1893 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:1893
Dates:5 November 1893 - 21 June 1894
Teams:5
Munster:Cork
Leinster:Kilkenny
Matches:2
Team:Cork
Titles:3rd
Captain:John 'Curtis' Murphy
Team2:Kilkenny
Captain2:Dan Whelan
Totalgoals:11 (5.50 per game)
Totalpoints:13 (6.50 per game)
Previous:1892
Next:1894

The 1893 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 5 November 1893 and ended on 21 June 1894.

The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 6-8 to 0-2 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 3rd All-Ireland title.

Cork were the defending champions, thus becoming the first team to retain the title.

Teams

General information

Five counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: two teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and three teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

CountyProvinceColoursAppearancePosition in 1892 ChampionshipProvincial TitlesLast provincial titleChampionship TitlesLast championship title
CorkMunster6thChampions3189221892
DublinLeinster7thRunners-up2189211889
KerryMunster5thRunners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)1189111891
KilkennyLeinster5th-118880-
LimerickMunster5th-0-0-

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-finalsFinal

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 27 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .