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1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Wexford (5th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Tipperary
Provincial Champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Wexford
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
1917
1919

The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed. [1] [2] [3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Roscommon0-5 – 1-4 Leitrim

Mayo1-6 – 1-0 Sligo

Galway1-5 – 1-0 Leitrim

Mayo0-4 – 0-1 Galway

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round
Westmeath3-3 – 0-3 Longford

Preliminary Round
Louth1-4 – 0-3 Meath

Preliminary Round
Wexford2-2 – 0-3 Laois

Quarter-Final
Carlow4-3 – 0-1 Wicklow

Quarter-Final
Wexford2-6 – 0-1 Kilkenny

Quarter-Final
Westmeath4-4 – 1-2 Offaly

Quarter-Final
Louth3-5 – 3-3 Dublin
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr P Duffy

Quarter-Final
Kildare4-2 – 0-3 Westmeath

Semi-Final
Wexford5-8 – 2-2 Carlow

Semi-Final
Kildare0-1 – 0-7 Louth
Attendance: 5,000 - 6,000

Final
Wexford2-5 – 1-4 Louth
Attendance: 10,000

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterfordwon – lost Limerick

Tipperary1-5 – 0-2 Cork
Referee: A. Quillinan (Limerick)

Tipperary4-4 – 0-0 Waterford

Kerry5-3 – 1-3 Clare

Tipperary1-1 – 0-1 Kerry
Referee: M. Mehigan ( C )

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim4-1 – 2-4 Derry

Armagh0-5 – 0-4 Down

Cavan1-4 – 1-2 Fermanagh

Monaghan4-4 – 1-0 Tyrone

Antrim1-2 – 0-3 Monaghan

Cavan2-4 – 0-0 Armagh
Attendance: 3,000

Cavan3-2 – 0-0 Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Louth were nominated to represent Leinster. When Wexford beat Louth in the Leinster final, they were given Louth's place in the All-Ireland final.

Louth2-4 – 0-4 Cavan

Tipperary2-2 – 1-4 Mayo
Referee: J. McGrath

Wexford0-5 – 0-4 Tipperary
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Due to Spanish flu most games were delayed.
  • Wexford become the first county to win the Leinster football title for the sixth year in a row and the All Ireland football title for the fourth year in a row.

Roll of Honour

  • Dublin - 11 (1908)
  • Wexford - 5 (1918)
  • Kerry - 5 (1914)
  • Tipperary - 3 (1900)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Cork - 2 (1911)
  • Louth - 2 (1912)
  • Kildare - 1 (1905)

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 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)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Wexford (5th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Tipperary
Provincial Champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Wexford
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
1917
1919

The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed. [1] [2] [3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Roscommon0-5 – 1-4 Leitrim

Mayo1-6 – 1-0 Sligo

Galway1-5 – 1-0 Leitrim

Mayo0-4 – 0-1 Galway

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round
Westmeath3-3 – 0-3 Longford

Preliminary Round
Louth1-4 – 0-3 Meath

Preliminary Round
Wexford2-2 – 0-3 Laois

Quarter-Final
Carlow4-3 – 0-1 Wicklow

Quarter-Final
Wexford2-6 – 0-1 Kilkenny

Quarter-Final
Westmeath4-4 – 1-2 Offaly

Quarter-Final
Louth3-5 – 3-3 Dublin
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr P Duffy

Quarter-Final
Kildare4-2 – 0-3 Westmeath

Semi-Final
Wexford5-8 – 2-2 Carlow

Semi-Final
Kildare0-1 – 0-7 Louth
Attendance: 5,000 - 6,000

Final
Wexford2-5 – 1-4 Louth
Attendance: 10,000

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterfordwon – lost Limerick

Tipperary1-5 – 0-2 Cork
Referee: A. Quillinan (Limerick)

Tipperary4-4 – 0-0 Waterford

Kerry5-3 – 1-3 Clare

Tipperary1-1 – 0-1 Kerry
Referee: M. Mehigan ( C )

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim4-1 – 2-4 Derry

Armagh0-5 – 0-4 Down

Cavan1-4 – 1-2 Fermanagh

Monaghan4-4 – 1-0 Tyrone

Antrim1-2 – 0-3 Monaghan

Cavan2-4 – 0-0 Armagh
Attendance: 3,000

Cavan3-2 – 0-0 Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Louth were nominated to represent Leinster. When Wexford beat Louth in the Leinster final, they were given Louth's place in the All-Ireland final.

Louth2-4 – 0-4 Cavan

Tipperary2-2 – 1-4 Mayo
Referee: J. McGrath

Wexford0-5 – 0-4 Tipperary
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Due to Spanish flu most games were delayed.
  • Wexford become the first county to win the Leinster football title for the sixth year in a row and the All Ireland football title for the fourth year in a row.

Roll of Honour

  • Dublin - 11 (1908)
  • Wexford - 5 (1918)
  • Kerry - 5 (1914)
  • Tipperary - 3 (1900)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Cork - 2 (1911)
  • Louth - 2 (1912)
  • Kildare - 1 (1905)

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 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)

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