1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:	1900
Dates:	12 May 1901 - 26 October 1902
Connacht:	Galway
Munster:	Tipperary
Leinster:	Kilkenny
Ulster:	Antrim
Team:	Tipperary
Titles:	6th
Captain:	Ned Hayes
Team2:	London
Captain2:	Dan Horgan
Previous:	1899
Next:	1901
England:	London

The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 14th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 12 May 1901 and ended on 26 October 1902.

Tipperary were the defending champions, and retained their title following a 2-5 to 0-6 defeat of London in the final.^[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the home final.

Home final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the home final and London, who receive a bye to this stage of the championship, contest this game. The winners are declared All-Ireland champions.

Provincial championships

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Connacht Senior Hurling Championship. Final----

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. Semi-final

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship. Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

See main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

A team from Ulster participates in the championship for the first time with Antrim representing the northern province.
The Connacht championship is contested for the first time.
One of the All-Ireland semi-finals sees the Leinster and Munster champions play against each other. This did not happen again until the 1928 championship.
As a gesture to the exiles, London were allowed to participate in the championship for the first time and are given a bye to the final.
Tipperary become the second team to win three successive All-Ireland titles.

Sources

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

Notes and References

Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 26 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .