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1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (9th win)
CaptainJohnny Leahy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainSim Walton
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
1915
1917

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1916 was the 30th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-4 to 3-2 in the final.[1]

Format

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All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This was a lone match which saw the winners of the Munster championship play Galway who received a bye to this stage. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final played the winners of the Leinster championship. The winners were declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

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Galway3-0 – 2-3Roscommon

Galway1-4 – 1-0Roscommon
Kilkenny11-3 – 2-2Wexford
Tipperary5-0 – 1-2Cork
Antrim2-6 – 2-2Down
Tipperary8-1 – 0-0Galway

Tipperary5-4 – 3-2Kilkenny

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

Sources

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