1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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.

1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Meath Cork 1–14 (17) 0–11 (11)
Date	20 September 1987
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Pat Lane (Limerick)[1]
Attendance	68,431
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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

Meath v Cork

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 used

21 C. Coyle for J. Cassells

17 P. Lyons for M. O'Connell

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 used

17 J. Evans for C. Corrigan

20 T. Leahy for S. Fahy

21 P. Hayes for C. Ryan

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