1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition

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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Connacht Minor Football Championship

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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

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Clare v Cork

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

Leinster Minor Football Championship

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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

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Armagh v Tyrone

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

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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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

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Miscellaneous

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

References

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^ "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.