1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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]

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

Results

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Leinster

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Kilkenny0-2 – 0-10Dublin

Kildare1-2 – 2-5Laois

Offalylost – wonWexford

Dublin7-11 – 0-3Laois

Dublin1-7 – 0-3Wexford

Munster

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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)

All-Ireland final

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

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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

References

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  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. ^ "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