1950–51 National Football League (Ireland)

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1950–51 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1950 – 30 September 1951
League champions
Winners Meath (3rd win)
Captain Paddy Meegan
League runners-up
Runners-up New York
Captain Tom "Gega" O'Connor

The 1950–51 National Football League was the 20th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Meath won the home final and flew to New York for the real final. Despite some players being weakened by smallpox vaccination, they beat New York by a goal and sailed home in triumph on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam. John 'Lefty' Devine commentated on the radio, and was criticised for his newly acquired New York accent (he was a native of County Clare).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the home semi-finals. The winner of the home final plays New York in the NFL final.

Results

Division I

Division II

Division III

Mayo won, ahead of Galway, Clare, Laois and Kerry.

Division IV

Finals

8 April 1951
Home Semi-Final
Cork 0-2 – 1-6 Mayo

29 April 1951
Home Final
Meath 0-6 – 0-3 Mayo
Paddy Meegan 0-2, Mattie McDonnell 0-2, Brian Smyth 0-1, Peter McDermott 0-1[7] P Solan 0-2; S Mulderrig 0-1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 46,197[8]
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)[9]

30 September 1951
Final
Meath 1-10 – 0-10 New York
Mattie McDonnell 1-0 Tom O'Connor 0-6
Polo Grounds, New York
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: John Dunne (Galway)[10]

References

  1. ↑ Mayo results archive, 1951
  2. ↑ GAA Archive 1949
  3. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  4. ↑ "Death of Meath legend Paddy Meegan" - HoganStand
  5. ↑ Ballina Herald
  6. ↑ New York Times: 30,000 SEE MEATH GAIN 13-10 VICTORY; IRISH TEAMS DISPLAYING THEIR SKILLS AT THE POLO GROUNDS
  7. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  8. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  9. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  10. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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