 Kerry, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 12 November 1905 | ||||||
| Venue | Jones' Road, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | John McCarthy (Kilkenny) | ||||||
| Attendance | 10,000 | ||||||
The 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the sixteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
This was the fourth year in a row in which London were heavily beaten in the final; after this, they were no longer given a bye to the All-Ireland final. [1]
Sam Maguire captained London Hibernians. [2]
The 1903 final marked the first time Kerry won an All-Ireland SFC title. They would go on to dominate the game for decades to come. Dublin were the dominant force in football at this time with eight All-Ireland SFC titles; within 40 years Kerry had surpassed this and have since left Dublin in the shade in terms of All-Ireland SFC titles secured. [3]
      Kerry |  London |
It wasn't until the 1903 All-Ireland that Kerry won their first title by which stage Dublin had eight; it took Kerry less than 40 years to catch them.
