1984 Centenary Cup | |
Dates: | 15 April - 20 May 1984 |
Teams: | 18 |
Sponsor: | Ford |
Champions: | Cork |
Count: | 1 |
Champions Captain: | John Fenton[1] |
Runners-Up: | Laois |
Runners-Up Captain: | Pat Critchley[2] |
Matches: | 17 |
Goals: | 73 |
Points: | 388 |
Top Scorer: | P. J. Cuddy (5-05) Billy Bohane (0-20) |
The 1984 Centenary Cup was a one-off staging of a special hurling competition organised as part of the Gaelic Athletic Association's centenary year celebrations.[3] The draw for the opening rounds took place on RTÉ Television on 4 February 1984. The competition ran from 15 April to 20 May 1984.
The final was played on 20 May 1984 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Laois, in what was their first meeting in a national final since the 1915 All-Ireland final. Cork won the match by 2-21 to 1-09.[4]
P. J. Cuddy and Billy Bohane were the top scorers.
Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
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1 | P. J. Cuddy | Laois | 5-05 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | |
Billy Bohane | Laois | 0-20 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | ||
3 | Pat Ryan | Waterford | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 | |
4 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 3-07 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | |
Noel Lane | Galway | 3-07 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 | ||
David Kilcoyne | Westmeath | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | ||
7 | Joe Dooley | Offaly | 3-06 | 15 | 3 | 5.00 | |
8 | Seánie O'Leary | Cork | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 | |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 1-10 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 | ||
10 | John Fenton | Cork | 0-12 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |