This page details statistics of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.
General performances edit
Performance by county edit
County | Title(s) | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
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Cork[1] | 54 | 30 | 1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018 | 1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013 |
Tipperary[2] | 42 | 28 | 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 | 1894, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2021 |
Limerick[3] | 24 | 27 | 1897, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 | 1891, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1905, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1937, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2014 |
Waterford[4] | 9 | 21 | 1938, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1963, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010 | 1903, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020 |
Clare[5] | 6 | 24 | 1889, 1914, 1932, 1995, 1997, 1998 | 1899, 1901, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023 |
Kerry[6] | 1 | 5 | 1891 | 1889, 1890, 1900, 1892, 1908 |
Counties edit
By Semi-Final/Top 4 Appearances (since 2015) edit
Team | No. | Years |
---|---|---|
Limerick | 9 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Cork | 8 | 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Tipperary | 7 | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
Clare | 7 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
Waterford | 5 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 |
Other records edit
By decade edit
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1890s: 4 each for Cork (1890-92-93-94) and Tipperary (1895-96-98-99)
- 1900s: 6 for Cork (1901-02-03-04-05-07)
- 1910s: 3 each for Limerick (1910-11-18), Cork (1912-15-19) and Tipperary (1913-16-17)
- 1920s: 5 for Cork (1920-26-27-28-29)
- 1930s: 4 for Limerick (1933-34-35-36)
- 1940s: 5 for Cork (1942-43-44-46-47)
- 1950s: 4 for Cork (1952-53-54-56)
- 1960s: 7 for Tipperary (1960-61-62-64-65-67-68)
- 1970s: 7 for Cork (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
- 1980s: 5 for Cork (1982-83-84-85-86)
- 1990s: 3 each for Clare (1995-97-98) and Cork (1990-92-99)
- 2000s: 4 for Cork (2000-03-05-06)
- 2010s: 4 for Tipperary (2011-12-15-16)
- 2020s: 4 for Limerick (2020-21-22-23)
Finishing positions edit
- Most championships
- 54, Cork (1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018)
- Most second-place finishes
- 30, Cork (1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013)
- Most third-place finishes
- 2, Cork (2019, 2022)
- Most fourth-place finishes
- Most fifth-place finishes
- 3, Waterford (2018, 2019, 2023)
Other records edit
Biggest wins edit
- The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
- 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-03 – 1-02 Clare
- 31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 – 3-06 Waterford
- 28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 – 0-00 Limerick
- 27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 – 1-01 Waterford
- 26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 – 1-04 Limerick
- 23 points – 1899: Tipperary 5-16 – 0-08 Clare
- 22 points – 1900: Tipperary 6-11 – 2-01 Kerry
- 22 points – 1972: Cork 6-18 – 2-08 Clare
- 21 points – 2016: Tipperary 5-19 (34) – (13 0-13 Waterford
- 21 points – 1896: Tipperary 7-09 – 2-03 Cork
- 21 points – 2011: Tipperary 7-19 – 0-19 Waterford
- 20 points – 1962: Tipperary 5-14 – 2-03 Waterford
- 19 points – 1915: Cork 8-02 – 2-01 Clare
- 19 points – 1983: Cork 3-22 – 0-12 Waterford
- 18 points – 1993: Tipperary 3-27 – 2-12 Clare
- 18 points – 1965: Tipperary 4-11 – 0-05 Cork
- The most one sided games from the semi-final and quarter-final stages of the championship:
Successful defending edit
Only 4 teams of the 6 who have won the Munster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:
- Cork on 27 attempts out of 50 (1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2000, 2006, 2018)
- Tipperary on 16 attempts out of 40 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1917, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012)
- Limerick on 10 attempts out of 23 (1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1974, 1981, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Clare on 1 attempt out of 6 (1998)
The most consecutive titles is 5 in a row, achieved by just two counties:
Gaps edit
- Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
- 63 years: Clare (1932-1995)
- 39 years: Waterford (1963-2002)
- 25 years: Clare (1889-1914)
- 18 years: Limerick (1955-1973)
- 18 years: Clare (1914-1932)
- 17 years: Limerick (1996-2013)
- 16 years: Tipperary (1971-1987)
- 15 years: Limerick (1940-1955)
- 13 years: Limerick (1981-1994)
- 13 years: Limerick (1897-1910)
- Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster finals:
- 22 years: Waterford (1903-1925)
- 18 years: Clare (1938-1955)
- 16 years: Waterford (1966-1982)
- 15 years: Limerick (1956-1971)
- 13 years: Clare (1901-1914)
- 12 years: Clare (1955-1967)
- 11 years: Tipperary (1973-1984)
- 11 years: Limerick (1981-1992)
- 10 years: Clare (1889-1899)
- 10 years: Limerick (1924-1934)
Active Gaps edit
- Longest active gaps since last title:
- Longest active gaps since last championship final appearance:
- Longest active gap since last championship appearance:
- 54 years: Galway (1969–)
Longest undefeated run edit
- Cork (15 matches): Cork's run began with a 1-19 to 2-8 win against Tipperary in the quarter-final of the 1982 championship and finished with a 1-18 apiece draw with Tipperary in the Munster final of the 1987 championship. The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included just one drawn game, ended with a 4-22 to 1-22 extra-time loss to Tipperary in the replay of the 1987 Munster final.
