Gaelic football competition
The1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the third staging of theAll-Ireland Minor Football Championship , theGaelic Athletic Association 's premierinter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Dublin entered the championship asdefending champions , however, they were beaten byLouth in the Leinster quarter-final.
On 20 September 1931,Kerry won the championship following a 3–04 to 0–04 defeat ofLouth in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[ 1]
The final had been arranged for 6 September but Kerry failed to fulfil the fixture. The match was subsequently rescheduled to be played a fortnight later, with Louth awarded home advantage.[ 2]
GK 1 G. Howlin (Sarsfields) RCB 2 F. Sutherland (Sarsfields) FB 3 T. Merriman (Starlights) LCB 4 J. Forde (Gorey Blues) RHB 5 M. O'Connor (Sarsfields) CHB 6 L. Byrne (Starlights) LHB 7 W. Connolly (Starlights) MF 8 J. Quinn (Starlights) MF 9 M. Swan (Ballyhogue) RHF 10 E. Foley (Sarsfields) CHF 11 A. Travers (Gorey Blues) LHF 12 S. Carroll (Sarsfields) RCF 13 J. Morris (Sarsfields) FF 14 P. Quinn (Starlights) LCF 15 A. Kealy (Gorey Parnells)
Semi-Finals
Final (Gaelic Grounds ,Drogheda )
Kerry vLouth Kerry 3–04– 0–04 Louth (HT: 2–01 - 0–01) Gls: Healy (1-0), P.J. O'Sullivan (1-0), Chute (1-0)Pts: McMahon (0-02), Murphy (0-01) P.J. O'Sullivan (0-01)Pts: Collier (0-02), Caffrey (0-01), Dempsey (0-01)
Referee: Patrick Fearon (
Armagh )
Attendance: 5,000
GK 1 Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors) RCB 2 Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill ) FB 3 Gerard Hearty (Clan na Gael ) LCB 4 Jimmy Beirne (Ardee minors) RHB 5 Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones ) CHB 6 Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns) LHB 7 James Fearon (Cooley Kickhams ) MF 8 James Caffrey (O'Connells ) MF 9 Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams ) RHF 10 Peter Collier (O'Connells ) CHF 11 Arthur Bradley (Ardee minors) LHF 12 Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors) RCF 13 Jack Kelly (O'Connells ) FF 14 John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c ) LCF 15 Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championships