1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 19 May 1912 and ended on 17 November 1912.

1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (6th win)
Captain	Sim Walton
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Barry Murphy
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
All-Star Team	See here
← 1911 1913 →

Kilkenny were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title following a 2-1 to 1-3 defeat of Cork in the final.^[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made 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

Laois v Dublin

16 June 1912 Semi-final	Laois	4-00 - 2-2	Dublin	Portlaoise Sportsfield
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: H Boland

Wexford v Offaly

23 June 1912 Quarter-final	Wexford	4-6 - 2-3	Offaly	Jones's Road
				Referee: J Quigley

Kilkenny v Wexford

11 August 1912 Semi-final	Kilkenny	4-4 - 4-3	Wexford	Jones's Road
				Attendance: 7,000 Referee: H Boland

Laois v Kilkenny

15 September 1912 Final	Laois	2-4 - 6-6	Kilkenny	Portaloise Sportsfield
				Attendance: 4,000 Referee: H Boland

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Waterford v Limerick

19 May 1912 Quarter-final

Waterford

1-00 - 4-5

Limerick

Waterford Sportsfield

Cork v Kerry

2 June 1912 Quarter-final	Cork	4-5 - 2-1	Kerry	Fermoy Sportsfield
				Referee: J McDonnell

Clare v Tipperary

18 August 1912 Semi-final	Clare	2-3 - 3-3	Tipperary	Ennis Sportsfield
				Referee: J McDonnell

Cork v Limerick

1 September 1912 Semi-final	Cork	2-2 - 1-3	Limerick	Fraher Field
				Attendance: 10,000 Referee: J McDonnell

Cork v Tipperary

27 October 1912 Final	Cork	5-1 - 3-1	Tipperary	Fraher Field
				Attendance: 6,500 Referee: J McDonnell

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Antrim

25 August 1912 Semi-final	Limerick	11-4 – 2-0	Antrim	Jones's Road
				Referee: J Grace

Kilkenny v Galway

29 September 1913 Semi-final	Kilkenny	8-3 – 2-2	Galway	Jones’s Road
				Referee: M. F. Crowe

Kilkenny v Cork

17 November 1912 Final	Kilkenny	2-1 – 1-3	Cork	Jones's Road
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: M. F. Crowe

Main article: 1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
• Fullam, Brendan, Captains of the Ash (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

External links

References

1. . The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.