All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1910

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1910


team=Wexford
titles=1st
captain=Dick Doyle
manager=
munster=Limerick
leinster=Wexford
ulster=Antrim
connacht=Galway
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1910 was the 24th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran throughout the whole of 1910, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Jones’s Road, Dublin on 20 November. The match was contested by Wexford, represented by Castlebridge, and Limerick, represented by a Castleconnell, with Wexford taking the title by 7-0 to 6-2. It was Wexford’s first All-Ireland title ever.

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 Ulster Championship advanced directly to the first of two All-Ireland quarter-finals.
* A Glasgow team made up of Irish ex-pats entered the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage where they played the Ulster champions.
* The representatives from the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland quarter-final.
* A London team made up of Irish ex-pats entered the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage where they played the Leinster representatives.
* The winners of these two quarter-finals advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* The representatives from the Munster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Connacht Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster representatives.
* The winners of the two All-Ireland semi-finals met in the All-Ireland final.

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 and Leinster. Because of this Kilkenny, the reigning All-Ireland champions, were nominated by the Leinster Council to represent the province in the All-Ireland quarter-final. Kilkenny, however, were later defeated by Dublin in the Leinster semi-final. Dublin, in turn, were later defeated by Wexford in the Leinster final. A similar delay occurred in Munster. Cork were nominated by the Munster Council to represent the province in the All-Ireland semi-final. They were subsequently defeated by Limerick in the Munster final.

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date = July 31
Quarter-Final
team1 = Glasgow
score = 1-13 – 0-7
team2 = Antrim
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Belfast----footballbox
date = August 21
Semi-Final
team1 = Cork
score = 7-3 – 1-0
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Tuam----footballbox
date = September 4
Quarter-Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 5-11 – 0-3
team2 = London
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Waterford----footballbox
date = October 2
Semi-Final
team1 = Dublin
score = 6-6 – 5-1
team2 = Glasgow
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jones’s Road, Dublin----footballbox
date = November 20
Final
team1 = Wexford
score = 7-0 – 6-2
team2 = Limerick
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Jones’s Road, Dublin----

All-Ireland final

Overview

Sunday 20 November was the date of the 1910 All-Ireland senior hurling final between Wexford and Limerick. It was their first ever meeting in the history of the championship. Wexford were appearing in the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1901. That year they lost the ‘home’ championship decider to Cork. Limerick were appearing in their second All-Ireland final ever. They last lined out on hurling’s biggest day in 1897 when they defeated Kilkenny to take the title. It would be 45 years before both Limerick and Wexford would meet in the championship again.

Match report

The All-Ireland final of 1910 saw the Gaelic Athletic Association’s new rules being implemented in the championship decider for the first time. New goalposts consisting of two uprights, 21 feet apart and 16 feet high with a crossbar 8 feet from the ground, formed the new goal-scoring area. Similarly, a parallelogram 45 feet by 15 feet was located in front of goal. Goals scored were only allowed provided attacking players were not therein before the arrival if the sliothar. This rule in particular caused some confusion during the Wexford-Limerick match.

When the Wexford men arrived onto the field they were greeted by one of the biggest cheers of the day. They were the underdogs going into the game as Limerick had a reputation of hurling excellence in their own province. Reputations counted for little when M.F. Crowe, surprisingly a Limerick native, threw in the sliothar and the game began. Wexford were regarded as the better team in the opening half-hour of hurling. Their captain, Dick Doyle, was doing sterling work in helping to secure vital goals. Limerick, unsure about the new parallelogram rules had a goal disallowed at the end of the first-half. After the interval Wexford struggled for the first fifteen minutes before Limerick took charge for the next ten minutes. The Munster men rushed in a goal and were only one point in arrears coming into the closing stages of the game. It seemed as if the Wexford men were done for, however, the last seven minutes saw them give a master class of defensive play. Limerick, however, went on the attack again but their shot went wide. The puck-out went Wexford’s way; however, the Limerick men secured possession once again. It was too late for Limerick as the long whistle sounded and Wexford were the champions with a score of 7-0 to 6-2.

tatistics

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date=All-Ireland SHC Final
1910-11-20
team1=Wexford
score= 7-0 – 6-2
team2=Limerick
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goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Jones’s Road, Dublin
attendance=4,780
referee= M.F. CRowe (Limerick)

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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