# 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was a Gaelic football match played at Croke Park on 24 September 1967 to determine the winner of the 1967 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the 81st season of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champions of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cork of Munster and Meath of Leinster, with Meath winning by 1–9 to 0–9.

## Match
### Summary

The All-Ireland SFC final between Cork and Meath was a unique occasion, as it was the first-ever championship meeting between the two teams. Cork were appearing in their first final in over a decade, while Meath were lining out in their second successive All-Ireland SFC decider.
The first half was a dour, tense affair riddled with mistakes. Cork surged ahead into a three-point lead, while Meath only registered one point in the first half after being held scoreless for 27 minutes.
In the second half, Meath were a transformed team. In his column in The Irish Times, Paddy Downey wrote: "Their second half transformation was so unexpected that it seems incredible. Nevertheless, it was a rally which for grit and guts and spirit surpassed anything I have seen in a final." Six minutes after the restart, Terry Kearns slipped unnoticed behind the Cork backline to punch Matt Kerrigan's centre to the net from 5 yards out. Inexperience cost Cork. Their last-minute goal chance was pulled back because Con O'Sullivan's short free to Flor Hayes was deemed too short by the referee.
Meath's All-Ireland SFC victory was their first since 1954. The win gave them their third title over all and put them joint eighth on the all-time roll of honour, along with Mayo, Louth and Cork.
Peter McDermott of Meath, also known as "the man in the cap" and a winner of All-Ireland SFC medals with the team in 1949 and 1954, was coach of the 1967 winning team.
Cork's defeat was their third at this stage since their last All-Ireland SFC victory in 1945. They previously lost All-Ireland SFC finals in 1956 and 1957.

### Details

| Cork | Meath |

#### Meath

* 1 S. McCormack
* 2 M. White
* 3 J. Quinn
* 4 P. Darby (c)
* 5 P. Collier
* 6 B. Cunningham
* 7 P. Reynolds
* 8 P. Moore
* 9 T. Kearns
* 10 T. Brennan
* 11 M. Kerrigan
* 12 M. Mellett
* 13 P. Mulvany
* 14 N. Curran
* 15 O. Shanley

##### Subs

    16 P. Cromwell
    17 M. Quinn
    18 O. Geraghty
    19 P. Black
    20 M. O'Brien
    21 A. Lyons
    22 D. Carty
    23 J. Walsh
    24 P. Rooney
    25 P. Bruton
    26 M. Sullivan
    27 G. Quinn

##### Trainers

    Fr P. Tully
    P. McDermott

#### Cork

* 1 B. Morgan
* 2 B. Murphy
* 3 J. Lucey
* 4 J. O'Mahony
* 5 F. Cogan
* 6 D. Coughlan (c)
* 7 K. Dillon
* 8 M. Burke
* 9 M. O'Loughlin
* 10 E. Philpott
* 11 G. McCarthy
* 12 B. O'Neill
* 13 É. Ryan
* 14 C. O'Sullivan
* 15 F. Hayes

##### Subs used

    20 J. Downing for E. McCarthy
    18 J. J. Murphy for J. Downing
    16 J. Carroll for M. Burke

##### Subs not used

    17 J. Crowley
    19 J. O'Sullivan
    21 T. Bermingham

## Aftermath

Meath subsequently toured Australia for some early examples of international rules football. Meath played five Australian state sides and won them all, producing a combined score of 26-43 to 3-29.