1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (17th win)
Captain	Jas Murphy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Armagh
Captain	Sean Quinn
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
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The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

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

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

21 June 1953
Quarter-final

Galway	1–8 – 0–2	Leitrim

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

28 June 1953
Semi-final

Sligo	1–6 – 2–6	Mayo
		P Carney (1-3, one point a‘50’), M Mulderrig (0-1), P Solan (0-1) & S O’Donnell (1-1).

Corran Park, Ballymote

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Roscommon	4–4 – 0–3	Galway

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

19 July 1953
Final

Roscommon	1–6 – 0–6	Mayo
		P Carney (0-3, frees), M Flanagan (0-1) & P Solan (0-2).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

10 May 1953
Preliminary round

Wicklow	4–7 – 2–10	Longford

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

10 May 1953
Preliminary round

Carlow	1–9 – 2–1	Kildare
		S.Brennan 1-1, T.McCarthy 1-0

Geraldine Park, Athy

10 May 1953
Preliminary round

Louth	2–11 – 0–5	Westmeath

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

24 May 1953
Quarter-final

Meath	2–6 – 2–5	Dublin

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Attendance: 29,753

24 May 1953
Quarter-final

Wexford	1–9 – 0–11	Laois

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

31 May 1953
Quarter-final

Offaly	1–7 – 0–9	Carlow

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Attendance: 11,745

Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

7 June 1953
Quarter-final

Louth	1–10 – 0–4	Wicklow

Croke Park, Dublin

28 June 1953
Semi-final

Offaly	0–7 – 1–7	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Louth	1–7 – 1–6	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

26 July 1953
Final

Louth	1–7 – 0–7	Wexford
Hughie O'Rourke 1-0, Jim McDonnell 0-3 (0-1f), Dermot O'Brien 0-2, Peadar Smith and John Callan 0-1 each		Rory Deane 0-6 (0-4f) and Billy Kelly 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 28,739

Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)

Munster Senior Football Championship

31 May 1953
Quarter-final

Waterford	2–4 – 0–4	Tipperary

Walsh Park, Waterford

Referee: J. White

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Kerry	6–10 – 0–2	Clare
P. Sheehy (3-3), T. Lyne (0-2), J. Brosnan (0-2), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (2-1).

Cusack Park, Ennis

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Cork	1–7 – 1–5	Waterford
D. Kellaher (1-1), T. Kelleher (0-2), M. Cahill (0-3) & J. J. Henichion (0-1)

Walsh Park, Waterford

19 July 1953
Final

Kerry	2–7 – 2–3	Cork
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).

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

30 May 1953
Quarter-final

Derry	1–11 – 2–5	Down

Rossa Park, Magherafelt

14 June 1953
Quarter-final

Tyrone	8–7 – 0–3	Donegal

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

21 June 1953
Quarter-final

Armagh	1–8 – 1–4	Antrim

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Attendance: 6,000

21 June 1953
Quarter-final

Cavan	2–7 – 0–2	Monaghan

Breffni Park, Cavan

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Cavan	2–10 – 2–4	Tyrone

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

12 July 1953
Semi-final

Armagh	4–11 – 1–5	Derry

Casement Park, Belfast

26 July 1953
Final

Armagh	1–6 – 0–5	Cavan

Casement Park, Belfast

Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

9 August 1953
Semi-final

Armagh	0–8 – 0–7	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 40,372

23 August 1953
Semi-final

Kerry	3–6 – 0–10	Louth
P. Sheehy (0-2), T. Lyne (0-1), T. Ashe (2-0), S. Kelly (1-1) & G. O'Sullivan (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 62,408

27 September 1953
Final

Kerry	0–13 – 1–6	Armagh
J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 86,155

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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.
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)