1930–31 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1930–31 National Football League was the 4th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1930–31 National Football League
League details
Dates29 June 1930 – May 1931
League champions
WinnersKerry (3rd win)
CaptainMiko Doyle
League runners-up
Runners-upCavan
CaptainJim Smith

Kerry won their third league in a row. They trailed Cavan 1-1 to 0-1 at half-time in the final, but went on to win by a point.[1][2][3] After their win, Kerry went on an American tour.[4]

Format

Divisions
  • Division One: 22 teams. Split into four regional groups
  • Division Two: 10 teams. Split into two regional sections

Round-Robin Format

Each team played every other team in its division (or group where the division is split) once, either home or away.

Points awarded

2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a draw.

Titles

Knockout stage qualifiers
  • Division One title: top team in each group qualified for the semi-final
  • Division Two (Midland) title: top team in each group qualified for the final
  • Division Two (Northern) title: group winners win the title

Division One

Group A
23 March 1930 Round 1 Kildare 1-1 — 2-3 Dublin Newbridge[5]
Referee: M. Delaney Laois
23 March 1930 Round 1 Kerry 3-8 — 2-0 Laois Austin Stack Park, Tralee
6 April 1930 Round 2 Dublin 4-5 — 2-2 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin[6]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Laois 3-2 — 2-6 Kildare Portlaoise[7]
Referee: Sean Robbins Offaly
5 October 1930 Round 3 Wexford 1-4 — 3-5 Kildare Wexford
16 November 1930 Kerry 0-2 — 0-2 Kildare Naas[8]
16 November 1930 Kerry w/o — scr. Wexford
7 December 1930 Round 4 Dublin 0-3 — 0-8 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin[9]
Referee: J. Delaney Laois

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Kerry 43107Advance to Knockout stage
Dublin 43016
Kildare 42115
Laois 41032
Wexford 40040

Group B
23 March 1930 Round 1 Clare 2-7 — 2-6 Limerick Kilrush[10]
23 March 1930 Round 1 Tipperary 3-3 — 2-8 Cork Clonmel[11]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Cork 3-5 — 1-2 Clare Cork[12]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Limerick 1-5 — 1-5 Waterford Glin[13]
9 November 1930 Round 2 Tipperary 1-2 — 3-6 Waterford Clonmel[14]
7 December 1930 Round 4 Waterford 2-7 — 1-2 Clare Dungarvan[15]

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Waterford 43107Advance to Knockout stage
Cork 43016
Clare 42024
Limerick 30121
Tipperary 30030

Group C
23 March 1930 Round 1 Antrim 0-2 — 1-2 Monaghan Corrigan Park, Belfast[16]
23 March 1930 Round 1 Meath 2-8 — 1-2 Armagh Navan[17]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Louth 2-3 — 0-3 Antrim Drogheda[18]
Referee: J. Curran Meath
6 April 1930 Round 2 Monaghan 0-6 — 0-6 Cavan Clones[19]
5 October 1930 Round 2 Cavan 0-11 — 0-9 Armagh Armagh[20]
2 November 1930 Round 3 Cavan W — L Louth Breffni Park, Cavan[21]
16 November 1930 Louth 1-2 — 0-7 Armagh Dundalk[22]
23 November 1930 Meath 1-6 — 0-0 Monaghan Navan[23]
23 November 1930 Down 1-7 — 2-5 Cavan Newry[24]
7 December 1930 Round 2 Cavan 5-6 — 0-3 Antrim Breffni Park, Cavan[25]
7 December 1930 Round 4 Louth 2-3 — 2-3 Meath Drogheda[26]
7 December 1930 Round 4 Down w/o — scr[27] Monaghan
14 December 1930 Round 2 Meath 1-4 — 0-3 Antrim Navan[28]
18 January 1931 1st Place Play-Off Cavan 2-6 — 0-2 Meath Breffni Park, Cavan[29]

Group D
26 April 1930 Round 1 Sligo 1-2 — 4-4 Mayo Tubbercurry, Sligo[30]
11 May 1930 Round 1 Galway 2-1 — 0-3 Roscommon Ballinasloe[31]
29 June 1930 Round 1 Galway 0-7 — 0-1 Mayo Tuam[32]
20 July 1930 Round 1 Leitrim 3-0 — 0-5 Sligo Ballinamore, Leitrim[33]
20 July 1930 Round 1 Roscommon 0-3 — 1-7 Mayo Castlerea
21 September 1930 Round 3 Galway 3-6 — 0-4 Leitrim Roscommon[34]
1930 Round 4 Mayo w/o — scr[35] Leitrim
5 October 1930 Round 4 Galway 2-8 — 0-2 Sligo Tuam[36]

