All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1931

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1931


team=Cork
titles=11th
captain=Eudie Coughlan
manager=
munster=Cork
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1931 was the 45th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from June to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 6 September. The match was contested by Cork and Kilkenny, with the game ending in a 1-6 to 1-6 draw. The replay took place on 11 October with both sides finishing level with 2-5 apiece. A second replay took place 1 November with Cork emerging as the champions by 5-8 to 3-4. The three-game saga is credited with popularizing hurling to an unprecedented level. It was the only time that an All-Ireland hurling final went to two replays.

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
* There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.

All-Ireland final

Drawn game statistics

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date=1931-09-06
15:15 BST
team1=Cork
score=1-6 – 1-6
team2=Kilkenny
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=26,460
referee= S. Robbins (Offaly)

econd replay statistics

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date=1931-11-01
15:15 BST
team1=Cork
score=5-8 – 3-4
team2=Kilkenny
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=31,935
referee= Willie Walsh (Waterford)

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"MATCH RULES
*60 minutes.
*Replay if scores level.
*Three named substitutes

References

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

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