1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1901 was the 15th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. London won the championship, beating Cork 1–5 to 0–4 in the final.[1]

1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamLondon (1st win)
CaptainJack Coughlan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainPaddy Cantillon
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
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1902 →

Rule change

For the first time ever a hurling championship took place in all of the four historic provinces of Ireland - Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. For the purposes of the all GAA competitions, Britain was designated as a fifth Irish province. As a consequence, the winners of the championship in Britain would meet the winners of the championship in Ireland to decide the All-Ireland title holders.

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the home final.

Home final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the home final and London, who receive a bye to this stage of the championship, contest this game. The winners are declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Final Galway 4-10 - 2-0 Roscommon

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
26 April 1903 Final Wexford 7-6 - 1-3 Offaly Kilkenny

Munster Senior Hurling Championship
27 July 1902 Cork 2-12 - 1-5 Limerick Turner's Cross
31 August 1902 Kerry 1-4 - 3-12 Cork Markets Field
Referee: J Cummins
28 September 1902 Semi-final Limerick 6-9 - 3-13 Clare Markets Field
19 October 1902 Quarter-final Tipperary 7-12 - 0-00 Waterford Cork Athletic Grounds
7 December 1902 Semi-final refixture Limerick 0-1 - 2-10 Clare Markets Field
Referee: T Dooley
29 March 1903 Semi-final Cork w/o - scr. Tipperary
26 April 1903 Final Cork 3-10 - 2-6 Clare Markets Field

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
5 April 1903 Final Antrim 0-41 - 0-12 Derry

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
12 April 1903 Semi-final Wexford 7-12 - 1-3 Antrim Jones's Road
17 May 1903 Semi-final Cork 7-12 - 1-3 Galway Markets Field
14 June 1903 Home final Cork 2-8 - 0-6 Wexford Carrick-on-Suir
2 August 1903 Final London 1-5 - 0-4 Cork Jones's Road
Referee: J McCarthy

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • The Ulster Championship was contested for the first time.
  • The All-Ireland title went overseas for the first time when London defeated Cork in the decider. In doing so London became the sixth team to win the All-Ireland. The London team was made up of all Munster men: nine from Cork, four from Limerick, two from Clare and one each from Kerry and Tipperary.

References
  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

Sources
  • 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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