1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Mayo (2nd win) |
| Captain | Eamon Walsh |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Clare |
| Captain | Tommy Mangan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Clare |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Armagh |
| Connacht | Mayo |
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
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| 28 June 1953 Semi-Final |  Sligo | 0-05 - 2-10 |  Mayo | Corran Park, Ballymote |
| 5 July 1953 Semi-Final |  Galway | 1-03 - 2-08 |  Roscommon | Tuam Stadium, Galway |
| 19 July 1953 Final |  Clare | 0-07 - 0-02 |  Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
| 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) |
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| 26 July 1953 Final |  Armagh | 2-15 - 3-02 |  Tyrone | Casement Park, Belfast |
Semi-finals
| 23 August 1953[4] | Clare | 1-10 - 0-02 | Louth | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 30 August 1953 | Mayo | 5-02 - 1-05 | Armagh | Pearse Park, Longford |
Final
Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- Clare win the Munster Championship for the first time since 1930.
References
[edit]- ↑ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ↑ "Leinster Senior and Minor Titles for Louth". The Argus. 1 August 1953.
- ↑ "Rathangan Defeats Senior Champions". Leinster Leader. 25 July 1953.
- ↑ "Minors Also Beaten". Drogheda Independent. 29 August 1953.
- ↑ "Mayo Take Second All-Ireland Minor Title". Ballina Herald. 3 October 1953.