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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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Connacht

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Leinster

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Leinster Senior Football Championship

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)

Munster

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Munster Senior Football Championship

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

Ulster

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

Monaghan0–11 – 0–3Fermanagh
Cavan0–11 – 0–3Monaghan
Cavan0–5 – 0–5Armagh
Cavan0–5 – 0–5
A.E.T.		Armagh
Cavan0–8 – 0–4Armagh

Semi-finals

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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

Final

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

Statistics

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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. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  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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