 Kerry, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1930 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Jim Byrne (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 33,280 | ||||||
←1929 1931 → | |||||||
The1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 43rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-countyGaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Monaghan scored first, but Kerry won comprehensively with goals byJohn Joe Landers,John Joe Sheehy (who wascaptain of the team) andNed Sweeney.[1]
It was the first of five All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[2]
This was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Monaghan.[3] It remains Monaghan's only final appearance.
Monaghan's goalkeeper for this game, Thomas Bradley, was aFirst World War veteran, who had been at theBattle of the Somme andBattle of Passchendaele.[4]
| Kerry | 3–11 – 0–2 | Monaghan |
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| J J Landers 2–3, N Sweeney 1–0, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0–3 each, M Doyle 0–2 |
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