1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamClare
Provincial Champions
MunsterClare
LeinsterWestmeath
LouthArmagh
ConnachtMayo

The 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 27 September 1953, Mayo won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Clare in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in fifteen championship seasons.[1]

Results[edit]

Connacht Minor Football Championship[edit]

Quarter-Final

Mayo 1-7 Roscommon 0-2.

Semi-Finals

Sligo 2-3 Leitrim 0-8

Mayo 2-13 Galway 3-5

Final

Mayo Beat Sligo

Munster Minor Football Championship[edit]

Leinster Minor Football Championship[edit]

Final[2]

26 July 1953 Louth 1–06 - 0–06 Kildare Croke Park
GK 1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB 2 Tom McArdle (Clan Na Gael)
FB 3 Ken Smyth (Kilsaran)
LCB 4 Paddy McEntee (St Dominic's)
RHB 5 Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHB 6 John McArdle (Clan Na Gael) (c)
LHB 7 Eamon McGrath (Cooley Kickhams)
MF 8 Paddy Hallinan (St Dominic's)
MF 9 Oliver Judge (Oliver Plunketts)
RHF 10 Brendan Kierans (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF 11 Jackie Reynolds (Lourdes Rangers)
LHF 12 Jim Judge (Oliver Plunketts)
RCF 13 Frank Murphy (Lourdes Rangers)
FF 14 Patrick McMahon (Dowdallshill)
LCF 15 Brian McDonald (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
GK 1 J. Kelly
RCB 2 P. O'Loughlin
FB 3 F. McGinty
LCB 4 S. Mullally
RHB 5 T. Murray
CHB 6 K. Daly
LHB 7 S. Dowling
MF 8 M. Carroll
MF 9 T. Halligan
RHF 10 E. Hogan
CHF 11 S. Aldridge
LHF 12 L. Ryan
RCF 13 S. Harrison
FF 14 D. O'Kane
LCF 15 T. Martin
Substitutes:

Ulster Minor Football Championship[edit]

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship[edit]

Semi-finals

23 August 1953 Clare 1-10 - 0-02 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
30 August 1953 Mayo 5-02 - 1-05 Armagh Pearse Park, Longford

Final

27 September 1953 Mayo 2-11 - 1-06 Clare Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Clare win the Munster Championship for the first time since 1930.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Leinster Senior and Minor Titles for Louth". The Argus. 1 August 1953.