The 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was a Gaelic football match played at

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on 26 June 1892 to determine the winners of the

1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the fourth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Previous years All Irelnad champions Tipperary didn't take part in the Munster championship cancelled game again ...

, the 4th season of the

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, a tournament organised by the

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for the champions of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Cork of Munster who were represented by

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and

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of Leinster who were represented by Blue and Whites, with Cork winning by 2-4 to 0-1. The All-Ireland final had originally been fixed for 17 November 1890, however, the surprise arrival of Ulster champions Armagh necessitated a semi-final which Cork won. The final was then postponed for nineteen months, only being arranged on the Monday before the refixed date. Wexford were hampered from the beginning as they were short four of their regular team. After missing a great goal chance the Wexfordmen were in arrears by 1-3 to 0-1 at the interval. The second half was a stop-start affair. 13 minutes of play were followed by an 8-minutes stoppage as one of the teams couldn't locate a substitute for an injured player. 3 more minutes of play followed before a 7-minute stoppage due to an injury to a Cork player. Shortly after Wexford scored a goal before bagging a second moments later to level the game. A proposed replay was cancelled due to a fair being held in

and Cork were declared the champions on a score line of 2-4 to 0-1. Cork's All-Ireland victory was their first championship title. As

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champions in hurling also, Cork became the first county to achieve the double.

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