1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (5th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tyrone |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
The 1972 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 41st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Mayo entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.
On 24 September 1972, Cork won the championship following a 3-11 to 2-11 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their first in three championship seasons.[1]
Results
[edit]Quarter-final
| 1972 Quarter-final | Galway | 2-11 - 2-07 | Sligo | McHale Park, Castlebar |
Semi-finals
| 1972 Semi-final | Roscommon | 2-10 - 1-08 | Mayo | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
| 1972 Semi-final | Galway | 2-10 - 0-05 | Leitrim | St Jarlath's Park, Tuam |
Final
| 16 July 1972 Final | Galway | 4-11 - 1-11 | Roscommon | McHale Park, Castlebar |
First round
| 1972 First round | Laois | 4-12 - 2-08 | Kilkenny | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
| 1972 First round | Carlow | 0-06 - 2-11 | Wexford | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
Second round
| 1972 Second round | Longford | 0-06 - 1-10 | Wicklow | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Third round
| 1972 Third round | Laois | 1-07 - 1-08 | Wexford | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| 1972 Third round | Louth | 1-09 - 2-07 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
| 1972 Quarter-final | Meath | 2-15 - 3-04 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1972 Quarter-final | Kidare | 1-06 - 1-17 | Wexford | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
Semi-finals
| 1972 Semi-final | Dublin | 1-11 - 0-06 | Wexford | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
| 1972 Semi-final | Meath | 1-11 - 0-07 | Offaly | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Final
| 23 July 1972 Final | Meath | 3-08 - 1-10 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
| 1972 Quarter-final | Limerick | 2-05 - 0-12 | Waterford | FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock |
| 1972 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 2-10 - 0-02 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Semi-finals
| 1972 Semi-final | Tipperary | 2-07 - 2-12 | Kerry | Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy |
Final
| 16 July 1972 Final | Cork | 2-14 - 1-14 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
Quarter-finals
| 1972 Quarter-final | Donegal | 1-11 - 2-12 | Monaghan | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
| 1972 Quarter-final | Derry | 1-05 - 0-05 | Antrim | Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen |
Semi-finals
| 1972 Semi-final | Cavan | 0-10 - 1-06 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 1972 Semi-final | Derry | 1-07 - 1-15 | Tyrone | O'Neill Park, Dungannon |
Final
| 30 July 1972 Final | Cavan | 1-06 - 3-06 | Tyrone | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Semi-finals
| 13 August 1972 Semi-final | Cork | 2-08 - 0-11 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin |
| J Ahern 1-2, S Ó Sé 1-0, L Goode 0-2, R Wilmot 0-1, D O'Hare 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1. | J Duffy 0-5, D Smyth 0-2, M Hughes 0-1, K Clancy 0-1, T Mullins 0-1, M Conroy 0-1. | Referee: P Devlin (Tyrone) |
| 20 August 1972 Semi-final | Tyrone | 3-10 - 0-10 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
| M Harte 1-3, F McGuigan 1-2, J Cunningham 1-0, J Hughes 0-2, P Quinn 0-1, M Quinn 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1. | E O'Brien 0-4, B McGuinness 0-3, J Kennedy 0-1, M Ryan 0-1, G Dempsey 0-1. | Referee: J Dennigan (Cork) |
Final
| 24 September 1972 Final | Cork | 3-11 - 2-11 | Tyrone | Croke Park, Dublin |
| J Barry-Murphy 2-1, J Ahern 0-5, L Goode 1-1, L Gould 0-3, D O'Hare 0-1. | M Harte 1-0, M Quinn 1-0, J Hughes 0-5, P McGuigan 0-4, B O'Neill 0-2. | Referee: M Hayden (Roscommon) |
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.