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| Event | 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 25 September 1938 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park,Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | P Maguire (Cavan) | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,950 | ||||||
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| Date | 23 October 1938 | ||||||
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| Venue | Croke Park,Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Peter Waters (Kildare) | ||||||
| Attendance | 47,851 | ||||||
1939 → | |||||||
The1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-countyGaelic football tournament for the top teams inIreland.
Kerry supporters complained that the final whistle had gone too early in the first match, disallowing a lateJohn Joe Landers winner. When thereplay ended before Kerry could take a free which could have given an equalising goal, angry fans invaded the pitch. A loudspeaker appeal allowed the game to continue, and Galway won anyway.[1]
Bobby Beggs lined out for the winning Galway team that day; he had earlier been on theDublin side defeated by Galway in the final of1934.[2]
| 25 September 1938 Final | Galway | 3–3 – 2–6 | Kerry | Croke Park,Dublin Attendance: 68,950 Referee: P Maguire (Cavan) |
| Seán Brosnan (0–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–0), Miko Doyle (0–2) & Tim O'Leary (1–1) |
| 23 October 1938 Final replay | Galway | 2–4 – 0–7 | Kerry | Croke Park,Dublin Attendance: 47,851 Referee: Peter Waters (Kildare) |
| Seán Brosnan (0–3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1), Miko Doyle (0–3) |
       Galway |     Kerry
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Galway (is this the replay or the drawn game?) =
Bobby Beggs was on the defeated Dublin team [in 1934] but in 1938 he was on the Galway team that triumphed by beating Kerry by 2 – 4 to 0 – 7.
