1890 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:	1890
Dates:	3 August 1890 - 16 November 1890
Teams:	11
Munster:	Cork
Leinster:	Wexford
Matches:	6
Team:	Cork
Titles:	1st
Captain:	Dan Lane
Team2:	Wexford
Captain2:	Nicholas Daly
Totalgoals:	13 (2.1 per game)
Totalpoints:	35 (5.8 per game)
Previous:	1889
Next:	1891

The 1890 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 3 August 1890 and ended on 16 November 1890.

Dublin were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series. Cork won the title, after successfully launching an objection having originally been beaten by Wexford in the final.^[1]

Teams

A total of eleven teams contested the championship, one more than the previous year.

The Leinster championship was contested by five teams. Kildare made a return to the championship after a one-year absence, however, they failed to field a team and gave a walkover to their opponents.

All six counties entered a team in the Munster championship, however, a number of walkovers meant that only two games were played.

Once again, the hurling championship was not contested in either Connacht or Ulster.

General information

Eleven counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

County	Club	Province	Colours	Appearance	Position in 1889 Championship	Provincial Titles	Last provincial title	Championship Titles	Last championship title
Clare	Ennis Dalcassians	Munster	-	4th	Runners-up	1	1889	0	-
Cork	Aghabullogue	Munster	Green and white	3rd	Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	1	1888	0	-
Dublin	Kickhams	Leinster	Red	4th	Champions	1	1889	1	1889
Kerry	Kilmoyley	Munster	Green and yellow	2nd	Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	0	-	0	-
Kildare	Monasterevin	Leinster	Blue and white	2nd	-	0	-	0	-
Kilkenny	Bennettsbridge	Leinster	Green and yellow	4th	Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	1	1888	0	-
Laois	Clonaslee	Leinster	Red and white	3rd	Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	0	-	0	-
Limerick	South Liberties	Munster	Green and white	3rd	Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	0	-	0	-
Tipperary	Toomevara	Munster	Green and yellow	4th	Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	0	-	1	1887
Waterford		Munster	-	3rd	Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	0	-	0	-
Wexford	Castlebridge	Leinster	-	2nd	-	0	-	0	-

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Final

See main article: 1890 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The Leinster quarter-final between Wexford and Kilkenny was played in Waterford. It was the first time that a game from the Leinster championship was played at a Munster venue.
• In the provincial championships Cork win their first Munster title and Wexford win their first Leinster title.
• The All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford was the first championship meeting between the two teams. The game was unfinished and Cork awarded the title after Cork withdraw on the grounds of excessively rough play by the opposition.

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

External links

• 1890 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 20 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .