All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1901

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1901


team=London
titles=1st|
captain=Jack Coughlan
manager=
munster=Cork
leinster=Wexford
ulster=Antrim
connacht=Galway
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1901 was the 15th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran across three years from 1901, 1902 and 1903, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Jones’s Road, Dublin on 2 August, 1903. The match was contested by London, represented by a selection of their best players, and Cork, represented by Redmond’s, with London taking the title by 1-5 to 0-4. It was London’s first and, to date, their only 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 Leinster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Leinster champions.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Connacht Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions.
* The winners of the two All-Ireland semi-finals played each other in the ‘home’ All-Ireland final.
* As a gesture to the exiled hurlers, London received a bye to the official All-Ireland final where they played the winners of the ‘home’ final.

Results

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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date = April 12, 1903
Semi-Final
team1 = Wexford
score = 4-9 – 1-2
team2 = Antrim
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jones’s Road, Dublin----footballbox
date = May 17, 1903
Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 7-12 – 1-3
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Limerick----footballbox
date = June 14, 1903
'Home' Final
team1 = Cork
score = 2-8 – 0-6
team2 = Wexford
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Carrick-on-Suir----

All-Ireland final

Overview

Sunday 2 August, 1903 was the date of the 1901 All-Ireland senior hurling final between London and Cork. It was their first meeting in the history of the championship. London were appearing in their second consecutive championship decider after losing to Tipperary in 1900. Cork were lining out in the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1894 when the defeated Dublin to take the title.

Match report

The London players may have been excused if they gave a below par performance during the game due to their travel arrangements. They traveled by boat over night and only arrived in Ireland on the morning of the game and not on the Saturday evening as was planned. In spite of this their game was not affected. Cork won the toss and played with the wind for the opening thirty minutes as rain severely hampered the game. From the second match referee John McCarthy threw in the sliothar Cork went on the attack. Jack Coughlan played a captain’s role for London as he repelled the Cork offensive with a long puck to touch. From the resultant line ball the Londoners came back and got a point inside a minute. Both sides had some tough exchanges over the next period before Cork equalized. Cork took the lead soon afterwards; however, play was suspended for a short period when a London player received an injury. On resumption the exiles gained possession and parity was restored when they tapped over a point. At the interval both sides were level with 0-2 apiece. The second-half saw some great individual displays by both sets of players, however, the London team were sharper. With five minutes left the result was still in the balance. The exiles stormed ahead and scored the winning goal. Cork had no answer and at the long whistle they were the champions by 1-5 to 0-4. After the match the London captain was chaired off the field and was again chaired from the dressing-room to his hotel in the city. With the victory going to a London team comprised of nine Cork men, four Limerick men, 2 Clare men and one each from Kerry and Tipperary, the All-Ireland title went abroad for the first, and only, time in the history of the championship.

tatistics

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date=All-Ireland SHC Final
1903-08-02
team1=London
score=1-5 – 0-4
team2=Cork
report=
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Jones’s Road, Dublin
attendance=c.1,000
referee= John McCarthy (Kilkenny)

References

* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Fullam, Brendan, "Captains of the Ash" (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

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