1973 Meath Senior Football Championship

The 1973 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 81st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Meath S.F.C.

Season	1973
Champions	Navan O'Mahonys 8th Senior Championship Title
Relegated	Ballinlough
Leinster SCFC	Navan O'Mahonys (Preliminary Round) Cooley Kickhams w, l Navan O'Mahonys
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Ronan Giles (Navan O'Mahonys)
Matches played	40
← 1972 1974 →

This season saw Summerhill's return to the top flight after claiming the 1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their 3rd period as a senior club and 3rd season altogether.

Seneschalstown were the defending champions after they defeated Navan O'Mahonys in the previous years final after a replay, however this season relinquished their crown at the Semi-Final stage when losing to eventual runners-up Ballivor.

Ballinlough were relegated to the 1974 I.F.C. after losing the Relegation Final to Syddan.

On 7 October 1973, Navan O'Mahonys won their 8th Meath S.F.C. title when they defeated Ballivor 1-9 to 1-7 in the final in Pairc Tailteann. Ronan Giles raised the Keegan Cup for the Hoops.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 1972 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from I.F.C. Summerhill (Intermediate Champions).

From S.F.C. Regraded to I.F.C. St. Vincent's

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Seneschalstown 6 6 0 0 0 0 +0 12 Summerhill 7 5 1 1 0 0 +0 11 Dunderry 6 3 2 1 0 0 +0 7 Walterstown 5 2 1 2 0 0 +0 6 Trim 5 3 2 0 0 0 +0 6 Gaeil Colmcille 7 2 5 0 0 0 +0 4 Slane 7 1 5 1 0 0 +0 3 Syddan 7 0 6 1 0 0 +0 1

Round 1: Seneschalstown 1-7, 0-6 Trim, Dunshaughlin, 15/4/1973, Summerhill 1-8, 1-7 Slane, Skryne, 15/4/1973, Dunderry 4-9, 1-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 15/4/1973, Walterstown 0-12, 2-5 Syddan, Kilberry, 15/4/1973, Round 2: Summerhill 3-9, 1-8 Trim, Kildalkey, 29/4/1973, Dunderry 2-13, 2-4 Syddan, Kilberry, 29/4/1973, Gaeil Colmcille 1-9, 1-5 Walterstown, Martry, 29/4/1973, Seneschalstown 1-11, 0-7 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 13/5/1973, Round 3: Walterstown 2-5, 1-8 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 13/5/1973, Gaeil Colmcille w, l Syddan, Gibbstown, 13/5/1973, Trim 2-8, 1-5 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 24/6/1973, Seneschalstown 4-13, 1-10 Summerhill, Skryne, 24/6/1973, Round 4: Seneschalstown 1-10, 1-6 Dunderry, Kilberry, 1/7/1973, Summerhill 1-12, 1-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Kilmessan, 1/7/1973, Walterstown 2-10, 0-4 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 8/7/1973, Trim 2-11, 0-5 Syddan, Martry, 8/7/1973, Round 5: Seneschalstown w, l Syddan, Kilberry, 29/7/1973, Summerhill 1-6, 0-9 Walterstown, Dunshaughlin, 29/7/1973, Dunderry 1-7, 0-5 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 29/7/1973, Trim 3-8, 2-6 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 29/7/1973, Round 6: Seneschalstown w, l Gaeil Colmcille, Dunshaughlin, 5/8/1973, Walterstown v Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 19/8/1973, Summerhill 1-10, 1-5 Dunderry, Trim, 26/8/1973, Slane 2-5, 1-8 Syddan, Kilberry, 26/8/1973, Round 7: Summerhill 2-9, 1-6 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 2/9/1973, Slane w, l Gaeil Colmcille, Seneschalstown v Walterstown, Dunderry v Trim,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Navan O'Mahonys 6 6 0 0 0 0 +0 12 Ballivor 6 3 1 2 0 0 +0 7 Skryne 6 3 3 0 0 0 +0 6 Duleek 6 3 3 0 0 0 +0 6 Kilbride 6 2 3 1 0 0 +0 5 St. Patrick's 6 2 3 1 0 0 +0 5 Ballinlough 6 0 6 0 0 0 +0 0

Round 1: Duleek 1-8, 1-6 Ballinlough, Kilbride, 1/4/1973, Ballivor 2-5, 1-8 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 15/4/1973, Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 1-6 Skryne, Duleek, 15/4/1973, St. Patrick's - Bye, Round 2: St. Patrick's 1-13, 2-7 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 15/4/1973, Navan O'Mahonys w, l Ballivor, Trim, 29/4/1973, Skryne w, l Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 29/4/1973, Duleek - Bye, Round 3: Duleek w, l St. Patrick's, Seneschalstown, 29/4/1973, Navan O'Mahonys 1-6, 0-4 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 13/5/1973, Ballivor 2-8, 1-3 Skryne, Trim, 13/5/1973, Ballinlough - Bye, Round 4: Duleek 4-8, 4-6 Kilbride, Skryne, 10/6/1973, Navan O'Mahonys 2-13, 1-4 Ballinlough, Martry, 24/6/1973, St. Patrick's 2-8, 1-8 Skryne, Seneschalstown, 24/6/1973, Ballivor - Bye, Round 5: Skryne 0-18, 0-6 Duleek, Seneschalstown, 8/7/1973, Navan O'Mahonys 0-13, 0-2 St. Patrick's, Duleek, 8/7/1973, Ballivor w/o, scr Ballinlough, Athboy, 8/7/1973, Kilbride - Bye, Round 6: Ballivor 1-7, 1-7 St. Patrick's, Dunshaughlin, 5/8/1973, Navan O'Mahonys 1-12, 1-8 Duleek, Skryne, 5/8/1973, Kilbride w/o, scr Ballinlough, Skryne - Bye, Round 7: Ballivor w, l Duleek, Dunshaughlin, 26/8/1973, Skryne w/o, scr Ballinlough, Kilbride w, l St. Patrick's, Navan O'Mahonys - Bye,

Knock-out Stages

Relegation Final

• Syddan 2-14, 1-5 Ballinlough, Kells, 30/9/1973,

Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.

	Semi Finals					Final
	1	Seneschalstown	2-6
	4	Ballivor	0-14
						Navan O'Mahonys		1-9
						Ballivor		1-7
	3	Navan O'Mahonys	3-4 R
	2	Summerhill	0-9 R

Semi-Finals:

• Ballivor 0-14, 2-6 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 9/9/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 1-6, 1-6 Summerhill Pairc Tailteann, 16/9/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 3-4, 0-9 Summerhill, Trim, 30/9/1973

Final:

• Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 1-7 Ballivor, Pairc Tailteann, 7/10/1973,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary Round:

• Cooley Kickhams w, l Navan O'Mahonys, ???, 11/11/1973,

References

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

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