930, p. 3 T McGlynn Donegal 23 March 1930 Round 1 Fermanagh 1-4 — 1-1 Derry Enniskillen"Narrow victory", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Tyrone 3-1 — 2-2 Fermanagh Dungannon"Exciting match", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 6 April 1930 Round 2 Derry 1-4 — 2-6 Donegal Brandywell, Derry"Close struggle in Derry", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10 31 August 1930 Round 3 Tyrone 3-2 — 0-3 Derry Dungannon"National League Fixture", Donegal News, 6 September 1930, p. 3 5 October 1930 Round 3 Donegal 1-5 — 0-2 Fermanagh Ballyshannon"Donegal defeat Fermanagh", Irish Independent, 6 October 1930, p. 12 Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Donegal football3 3 0 0 6 Win Division Two (Northern)20px|border Tyrone football3 2 0 1 4 20px|border Fermanagh football3 1 0 2 2 20px|border Derry football3 0 0 3 0 "National League success", Donegal News, 11 October 1930, p. 5 References National Football League National Football League Category:National Football League (Ireland) seasons