1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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The 1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 18 May 1930 and ended on 7 September 1930.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 May â 7 September 1930 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (11th win) |
| Captain | John Joe Callinan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | Jimmy Walsh |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 11 |
| Goals total | 70 (6.3 per game) |
| Points total | 91 (8.2 per game) |
| Top Scorer | John Joe Callinan (5â1) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Clare in the Munster semi-final.
On 7 September 1930, Tipperary won the championship following a 5â06 to 3â06 victory over Dublin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[1] This was their 11th championship title overall and their first title since 1925.
Teams
A total of twelve teams contested the championship, the same number of participants from the previous championship. There were no new entrants.
Team summaries
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1914 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1929 | 1929 | 1929â30 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1927 | 1928 | 1928â29 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | ||
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1922 | 1926 | |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1921 | 1923 | |
| Meath | Green and gold | |||
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1925 | 1925 | 1927â28 |
| Waterford | White and blue | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
First round
| 18 May 1930 First round | Wexford | 3â02 â 5â02 | Laois | Wexford Park, Wexford |
| 18 May 1930 First round | Meath | 4â01 â 3â02 | Offaly | The Showgrounds, Navan |
| Doran 2â0, Finn 1â0, Martin Doherty 1â0, Mick Doherty 0â1. | Coughlan 1â0, Dooley 0â1, Grogan 0â1. |
Semi-finals
| 29 June 1930 Semi-final | Laois | 2â04 â 1â05 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| R Delaney 1â0, T Ryan 1â0, P Drennan 0â2, R Warner 0â2. | E Dunphy 1â0, Brennan 0â2, P Whelan 0â1, P Walsh 0â1, L Meagher 0â1. | Referee: J Hehir (Dublin) |
| 13 July 1030 Semi-final | Meath | 0â01 â 3â05 | Dublin | The Showgrounds, Navan |
| S Ã Foinn 0â1. | S Hegarty 1â3, M Power 1â1, T Burke 1â1. | Referee: WP Allen (Drogheda) |
Final
| 3 August 1930 Final | Dublin | 4â07 â 2â02 | Laois | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
| S Hegarty 1â2, Matty Power 1â2, T Burke 1â0, C Griffin 1â0, J Leeson 0â2, T Quinlan 0â1. | M Lalor 1â0, F Warner 1â0, J Cashin 0â2. |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
First round
| 25 May 1930 First round | Waterford | 3â04 â 3â03 | Limerick | Waterford Gaelic Field, Waterford |
| O'Keeffe 1â1, Fanning 1â0, C Ware 1â0, Power 0â2, Wyse 0â1. | O'Brien 1â0, Condon 1â0, Breen 1â0, McConnachie 0â1, Gleeson 0â1. | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: P Cahill (Tipperary) |
Semi-finals
| 6 July 1930 Semi-final | Cork | 5â06 â 6â06 | Clare | Ennis Road, Limerick |
| M Ahern 2â1, P Ahern 2â0, W Clancy 1â1, E Coughlan 0â2, M Hurley 0â2. | T O'Rourke 2â1, T Burnell 2â0, M O'Rourke 1â0, L Blake 1â0, J Gleeson 0â3, M Falvey 0â1, T Considine 0â1. | Referee: W Walsh (Waterford) |
| 13 July 1930 Semi-final | Waterford | 0â01 â 2â05 | Tipperary | Fraher Field, Dungarvan |
| Attendance: 8,000 Referee: S Ãg Murphy (Cork Co. Board) |
Final
| 27 July 1930 Final | Tipperary | 6â04 â 2â08 | Clare | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork |
| T Leahy 3â1, JJ Callanan 2â0, M Kennedy 1â0, P Cahill 0â2, T Treacy 0â1. | M Falvey 2â2, B Considine 0â2, J Gleeson 0â2, M Connery 0â1, T O'Rourke 0â1. | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: S Ãg Murphy (Cork Co. Board) |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Semi-final
| 17 August 1930 Semi-final | Dublin | 6â08 â 2â04 | Galway | St. Brendan's Park, Birr |
Final
| 7 September 1930 Final | Tipperary | 5â06 â 3â06 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
| Attendance: 21,730 Referee: S Jordan (Galway) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- On 13 July 1930, the Munster semi-final between Tipperary and Waterford ended in disarray after the referee, Seán Ãg Murphy, attempted to send off John and Charlie Ware of Waterford and John Joe Callanan of Tipperary. The Waterford players refused to leave and there was a delay of 12 minutes. The referee awarded the match to Tipperary.
- Tipperary become the first team to win the Triple Crown of hurling by winning the All-Ireland titles in the senior, junior and minor grades.[2]
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).