1953 Meath Intermediate Football Championship

Football league season

Meath I.F.C.
Season	1953
Champions	St. Vincent's 1st Intermediate Football Championship title
Relegated	Carnaross Castletown Donore Kilberry Longwood
← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 27th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams. The championship format consists of a group stage before progressing to a knock-out stage.

No team was regraded from the 1952 S.F.C.

At the end of the season Carnaross, Castletown, Donore, Kilberry and Longwood applied to be regraded to the 1954 J.F.C.

On 19 July 1953, St. Vincent's claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated Dunderry 2-7 to 1-3 in the final at Pairc Tailteann.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 1952 championship season.

From I.F.C.

Promoted to 1953 S.F.C.

St. Peter's Dunboyne

Relegated to 1953 J.F.C.

Syddan 'B'

To I.F.C.

Regraded from 1952 S.F.C.

None

Promoted from 1952 J.F.C.

Carnaross - (Junior Runners-Up & Kells District Champions)
Donore - (Junior Semi-Finalists & East Divisional Champions)
Longwood - (Junior Semi-Finalists & South Divisional Champions)
Castletown - (Junior Quarter-Finalists & North Divisional Champions)
Kilcloon - (East Divisional Runners-Up)

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top finisher in each group will qualify for the Final. Many results were unavailable in the Meath Chronicle.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PD	Pts
St. Vincent's	3	3	0	+0	6
Duleek	2	1	1	+0	2
Kilcloon	2	0	2	+0	0
Donore	1	0	1	+0	0
Kilberry	0	0	0	+0	0
Castletown	0	0	0	+0	0

Round 1:

Kilberry -vs- Donore, Slane, 8/3/1953,
St. Vincent's 1-3, 0-4 Duleek, Stamullen, 22/3/1953,
Kilcloon -vs- Castletown, Dunderry, 29/3/1953,

Round 2:

Duleek -vs- Kilberry, Waltesrtown, 29/3/1953,
St. Vincent's w, l Kilcloon, Flathouse, 10/5/1953,
Castletown -vs- Donore,

Round 3:

Duleek -vs- Donore, Donore, 19/4/1953,
Kilcloon -vs- Kilberry,
St. Vincent's -vs- Castletown,

Round 4:

St. Vincent's -vs- Kilberry, Donore, 19/4/1953,
Donore -vs- Kilcloon,
Duleek -vs- Castletown,

Round 5:

Duleek w, l Kilcloon, Kilmoon, 17/5/1953,
St. Vincent's 2-5, 1-1 Donore, Stamullen, 31/5/1953,
Kilberry -vs- Castletown,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PD	Pts
Dunderry	3	3	0	0	+0	6
Ballinabrackey	2	2	0	0	+0	4
Ballinlough	3	1	1	1	+0	3
Carnaross	4	1	2	1	+0	3
Longwood	4	0	4	0	+0	0

Round 1:

Dunderry w/o, scr Longwood, Rathmolyon, 1/3/1953,
Carnaross 1-6, 1-6 Ballinlough, Kells, 8/3/1953,
Ballinabrackey - Bye,

Round 2:

Ballinabrackey +1, -1 Carnaross, Ballivor, 22/3/1953, *
Dunderry 1-3, 1-2 Ballinlough, Kilberry, 26/4/1953,
Longwood - Bye,

Round 3:

Dunderry -vs- Ballinabrackey,
Ballinlough w/o, scr Longwood,
Carnaross - Bye,

Round 4:

Ballinlough -vs- Ballinabrackey, Dunderry, 19/4/1953,
Carnaross w/o, scr Longwood,
Dunderry - Bye,

Round 5:

Dunderry 2-6, 2-5 Carnaross, Ballinlough, 7/6/1953,
Ballinabrackey w/o, scr Longwood,
Ballinlough - Bye,

The match between Ballinabrackey and Carnaross was reported in the Meath Chronicle to have been abandoned (reason not reported) with Ballinabrackey winning by a point at that stage in the match. It's presumed Ballinabrackey were awarded the points.

Final

St. Vincent's 2-7, 1-3 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 19/7/1953,

References

^ "Meath Chronicle Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
^ "Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.