1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (6th win)
CaptainMatt Rea
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1898
1900

The 1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 13th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners, completing the first three-in-a-row.[1][2][3]

Results

Leinster

Kilkenny0–2 – 0–10Dublin

Kildare1–2 – 2–5Laois

Offalylost – wonWexford

Dublin7–11 – 0–3Laois

Dublin1–7 – 0–3Wexford

Munster

Waterford0–5 – 1–3Kerry

Corkw.o.Clare

Corkw.o.Waterford

Tipperaryw.o.Limerick

Cork0–1 – 2–1
unfinished
Tipperary
Referee: P.J. Hayes, Limerick

The match finished at half time, as the Cork ball had burst, and Tipperary did not have a ball.[4]


Cork1–2 – 0–1
unfinished
Tipperary
Referee: P.J. Hayes, Limerick

Tipperary refused to take the field for the second half. They asked that their score in the first match be added to their first half score in this match.[5]

Cork3–11 – 0–1Tipperary
Referee: J.Wall (W)

Final

Dublin1–10 – 0–6Cork
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: L Stanley (Louth)

Statistics

  • It was a first three-in-a-row for Dublin as All-Ireland champions.

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. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ^ "G.A.A.: Munster Football Championship", The Cork Examiner, 15 October 1900, p.7
  5. ^ "Munster Championship Final at Limerick"The Cork Examiner, 19 November 1900, p.7