1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (17th win)
CaptainJas Murphy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamArmagh
CaptainSean Quinn
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
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1954

Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 years.

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

Results

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Galway1–8 – 0–2Leitrim

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).

Roscommon4–4 – 0–3Galway

Final

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Roscommon1–6 – 0–6Mayo
P Carney (0-3, frees), M Flanagan (0-1) & P Solan (0-2).
Attendance: 15,000
Wicklow4–7 – 2–10Longford

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

Offaly1–7 – 0–9Carlow
Attendance: 11,745
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

Louth1–10 – 0–4Wicklow

Offaly0–7 – 1–7Wexford
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

Louth1–7 – 1–6Meath

Final

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  Louth1–07 – 0–07  Wexford
Hugh O'Rourke (1-0), Jim McDonnell (0-3, 1f), Dermot O'Brien (0-2), Peadar Smith (0-1), John Callan (0-1) Rory Deane (0-6, 4f), Willie Kelly (0-1)
Attendance: 28,739
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)
GK 1 Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Jack Bell (St Mary's)
FB 3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB 4 Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB 5 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts)
MF 9 Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
RHF 10 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF 11 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LHF 12 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
RCF 13 John Callan (St Mary's)
FF 14 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
LCF 15 Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16 Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) for Tuft
GK 1 Joe O'Neill
RCB 2 John Morris
FB 3 Nick Redmond
LCB 4 John Fardy
RHB 5 Mick O'Hanlon
CHB 6 Willie Goodison
LHB 7 John J. Culleton
MF 8 Padge Kehoe
MF 9 Aidan McCormack
RHF 10 Larry Larkin
CHF 11 Billy Rackard
LHF 12 Rory Deane
RCF 13 Willie Kelly
FF 14 Nicky Rackard (c)
LCF 15 Des O'Neill
Substitutes:
16 Matt Foley for Larkin
Waterford2–4 – 0–4Tipperary
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)

Final

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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).
Derry1–11 – 2–5Down

Tyrone8–7 – 0–3Donegal

Armagh1–8 – 1–4Antrim
Attendance: 6,000

Cavan2–7 – 0–2Monaghan

Cavan2–10 – 2–4Tyrone

Armagh4–11 – 1–5Derry

Final

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Armagh1–6 – 0–5Cavan
Attendance: 30,000
  Armagh0–8 – 0–7  Roscommon
Attendance: 40,372

  Kerry3–6 – 0–10  Louth
T. Ashe (2-0), S. Kelly (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-2), T. Lyne (0-1), G. O'Sullivan (0-1) M. Brosnan (0-1) J. McDonnell (0-7, 3f), J. Regan (0-2), P. Smith (0-1)
Attendance: 62,408
GK 1 Johnny Foley
RCB 2 James Murphy
FB 3 Ned Roche
LCB 4 Donie Murphy
RHB 5 Colm Kennelly
CHB 6 John Cronin
LHB 7 Seán Murphy
MF 8 Brendan O'Shea
MF 9 Bobby Buckley
RHF 10 Paudie Sheehy
CHF 11 Jim Brosnan
LHF 12 Tadhg Lyne
RCF 13 Tom Ashe
FF 14 Seán Kelly
LCF 15 Jackie Lyne
Substitutes:
16 Gerald O'Sullivan for Jim Brosnan
17 Mixie Palmer for Kennelly
18 Mick Brosnan for Palmer
19 Jim Brosnan for Ashe
GK 1 Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
FB 3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB 4 Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB 5 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts)
MF 9 Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
RHF 10 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF 11 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LHF 12 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
RCF 13 Kevin Beahan (St Mary's)
FF 14 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
LCF 15 Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16 Jack Bell (St Mary's) for Tuft
17 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams) for O'Rourke
18 Paddy Beahan (St Mary's) for O'Brien
19 Fintan Wynne (St Bride's) for Smith
20 Peter Judge (Oliver Plunketts) for Jim Conlon

Final

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  Kerry0–13 – 1–6  Armagh
J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1). M. McEvoy (1-2), G. O'Neill (0-2), J. Cunnningham & B. Seeley (0-1).
Attendance: 86,155
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3-year break.
  • O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces Barrett's Park, 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.
  • Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare caused Clare to withdraw from the championship for a year due to 1 sided game 6–10 to 0–2.
  • 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

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  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)
  4. ^ "Thrills and Tragedies as Louth Topple Once Again". The Argus. 29 August 1953.