1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (1st win)
CaptainTom Hayes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
Championship statistics
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The 1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the seventh staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The previous 2 years All Ireland champions Dublin didn't take part in the Leinster Championship called off game against Kilkenny. Wexford were the champions.[1][2]

Results

Leinster

Dublin0-0 – 0-0Kilkenny
Wexford2-6 – 0-1Westmeath
Wexford0-1 – 0-5
Unfinished		Kilkenny

Kilkenny refused to take the field for the second half in protest at rough play by the Wexford team. Wexford were awarded the Leinster title.[3]

Munster

Cork0-4 – 0-3Tipperary
Cork2-3 – 1-4Kerry

All-Ireland final

Main article: 1893 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Wexford1-1 – 0-1Cork
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: T Gilligan (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Wexford win their first of both All Ireland and Leinster titles.
  • Connacht and Ulster counties withdraw until 1899.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "The G.A.A.", The Kerry Sentinel, 4 April 1894, p. 3