1975–76 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1975–76
Championship Details
Dates	1975–1976
All Ireland Champions
Winners	James Stephens (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Blackrock
Provincial Champions
Munster	Blackrock
Leinster	James Stephens
Ulster	Ballygalget
Connacht	Ardrahan
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 6th national club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played in the winter of 1975 and the championship ended on 14 March 1976. St. Finbarr's went into the 1975–76 championship as defending champions, having won their first All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland club final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by James Stephens of Kilkenny and Blackrock of Cork. James Stephens won the game by 2–10 to 2–4. It was their first ever All-Ireland title.

Format

The 1975–76 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland series of games.

All-Ireland Series

Quarter-final: (1 match) The Connacht champions were drawn to play the London champions in a lone All-Ireland quarter-final. The winners advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final stage.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Leinster champions played the Ulster champions while the Munster champions played the winners of the All-Ireland quarter-final. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Fixtures

Provincial Senior Club Hurling Championship

Blackrock v Mount Sion

1975-12-07
Munster

Blackrock	8–12 – 3–8	Mount Sion

Emly

Ballygalget v Ballycastle McQuillans

1975-12-14
Ulster

Ballygalget	4–6 – 1–9	Ballycastle McQuillans

Glenariffe

James Stephens v St. Rynagh's

1976-01-25
Leinster

James Stephens	1–14 – 2–4	St. Rynagh's

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Ardrahan v Athleague

1976-03-07
Connacht

Ardrahan	2–14 – 1–4	Athleague

Athleague

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Ardrahan v Brian Borus’s

1976-02-01
Quarter-final

Ardrahan	0–7 – 0–5	Brian Borus’s

St. Croan’s Park, Ballinasloe

Blackrock v Ardrahan

1976-02-22
Semi-final

Blackrock	2–15 – 1–12	Ardrahan

St. Croan’s Park, Ballinasloe

James Stephens v Ballygalget

1976-02-22
Semi-final

James Stephens	4–15 – 1–7	Ballygalget

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

James Stephens v Blackrock

1976-03-14
Final

James Stephens	2–10 – 2–4	Blackrock
J. O'Brien (0–1), M. Taylor (0–1), L. O'Brien (1–4), J. McCormack (0–3). M. Crotty (0–1), M. Leahy (1–0).		P. Moylan (1–3), D. Collins (0–1), E. O'Donoghue (capt 1–0).

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)


JAMES STEPHEN'S:
GK	1	M. Moore
RCB	2	P. Neary
FB	3	P. Larkin
LCB	4	N. Morrissey
RWB	5	T. McCormack
CB	6	B. Cody
LWB	7	J. O'Brien
MD	8	D. McCormack
MD	9	M. Taylor
RWF	10	J. Hennessy
CF	11	L. O'Brien
LWF	12	J. McCormack
RCF	13	M. Crotty
FF	14	M. Leahy
LCF	15	G. Tyrrell
Substitutes:
LWB		M. Neary


BLACKROCK:
GK	1	T. Murphy
RCB	2	F. Norberg
FB	3	C. O'Brien
LCB	4	D. McCurtain
RWB	5	A. Creagh
CB	6	J. Horgan
LWB	7	J. Murphy
MD	8	F. Cummins
MD	9	J. Rothwell
RWF	10	P. Moylan
CF	11	D. Collins
LWF	12	P. Kavanagh
RCF	13	E. O'Sullivan
FF	14	R. Cummins
LCF	15	É. O'Donoghue
Substitutes:
CF		T. Lyons
RWF		D. Prendergast

MATCH RULES

60 minutes
Replay if scores level

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships

Seasons	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Finals	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

Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship

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