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Galway 44008Advance to Knockout stage
Mayo 43016
Roscommon 42024
Leitrim 41032
Sligo 40040

Semi-Finals
Kerry2-5 – 1-1Galway
Cavan7-5 – 0-3Waterford

Final
Kerry1-3 – 1-2Cavan
John Joe Landers 1-0, Tim Landers 0-1, Miko Doyle 0-1 Terry Coyle 1-0, Jack Smallhorne 0-1, Louis Blessing 0-1
Attendance: 15,000[40]

Division two

Northern Section
23 March 1930 Round 1 Offaly 1-3 — 4-7 Westmeath Tullamore[41]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Longford 0-2 — 0-3 Offaly Longford[42]
31 August 1930 Round 3 Westmeath 5-5 — 2-7 Longford Mullingar[43]
Referee: Sean O'Neill Dublin

Southern Section
23 March 1930 Round 1 Carlow 2-6 — 2-0 Wicklow Muine Bheag[44]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Wicklow 0-2 — 1-4 Kilkenny Arklow[45]
9 November 1930 Round 3 Kilkenny 1-1 — 1-1 Carlow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny[46]

Final
7 December 1930 Final Westmeath 7-4 — 1-0 Kilkenny Mullingar[47]

Tables

Northern
23 March 1930 Round 1 Donegal 2-6 — 1-1 Tyrone Erne Park, Ballyshannon[48]
Referee: T McGlynn Donegal
23 March 1930 Round 1 Fermanagh 1-4 — 1-1 Derry Enniskillen[49]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Tyrone 3-1 — 2-2 Fermanagh Dungannon[50]
6 April 1930 Round 2 Derry 1-4 — 2-6 Donegal Brandywell, Derry[51]
31 August 1930 Round 3 Tyrone 3-2 — 0-3 Derry Dungannon[52]
5 October 1930 Round 3 Donegal 1-5 — 0-2 Fermanagh Ballyshannon[53]

Table
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Donegal 33006Win Division Two (Northern)
Tyrone 32014
Fermanagh 31022
Derry 30030

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References
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  11. "Home County weak", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10
  12. "In The South", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
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  17. "Armagh outplayed", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10
  18. "Homesters win well", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
  19. "Level scoring", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
  20. "A win for Cavan", Cork Examiner, 6 October 1930, p. 12
  21. "National Football League", Meath Chronicle, 8 November 1930, p. 9
  22. "Do Louth need a rest?", Irish Independent, 17 November 1930, p. 11
  23. "Weak teams suffer the penalty", Irish Independent, 24 November 1930, p. 12
  24. "Weak teams suffer the penalty", Irish Independent, 24 November 1930, p. 12
  25. "Smith's first match", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13
  26. "A lucky draw", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13
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  28. "Antrim's narrow defeat at Navan", Irish Independent, 15 December 1930, p. 11
  29. "Cavan ready Divisional winners", Meath Chronicle, 24 January 1931, p. 9
  30. "Connacht Senior Football League", Connaught Telegraph, 3 May 1930, p. 4
  31. "Galway play and win", Irish Independent, 12 May 1930, p. 11
  32. http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=5968
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  34. "Connacht League", Irish Independent, 22 September 1930, p. 10
  35. "GAA games", Irish Independent, 3 October 1930, p. 14
  36. "Galway's defeat of Sligo", Connacht Tribune, 11 October 1930, p. 11
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  38. "Second Semi-Final", The Cork Examiner, 16 February 1931, p.12
  39. "Depleted Kerry Team", The Kerryman, 7 March 1931, p.10
  40. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrisson, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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  42. "Decisions unpopular", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
  43. "National League", Meath Chronicle, 6 September 1930, p. 9
  44. "Midland - Group A", Irish Independent, 25 March 1930, p. 12
  45. "Wicklow very weak", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
  46. "Kilkenny and Carlow draw", Cork Examiner, 10 November 1930, p. 10
  47. "A poor contest", Irish Independent, 8 December 1930, p. 13
  48. "Donegal's first match in National League", Donegal News, 29 March 1930, p. 3
  49. "Narrow victory", Irish Independent, 24 March 1930, p. 10
  50. "Exciting match", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
  51. "Close struggle in Derry", Irish Independent, 7 April 1930, p. 10
  52. "National League Fixture", Donegal News, 6 September 1930, p. 3
  53. "Donegal defeat Fermanagh", Irish Independent, 6 October 1930, p. 12
  54. "National League success", Donegal News, 11 October 1930, p. 5
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