1903 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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
This year's final was not played until 12 November 1905.Summary
Sam Maguire captained London Hibernians.The 1903 final marked the first time Kerry won an All-Ireland SFC title. They would go on to dominate the game for decades to come. Dublin were the dominant force in football at this time with eight All-Ireland SFC titles; within 40 years Kerry had surpassed this and have since left Dublin in the shade in terms of All-Ireland SFC titles secured.
Details
Kerry
- 1 Paddy Dillon
- 2 Rody Kirwan
- 3 Con Healy
- 4 Maurice McCarthy
- 5 Florrie O'Sullivan
- 6 Denny Breen
- 7 Austin Stack
- 8 Dan McCarthy
- 9 John Buckley
- 10 Denny Curran
- 11 Jack Myers
- 12 Denny Kissane
- 13 Dick Fitzgerald
- 14 Thady O'Gorman
- 15 Jim O'Gorman
- 16 Willie Lynch
- 17 J. T. Fitzgerald