1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 12 May 1901 and ended on 26 October 1902.

1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates12 May 1901 - 26 October 1902
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (6th win)
CaptainNed Hayes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLondon
CaptainDan Horgan
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
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Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their title following a 2-5 to 0-6 defeat of London in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the home final.

Home final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the home final and London, who receive a bye to this stage of the championship, contest this game. The winners are declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Galway4-2 – 1-2Sligo

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly1-5 – 3-3Kilkenny
Kilkenny4-11 – 4-10Dublin

Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-final[2]
Limerick1-7 – 3-7Clare
Quarter-final [3]
Tipperary0-12 – 0-9Cork
Tipperary6-11 – 1-6Clare
Semi-final[4]
Kerryw/oWaterford
Final
Tipperary6-11 – 2-1Kerry

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

29 June 1902 Semi-finalTipperary1-11 – 1-08KilkennyCarrick-on-Suir
20 July 1902 Semi-finalGalway3-44 – 0-01AntrimTerenure

Home final

21 September 1902 Home finalTipperary6-13 – 1-05GalwayTerenure

Final

26 October 1902 FinalTipperary2-05 – 0-06LondonJones’s Road
Attendance: c. 8,000
Referee: J McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • A team from Ulster participates in the championship for the first time with Antrim representing the northern province.
  • The Connacht championship is contested for the first time.
  • One of the All-Ireland semi-finals sees the Leinster and Munster champions play against each other. This did not happen again until the 1928 championship.
  • As a gesture to the exiles, London were allowed to participate in the championship for the very first time and are given a bye to the final.
  • Tipperary become the second team to win three successive All-Ireland titles.

References
  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  2. The Cork Examiner, 21/10/1901
  3. Freemans Journal, 04/11/1901, p. 14
  4. The Cork Examiner, 11/11/1901
  5. Cork Examiner; 14/05/1902

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


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