1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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| 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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| 21 June 1953 Preliminary Round | File:Colours of Galway.svg Galway | 5-06 - 0-01 | File:Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim | St Coman's Park, Roscommon |
| 28 June 1953 Semi-Final | File:Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo | 0-05 - 2-10 | File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo | Corran Park, Ballymote |
| 5 July 1953 Semi-Final | File:Colours of Galway.svg Galway | 1-03 - 2-08 | File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon | Tuam Stadium, Galway |
| 19 July 1953 Final | File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon | 1-03 - 1-09 | File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo | St Coman's Park, Roscommon |
| 19 July 1953 Final | File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare | 0-07 - 0-02 | File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
| 26 July 1953[2][3] Final | File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth | 1–06 - 0–06 | File:Colours of Kildare.svg 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 | File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh | 2-15 - 3-02 | File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone | Casement Park, Belfast |
Semi-finals
| 23 August 1953[4] | File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare | 1-10 - 0-02 | File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 30 August 1953 | File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo | 5-02 - 1-05 | File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh | Pearse Park, Longford |
Final
| 27 September 1953[5] | File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo | 2-11 - 1-06 | File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare | Croke Park, Dublin |
| Referee: D. King (Down) |
Championship statistics
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[edit | edit source]- Clare win the Munster Championship for the first time since 1930.
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