1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Gaelic football competition

1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (2nd win)
CaptainEamon Walsh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamClare
CaptainTommy Mangan
Provincial Champions
MunsterClare
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
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

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Galway v Leitrim
21 June 1953 Preliminary Round Galway 5-06 - 0-01 Leitrim St Coman's Park, Roscommon
Sligo v Mayo
28 June 1953 Semi-Final Sligo 0-05 - 2-10 Mayo Corran Park, Ballymote
Galway v Roscommon
5 July 1953 Semi-Final Galway 1-03 - 2-08 Roscommon Tuam Stadium, Galway
Roscommon v Mayo
19 July 1953 Final Roscommon 1-03 - 1-09 Mayo St Coman's Park, Roscommon

Munster Minor Football Championship

Clare v Cork
19 July 1953 Final Clare 0-07 - 0-02 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Louth v Kildare
26 July 1953[2][3] Final Louth 1–06 - 0–06 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
P. McMahon 1-1, J. Reynolds 0-2, B. McDonald, P. Hallinan, O. Judge 0-1 each S. Aldridge 0-3, S. Harrison 0-2, W. Ryan 0-1 Referee: W. O'Connor (Carlow)
GK 1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB 2 Tom McArdle (Clan na Gael)
FB 3 Ken Smyth (Kilsaran)
LCB 4 Patsy 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)
GK 1 S. Kelly (Round Towers)
RCB 2 P. Loughlin (Round Towers)
FB 3 F. McGinty (Carbury)
LCB 4 S. Mullally (Athgarvan)
RHB 5 F. Mooney (Sarsfields)
CHB 6 J. Daly (Naas)
LHB 7 J. Dowling (Moorefield)
MF 8 M. Carroll (Kildangan)
MF 9 T. Halligan (Athy)
RHF 10 E. Hogan (Naas) (c)
CHF 11 S. Aldridge (Round Towers)
LHF 12 T. Martin (Rathangan)
RCF 13 S. Harrison (Kildangan)
FF 14 D. Kane (Naas)
LCF 15 W. Ryan (Athy)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Armagh v Tyrone
26 July 1953 Final Armagh 2-15 - 3-02 Tyrone Casement Park, Belfast

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-finals

Clare v Louth
23 August 1953[4] Clare 1-10 - 0-02 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
Mayo v Armagh
30 August 1953 Mayo 5-02 - 1-05 Armagh Pearse Park, Longford

Final

Mayo v Clare
27 September 1953[5] Mayo 2-11 - 1-06 Clare Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: D. King (Down)

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.
  3. ^ "Rathangan Defeats Senior Champions". Leinster Leader. 25 July 1953.
  4. ^ "Minors Also Beaten". Drogheda Independent. 29 August 1953.
  5. ^ "Mayo Take Second All-Ireland Minor Title". Ballina Herald. 3 October 1953.
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