1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event 1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date24 June 1894
Venue Phoenix Park, Dublin
Referee T. Gilligan (Dublin)
Attendance1,000
1892
1894

The 1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the sixth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Contents

Match

Summary

Wexford were represented by Young Irelands, a club based in the Selskar area of Wexford town, while Cork were represented by Dromtariffe. [1] Young Irelands wore green jerseys with a gold harp, [2] Dromtariffe's original colours were green with a gold sash. [3]

Wexford led 1–1 to 0–1 early in the second half, when a pitch invasion began and several players were injured. The referee tried to restart the game with substitutes to replace injured players, but Cork refused. Wexford were awarded the title. [4]

Cork and Wexford did not meet again in the championship until 2010. [1]

Details

====Wexford==== ?

Cork

Subs
Murty Downey
Andy Desmond

References

  1. 1 2 "Wexford and Cork unchanged". RTÉ Sport. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. "Tragic tale behind 130 year old Selskar Young Irelands top on which new Wexford jersey is based". Irish Independent. 28 December 2022.
  3. "Dromtarriffe football flourished against Great Depression of the 1930s". Irish Independent. 23 April 2021.
  4. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.