1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Limerick (1st win)
Captain Denis Grimes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kilkenny
Captain Jackie Walsh
Provincial champions
Munster Limerick
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
All-Star Team See here
1896
1898

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the eleventh series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Offaly 2-3 1-4 Laois

Semi-final
Kilkenny 2-6 2-6 Dublin

Semi-final replay
Kilkenny 6-13 1-4 Dublin

16 October 1898
Final
Kilkenny w/o scr. Wexford

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final
Limerick 2-5 2-3 Clare

Semi-final
Cork 4-16 0-2 Tipperary

Final
Limerick 4-9 1-6 Cork

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

30 October 1898
Semi-final
Kilkenny 3-4 0-4 Galway

20 November 1898
Final
Limerick 3-4 2-4 Kilkenny
Jones's Road, Dublin
Attendance: c.5,000
Referee: J. J. McCabe (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Sources

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