1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry football team 1903.jpg
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (1st win)
Captain Thady Gorman
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kildare
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
1902
1904

The 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 17th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the Leinster Quarter final Kildare ended Dublin's period as All Ireland champions. Kerry won their first football All-Ireland. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Format

The four provincial championships are played as usual. The four champions play in the "Home" championship, with the winners of the Home final going on to face London in the All-Ireland final.

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo 3–6 – 0–1 Roscommon

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Kilkenny 0–0 – 0–0 Carlow

Louth 0–0 – 0–0 Meath

Louth 0–7 – 0–4 Meath

Longford 0–2 – 2–12 Wexford

Kilkenny 1–13 – 0–0 Westmeath

Louth 1–6 – 0–1 Wexford

Offaly 0–2 – 1–5 Laois
Maryboro
Referee: J McCarthy

Kildare 3–11 – 0–3 Dublin

Kildare 4–5 – 1–1 Laois

Kilkenny 1–4 – 0–1 Louth

Kildare 1–2 – 0–5 Kilkenny

Kildare 1–6 – 1–5 Kilkenny

A replay was ordered due to a disputed disallowed Kilkenny point.


Kildare 0–9 – 0–1 Kilkenny
Jim Scott 0–3 (0-1f), Joe Rafferty (0-2f), Johnny Dunne, Joyce Conlan 0–2 eachTom Hyland 0–1
Jones' Road, Dublin
Referee: M. F. Crowe (Dublin)

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare 1–5 – 0–4 Limerick

Kerry 4–8 – 0–3 Waterford

Cork 1–5 – 0–4 Tipperary
Killmallock
Referee: L. O'Toole (D)

Kerry 2–7 – 2–0 Clare

Kerry 1–7 – 0–4 Cork

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Monaghan 0–11 – 0–3 Fermanagh

Cavan 0–11 – 0–3 Monaghan

Cavan 0–5 – 0–5 Armagh

Cavan 0–5 – 0–5
A.E.T.
Armagh

Cavan 0–8 – 0–4 Armagh

Semi-finals

Kerry 2–7 – 0–4 Mayo

Kildare 0–8 – 0–0 Cavan

Kerry 1–4 – 1–3
Unfinished
Kildare

Unfinished game – replay ordered.


Kerry 0–7 – 1–4 Kildare

Kerry 0–8 – 0–2 Kildare

Final

Kerry 0–11 – 0–3 London
Jones' Road, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Statistics

References

  1. "Football Results 1887 – 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Cork Examiner; 14/06/1904
  5. Freemans Journal; 08/08/1904
  6. Freemans Journal; 31/10/1904
  7. "Ulster Championship", Dundalk Democrat, 14 January 1905, p. 6
  8. "Ulster Championship", Dundalk Democrat, 18 March 1905, p. 7
  9. "Ulster Football Final", Meath Chronicle, 29 April 1905, p. 5
  10. "Ulster Final – Another Drawn Game", Anglo-Celt, 3 June 1905, p. 12
  11. "Ulster Final – Cavan victorious", The Anglo-Celt, 17 June 1905, p.12
  12. Cork Examiner; 08/05/1905