1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates24 June 1917 - 28 October 1917
Teams12
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamDublin (2nd win)
CaptainJohn Ryan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTipperary
CaptainJohnny Leahy
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played11
Goals total87 (7.9 per game)
Points total73 (6.6 per game)
All-Star TeamSee here
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The 1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 31st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 24 June 1917 and ended on 28 October 1917.

Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they were defeated on a 5–4 to 4–2 score line by Dublin in the All-Ireland final.[1]

Format[edit]

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The winners of the Leinster and Munster championships contested this game. The winner was declared All-Ireland champions.

Results[edit]

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship[edit]

24 June 1917 Quarter-final Laois 3-2 - 2-7 Offaly Ballybrophy
Referee: AC Harty
24 June 1917 Quarter-final Meath 2-2 - 6-7 Dublin Dunboyne
Referee: J Collins
12 August 1917 Semi-final Dublin 3-6 - 3-1 Offaly Ballybrophy
12 August 1917 Semi-final Wexford 5-2 - 5-3 Kilkenny New Ross
Referee: H Boland
9 September 1917 Final Dublin 5-1 – 4-0 Kilkenny Croke Park
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: P Brien

Munster Senior Hurling Championship[edit]

8 July 1917 Quarter-final Clare 6-4 - 3-2 Waterford Markets Field
8 July 1917 Semi-final Limerick 5-8 - 7-1 Cork Markets Field
22 July 1917 Quarter-final Tipperary w/o - scr. Kerry
26 August 1917 Semi-final Tipperary 3-6 - 1-2 Clare Markets Field
9 September 1917 Final Tipperary 3-4 - 3-4 Limerick Cork Athletic Grounds
7 October 1917 Final replay Tipperary 6-4 - 3-1 Limerick Cork Athletic Grounds

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship[edit]

28 October 1917 Final Dublin 5-4 – 4-2 Tipperary Croke Park
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: W Walsh
Main article: 1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • In the Munster semi-final between Tipperary and Clare, the Clare team walk off midway through the match after a dispute. As Tipperary were winning by a sizable margin at the time they were declared the winners.
  • Dublin's defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final is their first championship victory over the premier county. As of 2014 it remains their only championship victory over Tipperary. It was also Dublin's first All-Ireland win since 1889.

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).

External links[edit]

References[edit]

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