1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1913 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
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Official programme
Event 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date14 December 1913
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee M. F. Crowe (Dublin) [1]
Attendance17,000
1912
1914

The 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 26th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Contents

Match

Summary

Kerry won, with Dick Fitzgerald (the captain) scoring 1–2 and Johnny Skinner scoring 1–0, [2] with "Aeroplane" O'Shea as their star. [3]

This was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Wexford. [4]

Details

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Kerry, champions
Kerry 2–2 – 0–3 Wexford
Jones' Road, Dublin
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: M. F. Crowe (Dublin)
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Kerry
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Wexford

Kerry

Wexford

References

  1. Irish Independent . 13 December 1913.
  2. "Laurels for Kerry". The Kerryman . 20 December 1913.
  3. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.