The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 31st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match Summary Tipperary's preparations were severely hampered by military regulations following the Soloheadbeg ambush, not to mention the death of Davey Tobin by Spanish flu. A disallowed goal and a last-minute miss by Gus McCarthy were enough to allow Wexford to complete a four-in-a-row.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. The match, played on 16 February 1919, had been postponed from the previous autumn due to the spread of the flu.
Leading 0-3 to 0-2 at half-time, Wexford eventually won by a point to claim their fourth of four All-Ireland SFC titles in the 1910s. They have not since appeared in an All-Ireland football final.
Team Details
GK1 Tom McGrath RCB2 Nick Stewart FB3 Paddy Mackey LCB4 Jem Byrne (c)RHB5 Tom Murphy CHB6 Tom Doyle LHB7 Martin Howlett MF8 Bill Hodgins MF9 John Doran RHF10 Jack Crowley CHF11 Rich Reynolds LHF12 Pierse ToddRCF13 Aidan DoyleFF14 Gus O'Kennedy LCF15 Jim Redmond GK1 Arthur CarrollRCB2 Jimmy McNamaraFB3 Ned O'Shea (c)LCB4 Jerry ShellyRHB5 Bill RyanCHB6 Ned EganLHB7 Tommy PowellMF8 Tommy RyanMF9 Tom QuinlanRHF10 Jim RyanCHF11 Bill GrantLHF12 Jack SkinnerRCF13 Dick HeffernanFF14 Gus McCarthyLCF15 John O'Shea
See also 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also postponed due to an outbreak of infectious disease 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, also postponed due to an outbreak of infectious disease
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