1928–29 National Football League (Ireland)

1928–29 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1928 – 1929
League champions
Winners	Kerry (2nd win)
Captain	Joe Barrett
League runners-up
Runners-up	Kildare
Captain	Jack Higgins
← 1927–28 1930–31 →

The 1928–29 National Football League was the 3rd staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

For the second year in a row, Kerry defeated Kildare in the final.^[1]

Format

There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Results

North-Eastern Division

Armagh, Monaghan, Louth, Down, Antrim, Cavan.

Southern Division

Results

14 October 1928 Round 1	Kerry	2-3 — 0-3	Waterford	Austin Stack Park, Tralee^[2]

14 October 1928 Round 1	Clare	2-6 — 3-5	Limerick	Kilrush

28 October 1928 Round 2	Limerick	1-3 — 0-7	Cork	Newcastle West^[3]

28 October 1928 Round 2	Waterford	2-3 — 2-1	Clare	Fraher Field,Dungarvan^[4]

11 November 1928 Round 3	Kerry	3-6 — 1-4	Tipperary	Thurles^[5]

18 November 1928 Round 4	Kerry	4-8 — 2-5	Limerick	Austin Stack Park, Tralee^[6]

18 November 1928 Round 4	Cork	3-11 — 0-2	Waterford	Fermoy

10 March 1929 Round 5	Kerry	5-6 — 2-4	Clare	Listowel

10 March 1929 Round 5	Limerick	3-6 — 2-4	Tipperary	Glin

7 April 1929 Round 6	Clare	0-2 — 1-2	Cork	Ennis^[7]

14 April 1929 Round 6	Tipperary	1-3 — 0-5	Waterford	Fethard^[8]

21 April 1929 Round 7	Kerry	3-7 — 2-4	Cork	Cork^[9]

21 April 1929 Round 7	Limerick	1-9 — 1-3	Waterford	Gaelic Grounds,Limerick^[10]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Notes
Kerry	5	5	0	0	10	Qualified for Knockout Stage
Cork	5	4	0	1	8

South-Eastern Division

Kildare won, from Laois,Dublin, Meath and Wexford.

28 October 1928 Round 2	Kildare	4-9 — 1-5	Meath	Newbridge

2 December 1928 Round 2	Offaly	4-2 — 2-6	Longford	Tullamore^[11]

Western Division

Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon and Galway competed.

7 October 1928 Round	Mayo	0-5 — 1-2	Sligo	Castlerea

28 October 1928 Round	Mayo	0-7 — 1-4	Leitrim	Tubbercurry

11 November 1928 Round	Leitrim	3-5 — 1-2	Roscommon	Carrick-on-Shannon

2 December 1928 Round	Galway	L — W	Sligo	Strokestown

16 December 1928 Round	Galway	0-3 — 2-6	Mayo	Tuam^[12]

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals

Kerry v Sligo

17 November 1929

Kerry	2-5 – 1-2	Sligo

Austin Stack Park, Tralee^[13]

Kildare v Monaghan

4 August 1929

Kildare	4-5 – 0-5	Monaghan

Carrickmacross^[14]
Attendance: 4,000

Finals

Kerry v Kildare

1 December 1929
Final

Kerry	1-7 – 2-3	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin^[15]
Attendance: 11,000 ^[16]
Referee: P Farrell (Roscommon)^[17]

References

↑
↑ "National Football League", The Kerryman, 20/10/1928, p. 11,
↑ "National League", Cork Examiner, 29 October 1929, p. 11
↑ "National League", Cork Examiner, 29 October 1929, p. 11
↑ "Kerry avenge Championship defeat", The Kerryman, 17/11/1928, p. 15,
↑ "Another Kerry victory", The Kerryman, 24/11/1928, p. 13,
↑ "Cork's strong finish", Irish Independent, 8 April 1929, p. 11,
↑ "Tipperary defeat Waterford in National League football", Cork Examiner, 18 April 1929, p. 13,
↑ "Kerry conquers Cork", The Kerryman, 27/04/1929, p. 5,
↑ "Better next time", Irish Independent, 22 April 1929, p. 11,
↑ "National League", Cork Examiner, 3 December 1928, p. 13
↑ http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=5977
↑ "Kerry win National League Semi-Final", The Kerryman, 23/11/1929, p. 13
↑ "Crop of goals", Irish Independent, 05/08/1929, p. 12
↑ "Kerry still supreme", Irish Independent, 02/12/1929, p. 13
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

External links

Fixtures and Results

Kerry – 1929 National Football League Champions (2nd title)

1 J. Riordan 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 T. O'Donnell 8 C. Brosnan 9 B. Stack 10 J. Ryan 11 J. J. Sheehy 12 M. Doyle 13 N. Sweeney 14 J. Bailey 15 J.J. Landers

National Football Leagues

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Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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