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1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates16 May – 5 September 1937
Teams14
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (12th win)
CaptainJimmy Lanigan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainJack Duggan
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played13
Goals total94 (7.2 per game)
Points total112 (8.6 per game))
Top ScorerPaddy McMahon (6–0)
All-Star TeamSee here
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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

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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

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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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16 May 1937 First round Westmeath 4-2 – 1-7 Meath Cusack Park
23 May 1937 First round Wexford 2-8 – 6-2 Offaly Nowlan Park
6 June 1937 Quarter-final Westmeath 5-3 – 2-3 Offaly Cusack Park
20 June 1937 Semi-final Westmeath 7-7 – 5-3 Laois Cusack Park
27 June 1937 Semi-final Kilkenny 5-5 – 3-4 Dublin O'Connor Park
18 July 1937 Final Kilkenny 5-3 – 2-4 Westmeath O'Moore Park
M White 3-1, L Duggan 2-0, J Phelan 0-1, L Meagher 0-1. C Boland 2-0, S Skehal 0-1, E Moynihan 0-1, T McGrath 0-1, T Morgan 0-1.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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First round

9 May 1937 First round Kerry 3-02 – 9-05 Waterford Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Greene 3-2, D Goode 3-1, W Barron 1-0, Halloran 1-0. Referee: W Hough (Limerick)
23 May 1937 First round Limerick 5-05 – 4-01 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
P McMahon 4-0, D Clohessy 1-1, J Hickey 0-1, D Given 0-2, T Ryan 0-1. M Hennessy 1-1, P Loughnane 1-0, R Burns 1-0, M Halloran 1-0.

Semi-finals

6 June 1937 Semi-final Tipperary 4-03 – 3-05 Cork Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
D Murphy 2-0, J Coffey 1-1, P Ryan 1-1, J Cooney 0-1. T Kelly 1-0, J Barrett 1-0, P Reid 1-0, J Lynch 0-2, F Barry 0-2, D Cogan 0-1. Referee: W Gleeson (Limerick)
4 July 1937 Semi-final Limerick 3-04 – 3-02 Waterford Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
D Clohessy 2-1, J McCarthy 1-0, J Mackey 0-1, M Mackey 0-1, J Roche 0-1, D Goode 1-0, Butler 1-0, C Moylan 1-0, J Keane 0-1, T Greaney 0-1. Referee: J O'Keeffe (Tipperary)

Final

25 July 1937 Final Tipperary 6-03 – 4-03 Limerick Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
P Ryan 2-1, T Doyle 1-1, T Treacy 1-0, AN Other 1-0, J Coffey 1-0, B O'Donnell 0-1. D Clohessy 2-0, M Mackey 1-1, P McMahon 1-0, T Ryan 0-1, J Mackey 0-1, Attendance: 30,235

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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8 August 1937 Semi-final Kilkenny 0-8 – 0-6 Galway St. Brendan's Park
5 September 1937 Final Tipperary 3-11 – 0-3 Kilkenny FitzGerald Stadium
Attendance: 43,638
Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ Flanagan, Paddy (5 May 2009). "Paddy Flanagan recalls some of the highlights". Westmeath Examiner. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. 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.