1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final explained

1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
Event:1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Team1:Kilkenny
Team1score:2–4
Team2:Tipperary
Team2score:1–2
Date:2 November 1913
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Referee:M. F. Crowe (Limerick)
Attendance:12,000
Previous:1912
Next:1914

The 1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 26th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 2 November 1913, between Kilkenny, represented by a club side from Mooncoin, and Tipperary, represented by club side Toomevara. The Munster champions lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 2–4 to 1–2.

Match

Summary

J. Murphy opened the scoring with a goal for Tipperary and Matt Gargan replied with a Kilkenny goal. Kilkenny's vital second goal was scored by Sim Walton.

It was Kilkenny's third All-Ireland title in-a-row and a remarkable seventh All-Ireland title in ten championship seasons. It was also the first all-Ireland final in which teams of 15 took part.

A matchday programme from the game sold at auction in Kilkenny for more than €2,000 in 2018.[1]

Details

Notes and References

  1. News: Get Searching - These GAA Programmes Could Be Worth Thousands Of Euro. 3 May 2018. 3 May 2018.