1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (17th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
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The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

Galway1–8 – 0–2Leitrim
, Roscommon
Sligo1–6 – 2–6Mayo
P Carney (1-3, one point a‘50’), M Mulderrig (0-1), P Solan (0-1) & S O’Donnell (1-1).
Corran Park, Ballymote
Roscommon4–4 – 0–3Galway
Roscommon1–6 – 0–6Mayo
P Carney (0-3, frees), M Flanagan (0-1) & P Solan (0-2).
, Roscommon
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

Wicklow4–7 – 2–10Longford
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Carlow1–9 – 2–1Kildare
S.Brennan 1-1, T.McCarthy 1-0
Louth2–11 – 0–5Westmeath
Meath2–6 – 2–5Dublin
Attendance: 29,753
Wexford1–9 – 0–11Laois
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Offaly1–7 – 0–9Carlow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 11,745
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Louth1–10 – 0–4Wicklow
Croke Park, Dublin
Offaly0–7 – 1–7Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Louth1–7 – 1–6Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Louth1–7 – 0–7Wexford
Hughie O'Rourke 1-0, Jim McDonnell 0-3 (0-1f), Dermot O'Brien 0-2, Peadar Smith and John Callan 0-1 each Rory Deane 0-6 (0-4f) and Billy Kelly 0-1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,739
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

Waterford2–4 – 0–4Tipperary
Walsh Park, Waterford
Referee: J. White
Kerry6–10 – 0–2Clare
P. Sheehy (3-3), T. Lyne (0-2), J. Brosnan (0-2), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (2-1).
Cork1–7 – 1–5Waterford
D. Kellaher (1-1), T. Kelleher (0-2), M. Cahill (0-3) & J. J. Henichion (0-1)
Walsh Park, Waterford
Kerry2–7 – 2–3Cork
P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-4), J. Brosnan (0-1), S. Kelly (1-0), J. Lyne (0-1) & Sub T. Ashe (1-0). N. Fitzgerald (1-0), D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & M.Cahill (0-1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

Derry1–11 – 2–5Down
Rossa Park, Magherafelt
Tyrone8–7 – 0–3Donegal
MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
Armagh1–8 – 1–4Antrim
Attendance: 6,000
Cavan2–7 – 0–2Monaghan
Cavan2–10 – 2–4Tyrone
Armagh4–11 – 1–5Derry
Casement Park, Belfast
Armagh1–6 – 0–5Cavan
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

Armagh0–8 – 0–7Roscommon
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 40,372
Kerry3–6 – 0–10Louth
P. Sheehy (0-2), T. Lyne (0-1), T. Ashe (2-0), S. Kelly (1-1) & G. O'Sullivan (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 62,408
Main article: 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0–13 – 1–6Armagh
J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 86,155

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces , in New Ross in honor of Seán O'Kennedy.
  • Casement Park, opens in Belfast named after a 1916 rising leader Roger Casement.
  • Louth play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1938.
  • The Leinster semi-final between Louth and Meath was a historic 9th year in a row of meeting in the Leinster championship a famous 13th meeting between them in 9 years.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Armagh was the first championship meeting between them.
  • Armagh play in their first All Ireland final but are beaten by Kerry.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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