1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1913 was the 27th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Tipperary 2-4 to 1-2 in the final.[1]
| All-Ireland champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Kilkenny (7th win) |
| Captain | Dick 'Drug' Walsh |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tipperary |
| Captain | Patrick "Wedger" Meagher |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1912 1914 → | |
Format
All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a lone match between the Leinster champions and Glasgow. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winning team from the lone quarter-final join Lancashire and the Connacht and Munster representatives to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
| 15 June Quarter-final | Dublin | 5-5 - 0-5 | Wexford | Croke Park |
| 13 July Semi-final | Dublin | 6-6 - 4-1 | Offaly | Portlaoise |
| Referee: H Boland |
| 13 July Semi-final | Laois | 2-6 - 8-3 | Kilkenny | Portlaoise |
| Referee: P Dunphy |
| 24 August Final | Kilkenny | 1-0 - 0-3 | Dublin | Wexford Park |
| Referee: P Breen |
| 28 September Final replay | Kilkenny | 7-5 - 2-1 | Dublin | Wexford Park |
| Referee: B Tarrant |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
| 13 July Semi-final | Cork | 3-3 - 1-2 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
| 17 August Semi-final | Tipperary | 3-2 - 2-0 | Clare | Markets Field |
| 21 September Final | Tipperary | 8-1 - 5-3 | Cork | Fraher Field |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| 4 August Semi-final | Kilkenny | 4-4 - 1-4 | Lancashire | Liverpool |
| 19 October Semi-final | Tipperary | 10-1 - 0-1 | Roscommon | Croke Park |
| Referee: MF Crowe (Limerick) |
| 2 November Final | Kilkenny | 2-4 - 1-2 | Tipperary | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 15,000 Referee: MF Crowe (Limerick) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- For the first time since the 1899 championship there are no representatives from the Ulster championship.
- Roscommon win the Connacht championship for the first and only time in their history.
- Kilkenny win their first three-in-a-row of All-Ireland titles.[2][3]
References
- "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- Breheny, Martin (7 September 2008). "Kilkenny paying no heed to treble talk". Irish Independent. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- "Kilkenny's search for three-in-a-rows". Hogan Stand website. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).