1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 20 September 1987 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Pat Lane (Limerick)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,431 | ||||||
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
Summary
Meath won with a goal by Colm O'Rourke. The win was also helped by poor shooting from Larry Tompkins, as he missed 6 of 8 frees in the second half.[2]
Details
| 20 September 1987 | Meath | 1-14 - 0-11 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin |
| B Stafford 0-7, C O'Rourke 1-1, D Beggy 0-3, G McEntee 0-1, B Flynn 0-1, PJ Gillic 0-1. | L Tompkins 0-6, J Cleary 0-1,k C Ryan 0-1, N Cahalane 0-1, J O'Driscoll 0-1, C O'Neill 0-1. | Attendance: 68,431 Referee: P Lane (Limerick) |
Meath
- 1 M. McQuillan
- 2 R. O'Malley
- 3 M. Lyons (c)
- 4 T. Ferguson
- 5 K. Foley
- 6 L. Harnan
- 7 M. O'Connell
- 8 L. Hayes
- 9 G. McEntee
- 10 D. Beggy
- 11 J. Cassells
- 12 P. J. Gillic
- 13 C. O'Rourke
- 14 B. Stafford
- 15 B. Flynn
- Subs not used
- 16 D. Smith
- 18 F. Murtagh
- 19 M. McCabe
- 20 F. Foley
- Manager
- S. Boylan
Cork
- 1 J. Kerins
- 2 T. Davis
- 3 C. Corrigan
- 4 D. Walsh
- 5 T. Nation
- 6 C. Counihan (c)
- 7 N. Cahalane
- 8 S. Fahy
- 9 T. McCarthy
- 10 J. O'Driscoll
- 11 L. Tompkins
- 12 J. Kerrigan
- 13 C. O'Neill
- 14 C. Ryan
- 15 J. Cleary
- Subs not used
- 16 F. Delaney
- 18 M. Slocum
- 19 D. Culloty
- 22 B. Coffey
- 23 T. Mannix
- 24 M. McCarthy
- 25 N. Creedon
- Manager
- B. Morgan
References
- ^ Kinsella, Colm (10 January 2020). "Sadness at passing of Limerick All-Ireland final referee". Limerick Leader.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
