1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates12 May 1901 - 26 October 1902
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (6th win)
CaptainNed Hayes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLondon
CaptainDan Horgan
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
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The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 12 May 1901 and ended on 26 October 1902.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their title following a 2-5 to 0-6 defeat of London in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the home final.

Home final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the home final and London, who receive a bye to this stage of the championship, contest this game. The winners are declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

Galway4-2 – 1-2Sligo

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

9 March 1902 Semi-final Offaly 1-05 – 3-03 Kilkenny Abbeyleix Sportsfield

Final

25 August 1901 Final Kilkenny 4-11 – 4-10 Dublin Wexford Sportsfield

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

20 October 1901 Quarter-final Limerick 1-07 – 3-07 Clare Markets Field
3 November 1901 Quarter-final Tipperary 0-12 – 0-09 Cork Fraher Field

Semi-finals

10 November 1901 Semi-final Kerry w/o – scr. Waterford Turner's Cross
23 March 1902 Semi-final Tipperary 6-11 – 1-06 Clare Markets Field

Final

11 May 1902 Final Tipperary 6-11 – 2-01 Kerry Markets Field

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

29 June 1902 Semi-final Tipperary 1-11 – 1-08 Kilkenny Carrick-on-Suir
20 July 1902 Semi-final Galway 3-44 – 0-01 Antrim Terenure

Home final

21 September 1902 Home final Tipperary 6-13 – 1-05 Galway Terenure

Final

26 October 1902 Final Tipperary 2-05 – 0-06 London Jones’s Road
Attendance: c. 8,000
Referee: J McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • A team from Ulster participates in the championship for the first time with Antrim representing the northern province.
  • The Connacht championship is contested for the first time.
  • One of the All-Ireland semi-finals sees the Leinster and Munster champions play against each other. This did not happen again until the 1928 championship.
  • As a gesture to the exiles, London were allowed to participate in the championship for the first time and are given a bye to the final.
  • Tipperary become the second team to win three successive All-Ireland titles.

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

Sources

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