All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1985

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1985


team=Offaly
titles=2nd
captain=Pat Fleury
manager=Dermot Healy
munster=Cork
leinster=Offaly
ulster=Antrim
connacht=
poty=Eugene Coughlan
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1985 was the 99th 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 Offaly and Galway, with Offaly taking the title by 2-11 to 1-12. It was Offaly's second-ever All-Ireland title.

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 first All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second 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.
* The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland quarter-final where they played the winners of the All-Ireland ‘B’ championship. The winners of this game advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Leinster champions.

All-Ireland final

tatistics

footballbox
date=1985-09-01
15:15 BST
team1=Offaly
score=2-11 – 1-12
team2=Galway
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Croke Park, Dublin
attendance=61,451
referee= G. Ryan (Tipperary)

{| width=100% style="font-size: 90%"MATCH RULES
*70 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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