1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamKilkenny (6th win)
CaptainSim Walton
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainBarry Murphy
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
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The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 19 May 1912 and ended on 17 November 1912.

Kilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 2-1 to 1-3 defeat of Cork in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

16 June 1912 Semi-final Laois 4-00 - 2-2 Dublin Portlaoise Sportsfield
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: H Boland
23 June 1912 Quarter-final Wexford 4-6 - 2-3 Offaly Jones's Road
Referee: J Quigley
11 August 1912 Semi-final Kilkenny 4-4 - 4-3 Wexford Jones's Road
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: H Boland
15 September 1912 Final Laois 2-4 - 6-6 Kilkenny Portaloise Sportsfield
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: H Boland

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

19 May 1912 Quarter-final Waterford 1-00 - 4-5 Limerick Waterford Sportsfield
2 June 1912 Quarter-final Cork 4-5 - 2-1 Kerry Fermoy Sportsfield
Referee: J McDonnell
18 August 1912 Semi-final Clare 2-3 - 3-3 Tipperary Ennis Sportsfield
Referee: J McDonnell
1 September 1912 Semi-final Cork 2-2 - 1-3 Limerick Fraher Field
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J McDonnell
27 October 1912 Final Cork 5-1 - 3-1 Tipperary Fraher Field
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: J McDonnell

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

25 August 1912 Semi-final Limerick 11-4 – 2-0 Antrim Jones's Road
Referee: J Grace
29 September 1912 Semi-final Kilkenny 8-3 – 2-2 Galway Jones’s Road
Referee: M. F. Crowe
17 November 1912 Final Kilkenny 2-1 – 1-3 Cork Jones's Road
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: M. F. Crowe
Main article: 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Sources

  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
  • Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

References

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.