All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1935

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1935


team=Kilkenny
titles=11th
captain=Lory Meagher
manager=
munster=Limerick
leinster=Kilkenny
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connacht=
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1935 was the 49th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 September. The match was contested by Kilkenny and Limerick, with Kilkenny taking the title by 2-5 to 2-4. It was Kilkenny’s third All-Ireland title in four years.

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 Leinster champions.
* There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.

All-Ireland final

Overview

Sunday 1 September was the date of the 1935 All-Ireland senior hurling final between Kilkenny and Limerick. It was their first meeting in the championship since the 1933 decider when Kilkenny were the winners. Limerick last won the All-Ireland title in 1934 when they defeated Dublin after a replay. Kilkenny were going for a second defeat of Limerick in the All-Ireland finals in three years while Limerick were hoping to defeat Kilkenny in the championship decider for the first time since 1897.

Match report

At 3:15pm the former Clare hurler and match referee Tommy Daly got the game underway in earnest. Limerick, after coming through a tough provincial campaign in Munster were regarded as the favourites while the Kilkenny team were regarded as being too old to trouble the Munster men who were undefeated in 35 games over the course of two years. A record crowd of 46,591, for any GAA match up to that point, thronged Croke Park in anticipation of a hurling classic. The elements conspired against the hurlers as the rain came down in torrents during the entire game. In spite of this, both teams served up an epic encounter. Kilkenny had their homework done on Limerick before the game. Team captain Lory Meagher urged his team to keep the sliothar on the ground and keep it moving quickly. This was designed to combat the stylish Limerick players who preferred aerial battle. Meagher conducted the Kilkenny attack from midfield and set up some important scores. After an exciting opening half the Kilkenny team had a narrow 1-3 to 1-2 lead. Limerick’s goal came after Mick Mackey sent a free crashing to the net.

Immediately after the restart Limerick equalized and an exciting thirty minutes was in prospect. A hectic ten minute passage of play saw the sliothar move all over the field; however, neither side recorded a score. Then Lory Meagher sent over a point to give Kilkenny a lead that they would never surrender. Martin White added a point shortly afterwards to give Kilkenny a two-point cushion. Kilkenny were well on top going into the last quarter as Lory Meagher stepped up to take a sideline cut. He landed the sliothar into Martin White’s hand and he made no mistake in turning around and crashing it into the net. With ten minutes left to play Kilkenny were five points ahead and had one hand on the cup. The game was not over yet as Paddy McMahon goaled for Limerick before Mickey Cross sent over a point to cut the deficit to the minimum. Immediately after the puck-out Limerick launched an all-out attack on the Kilkenny goalmouth in search of an equalizer or a winner, however, the Kilkenny defence stood firm. Tommy Daly sounded the full-time whistle shortly afterwards and Kilkenny were the champions with a 2-5 to 2-4 win.

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date=1935-09-01
15:15 BST
team1=Kilkenny
score=2-5 – 2-4
team2=Limerick
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stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=46,591
referee= Tommy Daly (Clare)

{| 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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