1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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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.
Date12 November 1905
VenueJones' Road, Dublin
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| Event | 1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 12 November 1905 | ||||||
| Venue | Jones' Road, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | John McCarthy (Kilkenny) | ||||||
| Attendance | 10,000 | ||||||
Match
This year's final was not played until 12 November 1905.[1]
Summary
Sam Maguire captained London Hibernians.[2]
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.[3]
Details
      Kerry
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 London
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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