1953 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:Junior
Year:1953
Connacht:Mayo
Munster:Cork
Leinster:Longford
Ulster:Derry
Team:Cork
Titles:2nd
Captain:John Lyons
Team2:Lancashire
Previous:1952
Next:1954

The 1953 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten in the Leinster Junior Championship.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 10 October 1953 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Cork and Lancashire, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 1–11 to 1–04 to claim their second championship title overall and a first tile since 1951.[2] [3] [4]

Results

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meath profile. Hogan Stand website. 18 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Cork profile. Hogan Stand website. 18 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Junior football. 29 May 2009. Munster GAA website. 18 August 2021.
  4. Web site: The History of the GAA in Liverpool. Lancashire GAA website. 18 August 2021.