1910 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1910 was the 24th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Wexford won the championship, beating Limerick 7-0 to 6-2 in the final.[1]

1910 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamWexford (1st win)
CaptainDick Doyle
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLimerick
CaptainJohn "Tyler" Mackey
Provincial champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterWexford
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
1909
1911

Format edit

All-Ireland Championship

Quarter-finals: (2 matches) These are two lone matches that see the Leinster representatives play London and the Ulster representatives play Glasgow. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The two winning teams from the quarter-finals join the Connacht and Munster representatives to make up the semi-final pairings. The two quarter-final-winning teams play in one semi-final while the second semi-final is a Connacht-Munster game. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results edit

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship edit

Semi-finals

12 June 1910 Semi-final Wexford 1-07 – 5-14 Offaly Jones's Road, Dublin
11 September 1910 Semi-final Dublin 4-01 – 2-01 Kilkenny Maryborough Sportsfield, Maryborough

Final

23 October 1910 Final Wexford 3-03 – 1-01 Dublin Athy Sportsfield, Athy

Munster Senior Hurling Championship edit

First round

22 May 1910 First round Limerick 3-10 – 4-05 Clare Markets Field, Limerick
12 June 1910 First round Kerry 2-10 – 1-04 Waterford Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Semi-finals

3 July 1910 Semi-final Cork 5-07 – 3-04 Tipperary Markets Field, Limerick
2 October 1910 Semi-final Limerick 6-02 – 2-00 Kerry Markets Field, Limerick

Final

16 October 1910 Final Limerick 5-01 – 4-02 Cork Sports Field, Tralee

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship edit

Final

Final Antrim 4-07 – 2-02 Monaghan

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship edit

Quarter-finals

31 July 1910 Quarter-final Antrim 0-07 – 1-13 Glasgow Belfast
4 September 1910 Quarter-final Kilkenny 5-11 – 0-03 London Waterford

Semi-finals

21 August 1910 Semi-final Galway 1-00 – 7-03 Cork Tuam
2 October 1910 Semi-final Dublin 6-06 – 5-01 Glasgow Jones’s Road, Dublin

Final

20 November 1910 Final Wexford 7-00 – 6-02 Limerick Jones’s Road, Dublin
Attendance: 4,780
Referee: MF Crowe (Limerick)

Championship statistics edit

Miscellaneous edit

  • Three Leinster teams represented the province in the All-Ireland series of games. Kilkenny, as reigning All-Ireland champions, were nominated to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland quarter-final against Antrim. Dublin represented Leinster in the All-Ireland semi-final against Glasgow as they had earlier defeated reigning champions Kilkenny in the provincial semi-final. Wexford were the Leinster representatives in the All-Ireland final as they had earlier defeated Dublin to claim the provincial title.
  • Two Munster teams represented the province in the All-Ireland series of games. Cork were nominated to represent Munster in the All-Ireland semi-final against Galway. They were subsequently defeated by Limerick in the Munster semi-final who represented the province in the All-Ireland final.

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.

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).
  • Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).