1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Mayo (2nd win)
CaptainEamon Walsh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Clare
CaptainTommy Mangan
Provincial Champions
Munster Clare
Leinster Louth
Ulster Armagh
Connacht Mayo

The 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

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Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship. On 27 September 1953, Mayo won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Clare in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in fifteen championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

21 June 1953Preliminary Round Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5-06 - 0-01 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim St Coman's Park, Roscommon
28 June 1953Semi-Final Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-05 - 2-10 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Corran Park, Ballymote
5 July 1953Semi-Final Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-03 - 2-08 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Tuam Stadium, Galway
19 July 1953Final Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 1-03 - 1-09 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo St Coman's Park, Roscommon

Munster Minor Football Championship

19 July 1953Final Colours of Clare.svg Clare 0-07 - 0-02 Colours of Cork.svg Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Leinster Minor Football Championship

26 July 1953 [2] [3] Final Colours of Louth.svg Louth 1–06 - 0–06 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
P. McMahon 1-1, J. Reynolds 0-2, B. McDonald, P. Hallinan, O. Judge 0-1 eachS. Aldridge 0-3, S. Harrison 0-2, W. Ryan 0-1Referee: W. O'Connor (Carlow)
GK1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB2Tom McArdle (Clan na Gael)
FB3Ken Smyth (Kilsaran)
LCB4Patsy McEntee (St Dominic's)
RHB5Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHB6John McArdle (Clan na Gael) (c)
LHB7Eamon McGrath (Cooley Kickhams)
MF8Paddy Hallinan (St Dominic's)
MF9Oliver Judge (Oliver Plunketts)
RHF10Brendan Kierans (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF11Jackie Reynolds (Lourdes Rangers)
LHF12Jim Judge (Oliver Plunketts)
RCF13Frank Murphy (Lourdes Rangers)
FF14Patrick McMahon (Dowdallshill)
LCF15Brian McDonald (Dundalk Young Irelands)
GK1S. Kelly (Round Towers)
RCB2P. Loughlin (Round Towers)
FB3F. McGinty (Carbury)
LCB4S. Mullally (Athgarvan)
RHB5F. Mooney (Sarsfields)
CHB6J. Daly (Naas)
LHB7J. Dowling (Moorefield)
MF8M. Carroll (Kildangan)
MF9T. Halligan (Athy)
RHF10E. Hogan (Naas) (c)
CHF11 S. Aldridge (Round Towers)
LHF12T. Martin (Rathangan)
RCF13S. Harrison (Kildangan)
FF14D. Kane (Naas)
LCF15W. Ryan (Athy)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

26 July 1953Final Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2-15 - 3-02 Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Casement Park, Belfast

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-finals

23 August 1953 [4] Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1-10 - 0-02 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Croke Park, Dublin
30 August 1953 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 5-02 - 1-05 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Pearse Park, Longford

Final

27 September 1953 [5] Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2-11 - 1-06 Colours of Clare.svg Clare Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: D. King (Down)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Leinster Senior and Minor Titles for Louth". The Argus . 1 August 1953.
  3. ↑ "Rathangan Defeats Senior Champions". Leinster Leader . 25 July 1953.
  4. ↑ "Minors Also Beaten". Drogheda Independent . 29 August 1953.
  5. ↑ "Mayo Take Second All-Ireland Minor Title". Ballina Herald . 3 October 1953.
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