1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1900 |
| Dates: | 18 August 1901 – 26 October 1902 |
| Team: | Tipperary |
| Titles: | 3rd |
| Team2: | London |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Ulster: | Antrim |
| Connacht: | Galway |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Next: | 1901 |
The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 14th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Leinster Quarter Final Wexford end Dublin's 3 year All Ireland title. Tipperary were the winners.[1] [2] [3]
Format
1900 saw the introduction of a new All-Ireland format. The four provincial championships would be played as usual. The four champions play in the "Home" championship, with the winners of the Home final going on to face London in the All-Ireland final.
Results
Galway were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the Home semi-final.
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| 1 | Paddy Cluskey (gk) | | 2 | Jim Harrison | | 3 | Paddy McDonnell | | 4 | Jack Clarke | | 5 | Dick Murray | | 6 | Bill Sherry | | 7 | Joe Mooney | | 8 | Jim Hughes | | 9 | Jimmy Quinn | | 10 | Jimmy Martin | | 11 | John Gregory | | 12 | Johnny Gerrard | | 13 | Peter L'Estrange | | 14 | Jim Murray | | 15 | Chris McCann | | 16 | Nick O'Neill | | 17 | Eddie Dempsey | |
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- Louth were represented by Drogheda Independents,the outgoing Louth county champions.
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Antrim were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the Home semi-final.
----Tipperary made an objection and were awarded the game.--------
See main article: 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Connacht and Munster back for the first time since 1892.
- London become part of the All Ireland Series.
- Tipperary won the double in football and hurling for the like 5 years before hand in 1895 the last time that it happened until Cork in 1990.
Notes and References
- Web site: Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030258/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html . 21 March 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 4 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 16 July 2011 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 28 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 28 September 2011 .
