1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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
← 1936 1938 →

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

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

16 May First round	Westmeath	1-7 – 4-2	Meath	Cusack Park

23 May First round	Wexford	2-8 – 6-2	Offaly	Nowlan Park

6 June Quarter-final	Westmeath	5-3 – 2-3	Offaly	Cusack Park

20 June Semi-final	Westmeath	7-7 – 5-3	Laois	Cusack Park

27 June Semi-final	Kilkenny	5-5 – 3-4	Dublin	O'Connor Park

18 July Final	Kilkenny	5-3 – 2-4	Westmeath	O'Moore Park

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

9 May Quarter-final	Kerry	3-2 – 9-5	Waterford	Austin Stack Park

23 May Quarter-final	Limerick	5-5 – 4-1	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

6 June Semi-final	Tipperary	4-3 – 3-5	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield

4 July Semi-final	Limerick	3-4 – 3-2	WAterford	Clonmel

25 July Final	Tipperary	6-3 – 4-3	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

8 August Semi-final	Kilkenny	0-8 – 0-6	Galway	St. Brendan's Park

5 September 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 very 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. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
↑ Flanagan, Paddy (5 May 2009). "Paddy Flanagan recalls some of the highlights". Westmeath Examiner. 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.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

Championships	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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