1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates 16 May – 5 September 1937
Teams 14
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Tipperary (12th win)
Captain Jimmy Lanigan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kilkenny
Captain Jack Duggan
Provincial champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played 13
Goals total 94 (7.2 per game)
Points total 112 (8.6 per game))
Top Scorer Paddy McMahon (6–0)
All-Star Team See here
1936
1938

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 May 1937 and ended on 5 September 1937.

Limerick entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stages. Tipperary won the title following a 3–11 to 0–3 victory over Kilkenny in the final.[1]

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Sources

External links

References

  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. Flanagan, Paddy (5 May 2009). "Paddy Flanagan recalls some of the highlights". Westmeath Examiner. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. O'Connor, Jason (7 September 2007). "The day Killarney hosted the All-Ireland hurling final". The Kerryman. Retrieved 8 October 2013.


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