1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Tipperary (3rd win)
Provincial Champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Kilkenny
Championship statistics
1899
1901

The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 14th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Tipperary were the winners.[1][2][3]

Format

1900 saw the introduction of a new All-Ireland format. The four provincial championships would be played as usual. The four champions play in the "Home" championship, with the winners of the Home final going on to face London in the All-Ireland final.

Results

Connacht

Galway were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the Home semi-final.

Leinster

18 August 1901
Offaly 0-1 – 6-14 Louth

3 November 1901
Final
Kilkenny 1-7 – 0-3 Louth

Munster

20 October 1901
Quarter-Final [4]
Limerick w/o Clare

3 November 1901
Quarter-Final [5]
Tipperary 0-3 – 0-1 Cork

10 November 1901
Semi-Final
Kerry 1-3 – 0-5 Waterford

16 March 1902
Semi-Final[7]
Tipperary 2-4 – 2-1 Limerick

11 May 1902
Final
Tipperary 1-13 – 1-2 Kerry

Ulster

Antrim were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the Home semi-final.

All-Ireland Championship

1900
Home Semi-Final
Galway w/o – scr. Antrim

1900
Home Semi-Final
Tipperary 0-7 – 1-6 Kilkenny

Tipperary made an objection and were awarded the game.


1900
Home Final
Tipperary 2-17 – 0-1 Galway

26 October 1902
Final
Tipperary 3-7 – 0-2 London
Jones's Road, Dublin
Attendance: 2,000

References

  1. Cork Examiner, 21/10/1901, p. 7
  2. Freemans Journal, 04/11/1901, p. 14
  3. Cork Examiner; 11/11/1901
  4. The Cork Examiner; 18/03/1902
  5. Cork Examiner; 14/05/1902