1887 Meath Senior Football Championship

January 2018 June 2013 November 2019 November 2019 Meath S.F.C. 1887 Dowdstown None All Ireland S.F.C. Dowdstown Commercials 3-2, 0-2 Dowdstown 11 1888 The 1887 Meath Football Championship was the first edition of the Meath GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, for the 12 clubs that chose to participate. The final was played on Sunday 17 April 1887, with Dowdstown (later to become Walterstown) winning by 1–0 to 0–0 against Kells. Unlike later Meath Football Championships, there were no groups and it was an open draw. Dowdstown, as county champions, went on to represent Meath in the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, also the first All-Ireland Championship, but lost to Commercials of Limerick in the first round. Format The 1887 championship was held as an open-draw knockout tournament. Participating clubs The clubs that chose to participate were: Club 1887 championship position Donecarney semi-final Donore round one Dowdstown champions Grangegeeth round two Kells runners-up Kilbeg round two Marywell round one Mullagh round one Rathkenny round one Stackallen round one Yellow Furze round one Results In 1887 point posts flanked the goalposts. A forfeit point was awarded to the opposition when a defender kicked the ball over his own end line. Forfeit points were counted when the scores were level at the end of the game. A forfeit point is represented as 0-0-1 (Goal-Point-Forfeit). First round 13 March 1887 First round Mullagh 0-6 - 0-8 Kilbeg 13 March 1887 First round Stackallen 0-3-0 - 2-20-6 Kells 13 March 1887 First round Marywell L - W Kilmessan 13 March 1887 First round Yellow Furze 0-0-0 - 0-7-2 Dowdstown 13 March 1887 First round Rathkenny 0-0-1 - 1-1-1 Grangegeeth 13 March 1887 First round Donore 0-1 - 1-2 Donecarney Second round 1887 Second round Grangegeeth 0-0-0 - 0-2-1 Doncarney 1887 Second round Dowdstown 0-1 - 0-0 Kilmessan 1887 Second round Kilbeg 0-0-0 - 0-13-5 Kells Semi-final 1887 Semi-final Dowdstown W - L Donecarney Final 17 April 1887 Final Dowdstown 1-0 - 0-0 Kells Kells objected to the result maintaining that the Dowdstown goal was unjustly scored. A subsequent County Committee meeting did not accept the objection. Kells submitted the dispute to the Central Executive. No record can be found of the result of this objection other than Dowdstown were eventually declared winners of the 1887 Meath Football Championship. References First Meeting of Meath County Committee and Result of First Championship External links Category:Meath Senior Football Championship Meath Senior Football Championship