1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 26 November 1972 and ended on 9 December 1973.

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1972–73
Championship Details
Dates26 November 1972 – 9 December 1973
All Ireland Champions
WinnersGlen Rovers (1st win)
CaptainDenis Coughlan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upSt. Rynagh's
Provincial Champions
MunsterGlen Rovers
LeinsterSt. Rynagh's
UlsterO'Donovan Rossa
ConnachtCastlegar

Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by St. Finbarr's in the opening round of the Cork Championship.[1]

On 9 December 1973, Glen Rovers won the championship after a 2-18 to 2-08 defeat of St. Rynagh's in the All-Ireland final.[2] It was their first ever championship title.

Qualification

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Provincial finals All-Ireland semi-finals All-Ireland final
         
  Glen Rovers 2-9
  Roscrea 1-10
  Glen Rovers 6-9
  Castlegar 1-7
  Castlegar 7-12
  Tremane 2-7
  Glen Rovers 2-8
  St. Rynagh's 2-8
  St. Rynagh's 5-5
  Rathnure 2-13
  St. Rynagh's 5-9
  O'Donovan Rossa 2-8
  O'Donovan Rossa 2-8
  Ballycran 3-2

Results

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Craobh Rua V Carrick 21/01 Tremane V Toureen 21/01

Quarter-finals

21 January 1973 Quarter-final Tooreen 3-06 - 3-06 Tremane Hollymount
Referee: M Burke (Sligo)
Quarter-final replay Tremane w/o - scr. Tooreen
18 February 1973 Quarter-final Craobh Rua 5-02 - 1-03 Carrick-on-Shannon Markievicz Park, Sligo

Semi-final

4 March 1973 Semi-final Tremane 5-10 - 2-06 Craobh Rua Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague
Referee: M Flaherty (Galway)

Final

First round

26 November 1973 First round Arklow Rock Parnells 5-11 - 5-03 Palatine Parnell Park, Arklow
A Byrne 1-4, J McDonald 2-0, M O'Brien 0-5, O'Reilly 1-1, K Mellon 1-1. T Nolan 3-0, JJ Canavan 2-0, W Cullen 0-2, C Keegan 0-1.
11 March 1973 First round St Brigid's 1-04 - 3-11 St. Rynagh's Cusack Park, Mullingar
N Maher 1-0, C Gavin 0-1, O Egan 0-1, O Gallagher 0-1, V Bradley 0-1. G Burke 2-1, B Moylan 0-4, M Moylan 1-0, P Mulhaire 0-3, S Moylan 0-2, PJ Whelehan 0-1.
11 March 1973 First round Éire Óg 1-07 - 2-07 Borris-in-Ossory St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
J Winders 0-5, R Donnelly 1-0, J Murphy 0-1, J Sharpe 0-1. P Dollard 2-1, PJ Jones 0-4, S Fahy 0-1, J Hanrahan 0-1,

Quarter-finals

10 December 1972 Quarter-final Arklow Rock Parnells 4-03 - 4-08 Rathnure Parnell Park, Arklow
A Byrne 1-1, K Mellon 1-0, K Power 1-0, P Keogh 1-0, T Byrne 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1. P Hendrick 2-1, M Byrne 1-1, J Quigley 1-1, J Murphy 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, S Barron 0-1, M Quigley 0-1. Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)
8 April 1973 Quarter-final Borris-in-Ossory 3-07 - 4-12 The Fenians O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
M Dollard 0-4, P Dollard 1-0, L Dollard 1-0, S Fahy 1-0, B Dollard 0-2, J Phelan 0-1. P Broderick 2-5, J Moriarty 1-2, W Watson 1-1, M Garrett 0-2, P Delaney 0-1, G Murphy 0-1.

Semi-finals

22 April 1973 Semi-final Rathnure 3-13 - 2-12 Faughs Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
P Hendrick 1-2, D Quigley 0-5, P Flynn 1-1, M Quigley 1-1, T O'Connor 0-2, J Mooney 0-2. A Dunworth 1-11, J Aherne 1-0, A Devitt 0-1.
22 April 1973 Semi-final The Fenians 3-01 - 2-13 St. Rynagh's Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
Referee: M Bowe (Wexford)

Final

5 May 1973 Final St. Rynagh's 5-05 - 2-13 Rathnure Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
B Moylan 1-4, S Moylan 1-0, G Burke 1-0, R Horan 1-0, B Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-1. D Quigley 2-3, P Hendrick 0-3, P Flynn 0-1. Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

Quarter-finals

14 January 1973 Quarter-final South Liberties 2-07 - 3-10 Glen Rovers Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
J McKenna 2-1, É Grimes 0-3, M Shanahan 0-3. J Young 2-1, J O'Neill 1-1, J McCarthy 0-2, P Doherty 0-2, D Coughlan 0-2, T Buckley 0-1, P Harte 0-1.
28 January 1973 Quarter-final Roscrea 5-11 - 1-09 Mount Sion St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
F Loughnane 1-10, J Tynan 1-1, M Minogue 1-0, P Roland 1-0, J Hannon 1-0. S Greene 1-3, J Greene 0-2, F Walsh 0-2, M Geary 0-1, W Power 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Semi-finals

10 March 1973 Semi-final Ballyduff 0-01 - 5-06 Glen Rovers Austin Stack Park, Tralee
P Costello 0-1. F Cunningham 4-0, T Buckley 1-2, P Harte 0-2, G O'Sullivan 0-1, P Harte 0-1. Referee: J Quaid (Limerick)
11 March 1973 Semi-final Roscrea 3-13 - 4-04 Newmarket-on-Fergus Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
W Stapleton 2-2, J Cunningham 1-3, J Tynan 0-2, L Spooner 0-2, M Minogue 0-1, D Moloney 0-1, J Hannon 0-1, F Loughnane 0-1. M O'Leary 2-0, M Gilmartin 1-1, G Lohan 1-0, J McNamara 0-2, P McNamara 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Final

22 April 1973 Final Glen Rovers 2-09 - 1-10 Roscrea Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
L McAuliffe 2-2, D Coughlan 0-2, P Harte 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, P Doherty 0-1. F Loughnane 0-6, J Cunningham 1-1, J Tynan 0-2, J Crampton 0-1. Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

Final

Semi-finals

6 May 1973 Semi-final Glen Rovers 6-09 - 1-07 Castlegar Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
T Buckley 1-4, L McAuliffe 2-0, JJ O'Neill 1-1, P Harte 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, P Doherty 0-2, J Young 0-2. N Cummins 1-2, M Connolly 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, D Furey 0-1, G Glynn 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)
20 May 1973 Semi-final O'Donovan Rossa 2-08 - 5-09 St. Rynagh's Waterfoot
S Collins 1-0, D McConnell 1-0, A Hamill 0-3, P Kane 0-2, L Hamill 0-2, S Clarke 0-1. B Moylan 1-5, G Burke 2-0, R Horan 1-0, S Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-3, P Mulhaire 0-1. Referee: E Devlin (Tyrone)

Final

9 December 1973 Final Glen Rovers 2–18 – 2–08 St. Rynagh's Croke Park
T Buckley 1–9, R Crowley 0–4, P Harte 1–0, M Ryan 0–3, J Young 0–1, JJ O'Neill 0–1. B Moylan 0–6, B Johnston 1–1, P Mulhaire 1–0, P Horan 0–2. Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

References

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  1. ^ Keys, Colm (17 March 1999). "Rathnure stalwarts who hurl aside ravages of time". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.