| 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 |
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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
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:
- The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
- The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
- Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Leinster champions.
- There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.
Results
Westmeath v Meath
| 16 May 1937 First round | Westmeath | 4–2 – 1–7 | Meath | Cusack Park |
Wexford v Offaly
| 23 May 1937 First round | Wexford | 2–8 – 6–2 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
Westmeath v Offaly
| 6 June 1937 Quarter-final | Westmeath | 5–3 – 2–3 | Offaly | Cusack Park |
Westmeath v Laois
| 20 June 1937 Semi-final | Westmeath | 7–7 – 5–3 | Laois | Cusack Park |
Kilkenny v Dublin
| 27 June 1937 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 5–5 – 3–4 | Dublin | O'Connor Park |
Kilkenny v Westmeath
| 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. |
First round
Kerry v Waterford
| 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) |
Limerick v Clare
| 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
Tipperary v Cork
| 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) |
Limerick v Waterford
| 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
Tipperary v Limerick
| 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 |
Kilkenny v Galway
| 8 August 1937 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 0–8 – 0–6 | Galway | St. Brendan's Park |
Tipperary v Kilkenny
| 5 September 1937 Final | Tipperary | 3–11 – 0–3 | Kilkenny | FitzGerald Stadium |
| Attendance: 43,638 Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Westmeath arguably enjoy their best ever season of championship hurling. Three successive victories allowed them to qualify for their first, and to date their only, Leinster decider.[2]
- That All-Ireland final was the first to be played outside of Croke Park and, indeed, Dublin for thirty years. A builders' strike delayed the construction of the Cusack Stand in Croke Park meaning an alternative venue had to be found and the new FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney was chosen.[3]
Sources
- 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
- 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results
References
- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ O'Connor, Jason (7 September 2007). "The day Killarney hosted the All-Ireland hurling final". The Kerryman. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
