All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1896

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1896


team=Tipperary
titles=3rd
captain=Mikey Maher
manager=
munster=Tipperary
leinster=Dublin
ulster=
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1896 was the 10th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran throughout the whole of 1896, 1897 and 1898, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Jones's Road, Dublin on 27 March, 1898. The match was contested by Tipperary, represented by Tubberadora, and Dublin, represented by Commercials, with Tipperary taking the title by 8-14 to 0-4. It was Tipperary's second All-Ireland title in-a-row.

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:
* There were no All-Ireland semi-finals.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* There were no representatives from Ulster or Connacht in the championship.

All-Ireland final

tatistics

footballbox
date=1898-03-27
team1=Tipperary
(Tubberadora)
score=8-14 – 0-4
team2=Dublin
(Commercials)
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Jones's Road, Dublin
attendance=c.8,000
referee= D. Wood (Dublin)

References

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

ee also