1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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.

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

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

Connacht Minor Football Championship

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

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final[2]

26 July 1953 Louth 1–06 - 0–06 Kildare Croke Park
GK1Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB2Tom McArdle (Clan Na Gael)
FB3Ken Smyth (Kilsaran)
LCB4Paddy McEntee (St Dominic's)
RHB5Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHB6John McArdle (Clan Na Gael) (c)
LHB7Eamon McGrath (Cooley Kickhams)
MF8Paddy Hallinan (St Dominic's)
MF9Oliver Judge (Oliver Plunketts)
RHF10Brendan Kierans (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF11Jackie Reynolds (Lourdes Rangers)
LHF12Jim Judge (Oliver Plunketts)
RCF13Frank Murphy (Lourdes Rangers)
FF14Patrick McMahon (Dowdallshill)
LCF15Brian McDonald (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
GK1J. Kelly
RCB2P. O'Loughlin
FB3F. McGinty
LCB4S. Mullally
RHB5T. Murray
CHB6K. Daly
LHB7S. Dowling
MF8M. Carroll
MF9T. Halligan
RHF10E. Hogan
CHF11S. Aldridge
LHF12L. Ryan
RCF13S. Harrison
FF14D. O'Kane
LCF15T. Martin
Substitutes:

Ulster Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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

Miscellaneous

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

References

  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.
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