1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2018 June 2018 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Kerry_football_team_1903.jpg Kerry, champions 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Kerry 40px 0–11 London 40px 0–3 12 November 1905 Jones' Road Dublin John McCarthy (Kilkenny) 10,000 1902 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.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 147 Summary Sam Maguire captained London Hibernians.https://www.newstalk.com/newstalk-breakfast/hidden-histories-wturtle-bunbury-sam-maguire-and-liam-mccarthy-720431 Hidden Histories w/Turtle Bunbury; Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy Newstalk 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.Sean Moran https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/kerry-pioneers-the-kings-of-the-urban-rural-frontier-1.602387 Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier The Irish Times 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 It wasn't until the 1903 All-Ireland that Kerry won their first title by which stage Dublin had eight; it took Kerry less than 40 years to catch them. Details thumb|left|Team of London, runners-up 12 November 1905Final Kerry football 0–11 – 0–3 London football Jones' Road, Dublin 10,000 John McCarthy (Kilkenny) _upper_gold 058A38 058A38 058A38 FFFFFF 000000 Kerry _unknown ffffff 000000 London 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.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. References Gaelic football Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:London county football team matches Category:1905 in Gaelic football Category:November 1905 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:1900s in Dublin (city)