The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 46th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 1 May 1932 and ended on 4 September 1932.
Championship details | |
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Dates | 1 May - 4 September 1932 |
Teams | 12 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winning team | Kilkenny (9th win) |
Captain | Jimmy Walsh |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Clare |
Captain | John Joe Doyle |
Manager | Amby Power |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Clare |
Leinster | Kilkenny |
Ulster | Donegal |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 12 |
Goals total | 90 (7.50 per game) |
Points total | 112 (9.33 per game) |
Top Scorer | Tull Considine (12-2) |
All-Star Team | See here |
← 1931 1933 → |
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series of games. Kilkenny won the title following a 3–3 to 2–3 victory over Clare in the final.[1]
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 | ||
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All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1914 | |
Cork | Red and white | 1931 | 1931 | 1929-30 |
Dublin | Blue and navy | 1927 | 1930 | 1928-29 |
Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1930-31 | |
Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1922 | 1931 | |
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 | 1930 | 1930 | 1927-28 |
Waterford | White and blue | |||
Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 |
Results
1 May 1932 Quarter-final | Meath | 0-2 - 4-6 | Kilkenny | Páirc Tailteann |
Referee: W Allen |
8 May 1932 Quarter final | Offaly | 5-2 – 6-8 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park |
Referee: S O'Neill |
12 June 1932 Semi-final | Laois | 2-5 – 4-12 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park |
Attendance: 12,000 Referee: S Robbins (Offaly) |
24 July 1932 Final | Kilkenny | 4-6 – 3-5 | Dublin | O'Moore Park |
Martin Power 1-2, D Dunne 1-2, Matty Power 1-0, J Fitzpatrick 1-0, J Walsh 0-2. | J Leeson 1-1, T Quinlan 1-1, D Maher 1-0, M Daniels 0-1, S Hegarty 0-1, N Wade 0-1. | Referee: S Robbins (Offaly) |
29 May 1932 Quarter-final | Limerick | 4-2 – 1-5 | Tipperary | Cork Athletic Grounds |
Referee: S Óg Murphy (Cork) |
12 June 1932 Quarter-final | Waterford | 1-5 – 5-6 | Cork | Fraher Field |
Attendance: 15,000 Referee: T Keating |
3 July 1932 Semi-final | Clare | 8-3 – 2-2 | Kerry | Gaelic Grounds |
17 July 1932 Semi-final | Cork | 5-4 – 3-5 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
Attendance: 20,000 Referee: T Considine |
31 July 1932 Final | Clare | 5-2 – 4-1 | Cork | Thurles Sportsfield |
T Considine 3-1, J Houlihan 1-1, M O'Rourke 1-0. | M Ahern 1-0, J Hurley 1-0, J Quirke 1-0, DB Murphy 1-0, W Clancy 0-1. | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: W Gleeson (Tipperary) |
14 August 1932 Semi-final | Clare | 9-4 – 4-14 | Galway | Gaelic Grounds |
Attendance: 25,000 Referee: J Flaherty |
4 September 1932 Final | Kilkenny | 3-3 – 2-3 | Clare | Croke Park |
Attendance: 34,392 Referee: S Robbins (Offaly) |
Championship statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 19 points
- Clare 8-3 - 2-2 Kerry (Munster semi-final, 3 July 1932)
- Most goals in a match: 10
- Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
- Most points in a match: 23
- Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 9
- Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
- Offaly 5-2 – 6-8 Laois (Leinster quarter-final, 8 May 1932)
- Most points scored by a losing team: 6
- Galway 4-14 - 9-4 Clare (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
Miscellaneous
- The Munster quarter-final clash of Cork and Waterford and the Munster semi-final clash of Clare and Kerry, both scheduled for 5 June 1932, are postponed.
- Clare win the Munster title for the first time since 1914.
- Clare overcame a halftime deficit of 13 points in the All Ireland semifinal against Galway (2-00 4-07) by scoring 7-04 in the second half to Galway's 0-07. It remains (July 2022) the largest halftime deficit clawed back in an All Ireland semifinal.
- There are a number of first-ever meetings. The All-Ireland semi-final between Clare and Galway is their first ever championship clash, while Clare and Kilkenny meet for the first time in the subsequent All-Ireland 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).
External links
References
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