1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 18 May 1930 and ended on 7 September 1930.

1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates18 May 1930 - 7 September 1930
Teams12
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (11th win)
CaptainJohn Joe Callinan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainJimmy Walsh
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played11
Goals total70 (6.3 per game)
Points total91 (8.2 per game)
Top ScorerJohn Joe Callinan (5-1)
All-Star TeamSee here
1929
1931

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Clare in the Munster semi-final.

On 7 September 1930, Tipperary won the championship following a 5-06 to 3-06 victory over Dublin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[1] This was their 11th championship title overall and their first title since 1925.

Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the championship, the same number of participants from the previous championship. There were no new entrants.

Team summaries

Team Colours Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial League
Clare Saffron and blue 1914 1914
Cork Red and white 1929 1929 1929-30
Dublin Blue and navy 1927 1928 1928-29
Galway Maroon and white 1923
Kilkenny Black and amber 1922 1926
Laois Blue and white 1915 1915
Limerick Green and white 1921 1923
Meath Green and gold
Offaly Green, white and gold
Tipperary Blue and gold 1925 1925 1927-28
Waterford White and blue
Wexford Purple and gold 1910 1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

18 May 1930 First round Wexford 3-02 - 5-02 Laois Wexford Park, Wexford
18 May 1930 First round Meath 4-01 - 3-02 Offaly The Showgrounds, Navan
Doran 2-0, Finn 1-0, Martin Doherty 1-0, Mick Doherty 0-1. Coughlan 1-0, Dooley 0-1, Grogan 0-1.

Semi-finals

29 June 1930 Semi-final Laois 2-04 - 1-05 Kilkenny O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
R Delaney 1-0, T Ryan 1-0, P Drennan 0-2, R Warner 0-2. E Dunphy 1-0, Brennan 0-2, P Whelan 0-1, P Walsh 0-1, L Meagher 0-1. Referee: J Hehir (Dublin)
13 July 1030 Semi-final Meath 0-01 - 3-05 Dublin The Showgrounds, Navan
S Ó Foinn 0-1. S Hegarty 1-3, M Power 1-1, T Burke 1-1. Referee: WP Allen (Drogheda)

Final

3 August 1930 Final Dublin 4-07 - 2-02 Laois Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
S Hegarty 1-2, Matty Power 1-2, T Burke 1-0, C Griffin 1-0, J Leeson 0-2, T Quinlan 0-1. M Lalor 1-0, F Warner 1-0, J Cashin 0-2.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

25 May 1930 First round Waterford 3-04 - 3-03 Limerick Waterford Gaelic Field, Waterford
O'Keeffe 1-1, Fanning 1-0, C Ware 1-0, Power 0-2, Wyse 0-1. O'Brien 1-0, Condon 1-0, Breen 1-0, McConnachie 0-1, Gleeson 0-1. Attendance: 10,000
Referee: P Cahill (Tipperary)

Semi-finals

6 July 1930 Semi-final Cork 5-06 - 6-06 Clare Ennis Road, Limerick
M Ahern 2-1, P Ahern 2-0, W Clancy 1-1, E Coughlan 0-2, M Hurley 0-2. T O'Rourke 2-1, T Burnell 2-0, M O'Rourke 1-0, L Blake 1-0, J Gleeson 0-3, M Falvey 0-1, T Considine 0-1. Referee: W Walsh (Waterford)
13 July 1930 Semi-final Waterford 0-01 - 2-05 Tipperary Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: S Óg Murphy (Cork Co. Board)

Final

27 July 1930 Final Tipperary 6-04 - 2-08 Clare Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
T Leahy 3-1, JJ Callanan 2-0, M Kennedy 1-0, P Cahill 0-2, T Treacy 0-1. M Falvey 2-2, B Considine 0-2, J Gleeson 0-2, M Connery 0-1, T O'Rourke 0-1. Attendance: 20,000
Referee: S Óg Murphy (Cork Co. Board)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

17 August 1930 Semi-final Dublin 6-08 - 2-04 Galway St. Brendan's Park, Birr

Final

7 September 1930 Final Tipperary 5-06 - 3-06 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 21,730
Referee: S Jordan (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • On 13 July 1930, the Munster semi-final between Tipperary and Waterford ended in disarray after the referee, Seán Óg Murphy, attempted to send off John and Charlie Ware of Waterford and John Joe Callanan of Tipperary. The Waterford players refused to leave and there was a delay of 12 minutes. The referee awarded the match to Tipperary.
  • Tipperary become the first team to win the Triple Crown of hurling by winning the All-Ireland titles in the senior, junior and minor grades.[2]

Sources

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

References

  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. "Famous feats". Premier View website. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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