1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 17th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the Leinster Quarter final Kildare ended Dublin's period as All Ireland champions. Kerry won their first football All-Ireland.[1][2][3]

1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (1st win)
CaptainThady Gorman
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
1902
1904

Format

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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

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Mayo3-6 – 0-1Roscommon
Kilkenny0-0 – 0-0Carlow

Louth0-0 – 0-0Meath

Louth0-7 – 0-4Meath

Longford0-2 – 2-12Wexford

Kilkenny1-13 – 0-0Westmeath

Louth1-6 – 0-1Wexford

Offaly0-2 – 1-5Laois
Referee: J McCarthy

Kildare3-11 – 0-3Dublin

Kildare4-5 – 1-1Laois

Kilkenny1-4 – 0-1Louth

Kildare1-2 – 0-5Kilkenny

Kildare1-6 – 1-5Kilkenny

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


Kildare0-9 - 0-1Kilkenny
Jim Scott 0-3 (0-1f), Joe Rafferty (0-2f), Johnny Dunne, Joyce Conlan 0-2 each Tom Hyland 0-1
Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)
Clare1-5 – 0-4Limerick

Kerry4-8 – 0-3Waterford

Cork1-5 – 0-4Tipperary
Referee: L. O'Toole (D)

Kerry2-7 – 2-0Clare

Kerry1-7 – 0-4Cork
Monaghan0-11 – 0-3Fermanagh

Cavan0-11 – 0-3Monaghan

Cavan0-5 – 0-5Armagh

Cavan0-5 – 0-5
A.E.T.
Armagh

Cavan0-8 – 0-4Armagh
Kerry2-7 – 0-4Mayo

Kildare0-8 – 0-0Cavan

Kerry1-4 – 1-3
Unfinished
Kildare

Unfinished game - replay ordered.


Kerry0-7 – 1-4Kildare

Kerry0-8 – 0-2Kildare

Kerry0-11 – 0-3London
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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

References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 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)
  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