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 team	Kerry (1st win)
Captain	Thady Gorman
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kildare
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1902 1904 →

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

Mayo	3-6 – 0-1	Roscommon

23 April 1905
Final

Claremorris

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Kilkenny	0-0 – 0-0	Carlow

November 1903
Preliminary Round

Kilkenny

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Louth	0-0 – 0-0	Meath

November 1903
Preliminary Round

Dundalk

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Louth	0-7 – 0-4	Meath

November 1903
Preliminary Round Replay

Dundalk

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Longford	0-2 – 2-12	Wexford

November 1903
Preliminary Round

Jones Road, Dublin

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Kilkenny	1-13 – 0-0	Westmeath

1903
Quarter-Final

Jones Road, Dublin

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Louth	1-6 – 0-1	Wexford

1903
Quarter-Final

Jones Road, Dublin

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Offaly	0-2 – 1-5	Laois

21 August 1904
Quarter-Final

Maryboro

Referee: J McCarthy

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Kildare	3-11 – 0-3	Dublin

18 September 1904
Quarter-Final

Geashill

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Kildare	4-5 – 1-1	Laois

23 October 1904
Semi-Final

Maryboro

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Kilkenny	1-4 – 0-1	Louth

1904
Semi-Final

Jones Road, Dublin

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Kildare	1-2 – 0-5	Kilkenny

11 December 1904
Final

Wexford

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Kildare	1-6 – 1-5	Kilkenny

26 February 1905
Final Replay

Wexford

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

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Kildare	0-9 - 0-1	Kilkenny
Jim Scott 0-3 (0-1f), Joe Rafferty (0-2f), Johnny Dunne, Joyce Conlan 0-2 each		Tom Hyland 0-1

4 June 1905
Final, Second Replay

Jones' Road, Dublin

Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare	1-5 – 0-4	Limerick

1903
Quarter-Final

Limerick

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Kerry	4-8 – 0-3	Waterford

13 June 1904
Quarter-Final

Turners Cross^[4]

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Cork	1-5 – 0-4	Tipperary

19 June 1904
Semi-Final

Killmallock

Referee: L. O'Toole (D)

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Kerry	2-7 – 2-0	Clare

7 August 1904
Semi-Final

Markets Field, Limerick^[5]

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Kerry	1-7 – 0-4	Cork

30 October 1904
Final

Markets Field, Limerick^[6]

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Monaghan	0-11 – 0-3	Fermanagh

6 January 1905
Quarter-Final

Enniskillen^[7]

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Cavan	0-11 – 0-3	Monaghan

12 March 1905
Semi-Final

Newbliss^[8]

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Cavan	0-5 – 0-5	Armagh

23 April 1905
Final

Abbey Park, Armagh^[9]

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Cavan	0-5 – 0-5 A.E.T.	Armagh

28 May 1905
Final Replay

Cavan^[10]

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Cavan	0-8 – 0-4	Armagh

11 June 1905
Final, Second Replay

Newbliss^[11]

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry	2-7 – 0-4	Mayo

7 May 1905
Home Semi-Final

Limerick^[12]

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Kildare	0-8 – 0-0	Cavan

18 June 1905
Home Semi-Final

Jones' Road, Dublin

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Kerry	1-4 – 1-3 Unfinished	Kildare

23 July 1905
Home Final

Tipperary

Unfinished game - replay ordered.

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Kerry	0-7 – 1-4	Kildare

27 August 1905
Home Final Replay

Cork

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Kerry	0-8 – 0-2	Kildare

15 October 1905
Home Final, Second Replay

Cork

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Main article: 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Kerry	0-11 – 0-3	London

12 November 1905
Final

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. "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