1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event:	1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1score:	0–11
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

Summary

This was the fourth year in a row in which London were heavily beaten in the final; after this, they were no longer given a bye to the All-Ireland final.^[1]

Sam Maguire captained London Hibernians.^[2]

Details

Post-match

The 1903 final marked the first time Kerry won an All-Ireland football title. They would go on to dominate the game for decades to come. Dublin were the dominant force in Gaelic football at this time with eight All-Ireland titles; within 40 years Kerry had surpassed this and have since left Dublin in the shade in terms of All-Ireland football titles secured.^[3]

Notes and References

1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
2. Web site: Hidden Histories w/Turtle Bunbury; Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy. Newstalk.
3. News: Sean. Moran. 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..