1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions

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

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]

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

23 April 1905
Final

Mayo	3-6 – 0-1	Roscommon

Claremorris

Leinster Senior Football Championship

November 1903
Preliminary Round

Kilkenny	0-0 – 0-0	Carlow

Kilkenny

November 1903
Preliminary Round

Louth	0-0 – 0-0	Meath

Dundalk

November 1903
Preliminary Round Replay

Louth	0-7 – 0-4	Meath

Dundalk

November 1903
Preliminary Round

Longford	0-2 – 2-12	Wexford

Jones Road, Dublin

1903
Quarter-Final

Kilkenny	1-13 – 0-0	Westmeath

Jones Road, Dublin

1903
Quarter-Final

Louth	1-6 – 0-1	Wexford

Jones Road, Dublin

21 August 1904
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0-2 – 1-5	Laois

Maryboro

Referee: J McCarthy

18 September 1904
Quarter-Final

Kildare	3-11 – 0-3	Dublin

Geashill

23 October 1904
Semi-Final

Kildare	4-5 – 1-1	Laois

Maryboro

1904
Semi-Final

Kilkenny	1-4 – 0-1	Louth

Jones Road, Dublin

11 December 1904
Final

Kildare	1-2 – 0-5	Kilkenny

Wexford

26 February 1905
Final Replay

Kildare	1-6 – 1-5	Kilkenny

Wexford

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

4 June 1905
Final, Second Replay

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

Jones' Road, Dublin

Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

1903
Quarter-Final

Clare	1-5 – 0-4	Limerick

Limerick

13 June 1904
Quarter-Final

Kerry	4-8 – 0-3	Waterford

Turners Cross^[4]

19 June 1904
Semi-Final

Cork	1-5 – 0-4	Tipperary

Killmallock

Referee: L. O'Toole (D)

7 August 1904
Semi-Final

Kerry	2-7 – 2-0	Clare

Markets Field, Limerick^[5]

30 October 1904
Final

Kerry	1-7 – 0-4	Cork

Markets Field, Limerick^[6]

Ulster Senior Football Championship

6 January 1905
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	0-11 – 0-3	Fermanagh

Enniskillen^[7]

12 March 1905
Semi-Final

Cavan	0-11 – 0-3	Monaghan

Newbliss^[8]

23 April 1905
Final

Cavan	0-5 – 0-5	Armagh

Abbey Park, Armagh^[9]

28 May 1905
Final Replay

Cavan	0-5 – 0-5 A.E.T.	Armagh

Cavan^[10]

11 June 1905
Final, Second Replay

Cavan	0-8 – 0-4	Armagh

Newbliss^[11]

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

7 May 1905
Home Semi-Final

Kerry	2-7 – 0-4	Mayo

Limerick^[12]

18 June 1905
Home Semi-Final

Kildare	0-8 – 0-0	Cavan

Jones' Road, Dublin

23 July 1905
Home Final

Kerry	1-4 – 1-3 Unfinished	Kildare

Tipperary

Unfinished game - replay ordered.

27 August 1905
Home Final Replay

Kerry	0-7 – 1-4	Kildare

Cork

15 October 1905
Home Final, Second Replay

Kerry	0-8 – 0-2	Kildare

Cork

12 November 1905
Final

Kerry	0-11 – 0-3	London

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

^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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)
^ Cork Examiner; 14/06/1904
^ Freemans Journal; 08/08/1904
^ Freemans Journal; 31/10/1904
^ "Ulster Championship", Dundalk Democrat, 14 January 1905, p. 6
^ "Ulster Championship", Dundalk Democrat, 18 March 1905, p. 7
^ "Ulster Football Final", Meath Chronicle, 29 April 1905, p. 5
^ "Ulster Final - Another Drawn Game", Anglo-Celt, 3 June 1905, p. 12
^ "Ulster Final - Cavan victorious", The Anglo-Celt, 17 June 1905, p.12
^ Cork Examiner; 08/05/1905

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Finals	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

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Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

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