1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 5 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (4th win) |
| Captain | Stephen Hayes |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | John McCabe |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 4 |
| Goals total | 15 (3.75 per game) |
| Points total | 53 (13.25 per game) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1893 1895 → | |
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]
Teams
[edit]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. Kilkenny did not enter
Four teams, Cork (Blackrock), Kerry (Kilmoyley), Limerick and Tipperary (Drombane), contested the Munster championship.
There were no provincial championships in either Connacht or Ulster.
General information
[edit]Five counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team representing Leinster and four teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.
| County | Club | Province | Appearance | Position in 1893 Championship | Provincial Titles | Last provincial title | Championship Titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cork
|
Blackrock | Munster | 7th | Champions | 4 | 1893 | 3 | 1893 |
 Dublin
|
Rapparees | Leinster | 8th | Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | 2 | 1892 | 1 | 1889 |
 Kerry
|
Kilmoyley | Munster | 6th | Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | 1 | 1891 | 1 | 1891 |
 Limerick
|
- | Munster | 6th | Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | 0 | - | 0 | - |
 Tipperary
|
Drombane | Munster | 5th | - | 0 | - | 1 | 1887 |
Format
[edit]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.
Provincial championships
[edit]Final
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
[edit]Final
[edit]Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour". www.rte.ie. 9 May 2008.
Sources
[edit]- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).