All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1912

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1912


team=Kilkenny
titles=6th
captain=Sim Walton
manager=
munster=Cork
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=Antrim
connacht=Galway
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1912 was the 26th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran throughout the whole of 1912, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Jones’s Road, Dublin on 17 November. The match was contested by Kilkenny, represented by Tullaroan, and Cork, represented by Blackrock, with Kilkenny taking the title by 2-1 to 1-3. It was Kilkenny’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:
* The representatives from the Munster 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 Munster representatives.
* The winners of the Leinster 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 Leinster champions.

Results

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland series of games were severely hampered due a delay in playing the provincial championships in Munster. Because of this Limerick were nominated by the Munster Council to represent the province in the All-Ireland semi-final. Limerick, however, were later defeated by Cork in the Munster semi-final on 1 September. Cork later defeated Tipperary in the Munster final on 27 October to book their place in the All-Ireland final.

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date = August 25
Semi-Final
team1 = Limerick
score = 11-3 – 2-0
team2 = Antrim
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goals2 =
stadium = Jones’s Road, Dublin----footballbox
date = September 29
Semi-Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 8-3 – 2-2
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jones’s Road, Dublin----

All-Ireland final

Previous championship encounters

This particular fixture had become frequent in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championshipa round the turn of the century. Kilkenny had played Cork a total of six times in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. As of 1912 Kilkenny had recorded three wins over the great rivals while Cork had defeated Kilkenny on three occasions as well.

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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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