1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1953 All-Ireland Football Championship final
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Event 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date27 September 1953
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Peter McDermott (Meath)
Attendance86,155
1952
1954

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 66th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Match

Summary

Mal McEvoy scored an early goal for Armagh, who led by two points after 40 minutes, before Kerry began to pile on the points. Armagh's Bill McCorry missed a penalty and Kerry won by four points. [1]

It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s. [2]

This was also the first championship meeting of Armagh and Kerry. [3]

With just over 90,000 spectators in attendance, some of whom had broken through a gate to gain access, it was the biggest crowd ever witnessed at Croke Park at the time. [4]

The record attendance was beaten in the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final when Down beat Offaly before 90,556 fans. [5]

Details

27 September 1953 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 0–13 – 1–6 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Croke Park, Dublin
J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1).M. McEvoy (1-2), G. O'Neill (0-2), J. Cunningham & B. Seeley (0-1).Attendance: 86,155
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
GK1 J. Foley
RCB2 J. Murphy (c)
FB3 N. Roche
LCB4 D. Murphy
RHB5 C. Kennelly
CHB6 J. Cronin
LHB7 M. Palmer
MF8 S. Murphy
MF9 D. Hanafin
RHF10 J. Brosnan
CHF11 J. J. Sheehan
LHF12 T. Lyne
RCF13 T. Ashe
FF14 S. Kelly
LCF15 J. Lyne
Substitutes:
16 G. O'Sullivan for D. Hanafin
17 J. O'Shea
18 P. Sheehy
19 B. O'Shea
20 M. Brosnan
GK1 E. McMahon
RCB2 G. Morgan
FB3 J. Brattan
LCB4 J. McKnight
RHB5 F. Kernan
CHB6 P. O'Neill
LHB7 S. Quinn (c)
MF8 M. O'Hanlon
MF9 M. McEvoy
RHF10 J. Cunningham
CHF11 B. Seeley
LHF12 B. McCorry
RCF13 P. Campbell
FF14 A. O'Hagan
LCF15 G. O'Neill
Substitutes:
16 G. Wilson for E. McMahon
17 G. Murphy for G. Wilson
18 J. O'Hare for S. Quinn
19 G. McStay
20 I. Henderson
21 P. Murphy
22 P. O'Neill
23 P. McCreesh
24 J. McBreen

References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. "All-Ireland final countdown". Irish Independent . 12 September 2002.
  5. "The day Offaly played in front of the biggest Croke Park crowd in history". Offaly Express . Offaly Express. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.