All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1902

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1902


team=Cork
titles=5th
captain=Jamesy Kelleher
manager=
munster=Cork
leinster=Dublin
ulster=Derry
connacht=Galway
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1902 was the 16th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran across three years from 1902, 1903 and 1904, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Jones’s Road, Dublin on 11 September, 1904. The match was contested by Cork, represented by Dungourney, and London, represented by the Brian Boru club, with Cork taking the title by 3-13 to 0-0. It was the only time that a team failed to score in an All-Ireland final.

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 Connacht Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions.
* The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Leinster champions.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* 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.

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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