- Limerick (15 matches): As of 11 June 2023, Limerick are currently unbeaten in 15 Munster Championship games, a run that started in the 2019 Munster Final on 30 June 2019.
Players edit
Top scorers edit
All time edit
This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Munster Championship.
Pos. | Name | Team | Goals | Points | Total |
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1 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 16 | 300 | 348 |
2 | Christy Ring | Cork | 29 | 146 | 233 |
3 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 12 | 177 | 213 |
4 | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 10 | 166 | 196 |
5 | Tony Kelly | Clare | 7 | 161 | 182 |
6 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 19 | 120 | 177 |
7 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 16 | 125 | 173 |
8 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 22 | 103 | 169 |
9 | Jason Forde | Tipperary | 8 | 141 | 165 |
10 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 7 | 139 | 160 |
11 | Mick Mackey | Limerick | 30 | 61 | 151 |
12 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 24 | 78 | 150 |
13 | Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 16 | 97 | 145 |
14 | Joe Deane | Cork | 6 | 114 | 132 |
15 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 14 | 77 | 119 |
16 | Tony O'Sullivan | Cork | 1 | 115 | 118 |
Peter Duggan | Clare | 4 | 109 | 118 | |
18 | John Fenton | Cork | 5 | 102 | 117 |
19 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 20 | 53 | 113 |
20 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 6 | 91 | 109 |
21 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 8 | 84 | 108 |
22 | Pat Fox | Tipperary | 6 | 86 | 104 |
23 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 8 | 79 | 103 |
Shane Dowling | Limerick | 3 | 94 | 103 | |
25 | Jimmy Kennedy | Cork | 33 | 3 | 102 |
By year edit
Single game edit
Finals edit
All-time appearances edit
Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christy Ring | Cork | 49 | 1940-1963 |
Munster final appearances edit
Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Finals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christy Ring | Cork | 18 | 1940, 1940 (R), 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
2 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 14 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
3 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 11 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 |
Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 11 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 | |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 11 | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Munster medal winners edit
Rank | Player | Team | No. | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 10 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 10 | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |
3 | Christy Ring | Cork | 9 | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 |
Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 9 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971 | |
Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 | |
Gerald McCarthy | Cork | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 | |
Ray Cummins | Cork | 9 | 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982 | |
Johnny Crowley | Cork | 9 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |
9 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 8 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
Tom Cashman | Cork | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |
Dermot McCurtain | Cork | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Other records edit
- Winners of Munster medals on the field of play in each of three decades:
- Paddy Ahern of Cork: 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
- Tommy Doyle of Tipperary: 1937, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951
- Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971
- Ray Cummins of Cork: 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982
- Declan Ryan of Tipperary: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001
Matches edit
Attendances edit
Overall edit
Year | Total | Average |
---|---|---|
2010 | 119,630 | 23,926 |
2011 | 100,145 | 20,029 |
2012 | 93,370 | 23,342 |
2013 | 93,394 | 23,348 |
2014 | 127,765 | 25,553 |
2015 | 117,112 | 29,278 |
2016 | 100,868 | 25,217 |
2017 | 127,992 | 31,998 |
2018 | 248,809 | 22,619 |
2019 | 280,688 | 25,517 |
2020 | – | – |
2021 | – | – |
2022 | 261,755 | 23,796 |
Finals edit
Year | Attendance |
---|---|
2006 | 53,286 |
2007 | 48,371 |
2008 | 48,077 |
2009 | 40,330 |
2010 | 22,763 |
2011 | 36,654 |
2012 | 26,438 |
2013 | 42,730 |
2014 | 36,075 |
2015 | 43,084 |
2016 | 26,508 |
2017 | 45,558 |
2018 | 45,364 |
2019 | 44,052 |
2020 | 0 |
2021 | 7,000 |
2022 | 45,690 |
2023 | 43,756 |
See also edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "Cork GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Tipperary GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Limerick GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Waterford GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Clare GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Kerry GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2014.