The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 65th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the

1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 66th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Limerick play in their last Munster championship game until 1965. In the Connacht final Roscommon ended Mayo's 2 ...

, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in

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Mick Higgins Mick Higgins (22 August 1922 – 28 January 2010) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Cavan county team, winning three All-Ireland medals during his career. In later years he was a successful coach. His first Al ...

was Cavan's captain on the day.

Match 1

Summary

Cavan equalised with a strange point — Edwin Carolan chased a ball that seemed to go wide, and kicked it across the goalmouth and over the bar. Carolan's equaliser has been described as a "wonder score".

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Match 2

Summary

Mick Higgins's five points won the replay for Cavan, while Peter McDermott (Meath) missed an easy goal chance.''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.

Details

Post-match

Cavan have not appeared in an All-Ireland football final since.

References

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Cavan county football team matches Meath county football team matches