2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Explained

2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates:19 July – 27 October 2013
Teams:8
Sponsor:Garvey's SuperValu
Champions: St Brendan's
Count:7
Champions Captain:Éamonn Corridan
Champions Manager:Pat O'Driscoll
Runners-Up: Lixnaw
Runners-Up Captain:James Flaherty
Runners-Up Manager:George Fitzgibbon
Matches:17
Goals:37
Points:426
Top Scorer: John Egan (1-54)
Previous Year:2012
Previous Tournament:2012 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Next Year:2014
Next Tournament:2014 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

The 2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 112th completed staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1889. The championship ran from 19 July to 27 October 2013.

Ballyduff entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Causeway in the quarter-finals.[1]

The final, a replay, was played on 27 October 2013 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between St. Brendan's and Lixnaw, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St Brendan's won the match by 0–13 to 0–08 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.[2] [3]

John Egan was the championship's top scorer with 1-54.

Team changes

To championship

From championship

Results

Final replay

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1John EganSt Brendan's1-545769.50
2Paul McGrathCauseway0-494968.16
3Shane BrickKilmoyley3-374659.20
4Ricky HeffernanLixnaw6-143265.33
5Pádraig BoyleBallyduff2-212746.75
6Brendan BrosnanLixnaw0-262664.66
7Philip LucidBallyheigue1-161929.50
8James FlahertyLixnaw1-151853.60
9Daniel O'LearyAbbeydorney0-171735.66
10Daniel CollinsKilmoyley1-121553.00
Single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1John EganSt Brendan's1-1215Causeway
2John EganSt Brendan's0-1414Ballyheigue
3Shane BrickKilmoyley1-1013Kenmare/Kilgarvan
Philip LucidBallyheigue1-1013Ballyduff
5Pádraig BoyleBallyduff0-1212Causeway
Paul McGrathCauseway0-1212St Brendan's
Paul McGrathCauseway0-1212Ballyduff
8Ricky HeffernanLixnaw3-0211Kilmoyley
9Ricky HeffernanLixnaw2-0410Ballyduff
Shane BrickKilmoyley0-1010Abbeydorney

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Web site: O'Sullivan on target to seal Kerry treble for Ballyduff. Irish Independent. 8 October 2012. 28 October 2013.
  2. Web site: Egan saves Saints with dramatic late equaliser. Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. 28 October 2013. Murt. Murphy.
  3. Web site: Famine over for Brendan's. Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. 28 October 2013. Murt. Murphy.
  4. Web site: Kenmare claim county intermediate hurling crown. Irish Independent. 18 July 2012. 28 October 2023. Murt. Murphy.