1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| All-Ireland champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Kilkenny (7th win) |
| Captain | Dick 'Drug' Walsh |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tipperary |
| Captain | Patrick "Wedger" Meagher |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1912 1914 → | |
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1913 was the 27th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Tipperary 2–4 to 1–2 in the final.[1]
Format
[edit]All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a lone match between the Leinster champions and Glasgow. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winning team from the lone quarter-final join Lancashire and the Connacht and Munster representatives to make 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
[edit]| 15 June Quarter-final | Dublin | 5–5 – 0–5 | Wexford | Croke Park |
| 13 July Semi-final | Dublin | 6–6 – 4–1 | Offaly | Portlaoise |
| Referee: H Boland |
| 13 July Semi-final | Laois | 2–6 – 8–3 | Kilkenny | Portlaoise |
| Referee: P Dunphy |
| 24 August Final | Kilkenny | 1–0 – 0–3 | Dublin | Wexford Park |
| Referee: P Breen |
| 28 September Final replay | Kilkenny | 7–5 – 2–1 | Dublin | Wexford Park |
| Referee: B Tarrant |
| 13 July Semi-final | Cork | 3–3 – 1–2 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
| 17 August Semi-final | Tipperary | 3–2 – 2–0 | Clare | Markets Field |
| 21 September Final | Tipperary | 8–1 – 5–3 | Cork | Fraher Field |
| 21 June Quarter-final | Glasgow | 5–2 – 10–6 | Kilkenny | Celtic Park, Glasgow [2] |
| 4 August Semi-final | Kilkenny | 4–4 – 1–4 | Lancashire | Liverpool |
| 19 October Semi-final | Tipperary | 10–1 – 0–1 | Roscommon | Croke Park |
| Referee: MF Crowe (Limerick) |
| 2 November Final | Kilkenny | 2–4 – 1–2 | Tipperary | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 15,000 Referee: MF Crowe (Limerick) |
Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- For the first time since the 1899 championship there are no representatives from the Ulster championship.
- Roscommon win the Connacht championship for the first and only time in their history.
- Kilkenny win their first three-in-a-row of All-Ireland titles.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Kilkenny hurlers in Glasgow". Evening Herald (Dublin). 21 June 1913. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (7 September 2008). "Kilkenny paying no heed to treble talk". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Kilkenny's search for three-in-a-rows". Hogan Stand website. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
Sources
[edit]- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).