The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Mick Higgins was Cavan's captain on the day.
Match 1 Summary Cavan equalised with a strange point — Edwin Carolan chased a ball that seemed to go wide, and kicked it across the goalmouth and over the bar. Carolan's equaliser has been described as a "wonder score".
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Match 2 Summary Mick Higgins's five points won the replay for Cavan, while Peter McDermott (Meath) missed an easy goal chance.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
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Meath 1 Kevin Smyth 2 Micheál O'Brien 3 Paddy O'Brien 4 Kevin McConnell 5 T. O'Brien 6 Connie Kelly 7 Christo Hand 8 Brendan Maguire 9 Des Taaffe 10 Declan Brennan 11 Brian Smyth 12 Paddy Meegan (c) 13 Mattie McDonnell 14 Jim Reilly 15 Peter McDermott
Played in drawn game Patsy McGearty Paddy Connell
Trainer Patrick Tully
Post-match Cavan haven't appeared in an All-Ireland SFC final since.
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