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1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
image	Kerry_football_team_1903.jpg
caption	Kerry, champions
event	1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
team1	Kerry
team1association	[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	40px]]
team1score	0–11
team2	London
team2association	[[File:Colours of London.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–3
date	12 November 1905
stadium	Jones' Road
city	Dublin
referee	John McCarthy (Kilkenny)
attendance	10,000
previous	1902
next	1904

The 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the sixteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

This year's final was not played until 12 November 1905.

Summary

Sam Maguire captained London Hibernians.

The 1903 final marked the first time Kerry won an All-Ireland SFC title. They would go on to dominate the game for decades to come. Dublin were the dominant force in football at this time with eight All-Ireland SFC titles; within 40 years Kerry had surpassed this and have since left Dublin in the shade in terms of All-Ireland SFC titles secured.

Details

Final

Kerry

1 Paddy Dillon
2 Rody Kirwan
3 Con Healy
4 Maurice McCarthy
5 Florrie O'Sullivan
6 Denny Breen
7 Austin Stack
8 Dan McCarthy
9 John Buckley
10 Denny Curran
11 Jack Myers
12 Denny Kissane
13 Dick Fitzgerald
14 Thady O'Gorman
15 Jim O'Gorman
16 Willie Lynch
17 J. T. Fitzgerald

;Subs : Con Ryan for Healy : Patrick Cahill for Kirwan

Legacy

This was the fourth consecutive year that London lost the final heavily; after this, London no longer received a bye to the All-Ireland SFC final.

References

(2021). "The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES". DBA.
"Hidden Histories w/Turtle Bunbury; Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy".
Moran, Sean. (17 September 2011). "Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier". [[The Irish Times]].
''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.

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