1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Teams5
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamCork (4th win)
CaptainStephen Hayes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainJohn McCabe
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played4
Goals total15 (3.75 per game)
Points total53 (13.25 per game)
All-Star TeamSee here
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1894 was the eighth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Dublin in the final.[1][2]

Teams

A total of five teams contested the championship.

Dublin (Rapparees) and Kilkenny (Confederation) were the only teams to enter the Leinster championship. They both automatically qualified for the provincial final. Kilkenny did not enter

Four teams, Cork (Blackrock), Kerry (Kilmoyley), Limerick and Tipperary (Drombane), contested the Munster championship.

There were no provincial championships in either Connacht or Ulster.

General information

Five counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team representing Leinster and four teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

County Club Province Appearance Position in 1893 Championship Provincial Titles Last provincial title Championship Titles Last championship title
Cork Blackrock Munster 7th Champions 4 1893 3 1893
Dublin Rapparees Leinster 8th Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) 2 1892 1 1889
Kerry Kilmoyley Munster 6th Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) 1 1891 1 1891
Limerick - Munster 6th Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) 0 - 0 -
Tipperary Drombane Munster 5th - 0 - 1 1887

Format

Munster Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four participating teams make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland final.

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The winners of the Munster championship play Dublin, the sole representatives of the Leinster championship, who received a bye to the final.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Dublinw/o – scr.Kilkenny

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Tipperary2–4 – 0–6Kerry
Cork4-13 – 0–2Limerick

Final

Cork3–4 – 1–2Tipperary

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Cork5-20 – 0-2Dublin
Attendance: c.2,000
Referee: J.J. Kenny (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Cork's defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final gives the team a third consecutive championship title. The 5–20 to 2–0 score line, a defeat of twenty-nine points for Dublin, remains the second biggest defeat in a championship decider.

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour". www.rte.ie. 9 May 2008.

Sources

  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

See also

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