1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (1st win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 17th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry won their first football All-Ireland.[1][2][3]

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 Senior Football Championship[]

Mayo3-6 – 0-1Roscommon
Claremorris

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

Kilkenny0-0 – 0-0Carlow
Kilkenny
Louth0-0 – 0-0Meath
Dundalk
Louth0-7 – 0-4Meath
Dundalk
Longford0-2 – 2-12Wexford
Jones Road, Dublin
Kilkenny1-13 – 0-0Westmeath
Jones Road, Dublin
Louth1-6 – 0-1Wexford
Jones Road, Dublin
Offaly0-2 – 1-5Laois
Referee: J McCarthy
Kildare3-11 – 0-3Dublin
Geashill
Kildare4-5 – 1-1Laois
Kilkenny1-4 – 0-1Louth
Jones Road, Dublin
Kildare1-2 – 0-5Kilkenny
Wexford
Kildare1-6 – 1-5Kilkenny
Wexford

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

Kildare0-9 – 0-1Kilkenny
Jones' Road, Dublin

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

Clare1-5 – 0-4Limerick
Limerick
Kerry4-8 – 0-3Waterford
Cork1-5 – 0-4Tipperary
Killmallock
Referee: L. O'Toole (D)
Kerry2-7 – 2-0Clare
Markets Field, Limerick[5]
Kerry1-7 – 0-4Cork
Markets Field, Limerick[6]

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

Monaghan0-11 – 0-3Fermanagh
Enniskillen[7]
Cavan0-11 – 0-3Monaghan
Cavan0-5 – 0-5Armagh
, Armagh[9]
Cavan0-5 – 0-5
A.E.T.		Armagh
Cavan[10]
Cavan0-8 – 0-4Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

Kerry2-7 – 0-4Mayo
Limerick[12]
Kildare0-8 – 0-0Cavan
Jones' Road, Dublin
Kerry1-4 – 1-3
Unfinished		Kildare
Tipperary

Unfinished game - replay ordered.

Kerry0-7 – 1-4Kildare
Cork
Kerry0-8 – 0-2Kildare
Cork
Main article: 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0-11 – 0-3London
Jones' Road, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Kildare win their first ever Leinster final.
  • Kerry win their first ever All Ireland final.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.{{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
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