1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1894 was the eighth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Dublin in the final.[1][2]

1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Teams5
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamCork (4th win)
CaptainStephen Hayes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainJohn McCabe
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played4
Goals total15 (3.75 per game)
Points total53 (13.25 per game)
All-Star TeamSee here
1893
1895

Teams

A total of five teams contested the championship.

Dublin (Rapparees) and Kilkenny (Confederation) were the only teams to enter the Leinster championship. They both automatically qualified for the provincial final.

Four teams, Cork (Blackrock), Kerry (Kilmoyley), Limerick and Tipperary (Drombane), contested the Munster championship.

There were no provincial championships in either Connacht or Ulster.

Format

Munster Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four participating teams make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland final.

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The winners of the Munster championship play Dublin, the sole representatives of the Leinster championship, who received a bye to the final.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Dublinw/o scr.Kilkenny
Clonturk Park, Dublin

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary2–4 0–6Kerry

Cork4-13 0–2Limerick

Cork3–4 1–2Tipperary

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Cork5-20 0-2Dublin
Attendance: c.2,000
Referee: J.J. Kenny (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Cork's defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final gives the team a third consecutive championship title. The 5-20 to 2-0 score line, a defeat of twenty-nine points for Dublin, remains the second biggest defeat in a championship decider.

References

Sources

  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

See also

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