2017 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Explained

2017 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates:1 July – 15 October 2017
Teams:8
Sponsor:Garvey's SuperValu
Champions: Ballyduff
Count:25
Champions Captain:Mikey Boyle
Champions Manager:Bobby Thornhill
Runners-Up: Lixnaw
Runners-Up Captain:John Buckley
Runners-Up Manager:Mark Foley
Matches:16
Goals:39
Points:477
Top Scorer: Pádraig Boyle (4-51)
Previous Year:2016
Previous Tournament:2016 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Next Year:2018
Next Tournament:2018 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

The 2017 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 116th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The competition ran from 1 July to 15 October 2017.

Kilmoyley were the defending champions.[1]

The final, a replay, was played on 15 October 2017 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Ballyduff and Lixnaw, in what was their seventh meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in five years. Ballyduff won the match by 4–13 to 1–09 to claim a then record 25th championship title overall and a first title in five years.[2] [3]

Ballyduff's Pádraig Boyle was the championship's top scorer with 4-51.

Results

Final replay

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Pádraig BoyleBallyduff4-5163610.50
2Shane ConwayLixnaw2-354158.20
3John EganSt Brendan's1-363966.50
4Daniel CollinsKilmoyley2-3238312.66
5Nigel RocheAbbeydorney0-363649.00
6Mike ConwayLixnaw0-303056.00
7Cian HusseySt Brendan's3-172655.20
8Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's0-2121210.50
9Keith CarmodyCauseway2-111744.25
Philip LucidBallyheigue1-141728.50
Single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Pádraig BoyleBallyduff2-1117Lixnaw
Pádraig BoyleBallyduff1-1417Lixnaw
3Daniel CollinsKilmoyley2-0814Crotta O'Neill's
Daniel CollinsKilmoyley0-1414St Brendan's
5Shane ConwayLixnaw1-1013Ballyduff
6Cian HusseySt Brendan's2-0612Causeway
Pádraig BoyleBallyduff1-0912Kilmoyley
Nigel RocheAbbeydorney0-1212St Brendan's
9Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's0-1111Kilmoyley
10Aidan BoyleBallyduff3-0110Lixnaw
Philip LucidBallyheigue1-0710Lixnaw
Mike ConwayLixnaw0-1010Ballyduff
Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's0-1010Causeway
Daniel CollinsKilmoyley0-1010Ballyduff
John EganSt Brendan's0-1010Lixnaw
Nigel RocheABbeydorney0-1010St Brendan's

Notes and References

  1. News: Kerry SHC final replay: Kilmoyley hold on. 7 August 2023. The Kerryman. 24 September 2019.
  2. News: Kerry SHC final: Conway comes to Lixnaw's rescue. 7 August 2023. Hoga Stand. 8 October 2017.
  3. News: Kerry SHC final replay: Boyle is Ballyduff's hat-trick hero. 7 August 2023. Hogan Stand. 15 October 2017.