1938 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 1938
Championship Details
Dates Apr 24 – Oct 30
Counties
Sponsor
All Ireland Champions
Winners Dublin (4th title)
Captain Emmy Delaney
Manager
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Cork (4th title)
Kathleen Coughlan
Manager
Matches played

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship was the high point of the 1938 season in Camogie. The championship was won by Dublin, who defeated Cork by a six-point margin in the final.[1]

Structure

Cork beat Waterford by 6–3 to nil in the Munster final. Antrim beat Cavan by 3–2 to 2–0 in the Ulster final. Eva Moran scored 2–1 as Dublin beat Antrim by three points in the semi-final in Belfast on a day that GAA President, Paddy McNamee, threw in the ball.

Final

Two late goals by Doreen Rogers gave Dublin victory over Cork in the All-Ireland Final on a heavy pitch at the Cork Athletic Grounds. The match was level with five minutes remaining.[2][3][4][5][6]

Final stages

Cork 5–1 – 0–1 Galway
Dublin 3–1 – 2–1 Antrim
McRory Park
Dublin 5–0 – 2–3 Cork
Dublin
Cork
Dublin:
GK1Mary Lahiffe (UCD)
FB2Rose Martin (Austin Stacks)
RWB3Patty Kenny (Col San Dominic)
CB4Peggy Griffin (Col San Dominic)
LWB5May Fletcher (Scoil Bríghde)
MF6Sheila Hodgins (Optimists)
MF7Emmy Delaney (UCD) (Capt) (1–0)
MF8Angela Egan (Col San Dominic)
RWF9Agnes Hourigan (UCD)
CF10Nuala Sheehan (UCD) (1–0)
LWF11Doreen Rogers (Austin Stacks) (2–0)
FF12Ita McNeill (UCD) (1–0).
Cork:
GK1Eileen Lyons
FB2Kathleen Coughlan (Capt)
RWB3Bríd Cronin
CB4Nan O'Dowd
LWB5Essie Staunton
MF6Lil Kirby (0–3)
MF7Maura Cronin
MF8Chrissie Cashman
RWF9Josie McGrath
CF10Kitty Buckley (1–0)
LWF11Renee Fitzgerald (1–0)
FF12Betty Riordan
Match Rules
  • 50 minutes
  • Replay if scores level
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions

See also

References

  1. ↑ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. ↑ Report of final in Irish Press, October 31, 1938
  3. ↑ Report of final in Irish Independent, October 31, 1938
  4. ↑ Report of final in Irish Times, October 31, 1938
  5. ↑ Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 31, 1938
  6. ↑ Report of final in Irish News, October 31, 1938
Preceded by
1937 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship		 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
1932–present		 Succeeded by
1939 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
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