1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1972–73
Championship Details
Dates	26 November 1972 – 9 December 1973
Teams	23
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Glen Rovers (1st win)
Captain	Denis Coughlan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	St Rynagh's
Captain	Frank Whelahan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Glen Rovers
Leinster	St. Rynagh's
Ulster	O'Donovan Rossa
Connacht	Castlegar
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	22
Total Goals	142 (.45 per game)
Total Points	345 (15.68 per game)
Top Scorer	Barney Moylan (2–29)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 26 November 1972 to 9 December 1973.

Dates26 November 1972 – 9 December 1973

Teams23

WinnersGlen Rovers (1st win)

CaptainDenis Coughlan

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Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by St Finbarr's in the first round of the 1972 Cork SHC.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 9 December 1973, between Glen Rovers of Cork and St Rynagh's of Offaly, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Glen Rovers won the match by 2–18 to 2–08 to claim a first title.^[4]^[5]

Barney Moylan was the championship's top scorer with 2–29.

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21 January 1973 Quarter-final	Tooreen	3–06 – 3–06	Tremane	Hollymount Grounds
	J Henry 1-4, A Henry 1-0, M Keane 1-0, M Henry 0-1, T Henry 0-1.		J Kilroy 1-3, R Fallon 1-2, M Keane 1-0, M Beirne 0-1.	Referee: M Burke (Sligo)

18 February 1973 Quarter-final	Craobh Rua	5–02 – 1–03	Carrick-on-Shannon	Markievicz Park
	T Flannery 3-1, F King 1-1, L Devine 1-0.		M Poyner 1-0, K Moran 0-2, T Riordan 0-1.

4 March 1973 Semi-final	Tremane	5–10 – 2–06	Craobh Rua	Athleague Sportsfield
	R Fallon 3-3, T Healy 2-1, J Kilroy 0-3, M Beirne 0-1, J Coyne 0-1, S Farrell 0-1.		C Lalor 1-3, T Barrett 1-2, M McTaigue 0-1.	Referee: M Flaherty (Galway)

18 March 1973 Final	Tremane	2–07 – 7–12	Castlegar	Athleague Sportsfield
	T Healy 1-2, M Kilroy 1-1, J Coyne 0-2, B Curley 0-1, M O'Connell 0-1.		P Egan 4-0, D Furey 2-1, P Glynn 1-3, N Commins 0-4, T Glynn 0-2, J Connolly 0-1, G Glynn 0-1.

26 November 1972 First round	Arklow Rock Parnells	5–11 – 5–03	Palatine	Parnell Park
	A Byrne 1–4, J McDonald 2–0, M O'Brien 0–5, O'Reilly 1–1, K Mellon 1–1.		T Nolan 3–0, JJ Canavan 2–0, W Cullen 0–2, C Keegan 0–1.

1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Connacht first round

Connacht semi-final

Connacht final

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Leinster first round

Leinster quarter-finals

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Ulster final

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

References

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11 March 1973 First round	Éire Óg	1–07 – 2–07	Borris-in-Ossory	St Conleth's Park
	J Winders 0–5, R Donnelly 1–0, J Murphy 0–1, J Sharpe 0–1.		P Dollard 2–1, PJ Jones 0–4, S Fahy 0–1, J Hanrahan 0–1,

10 December 1972 Quarter-final	Arklow Rock Parnells	4–03 – 4–08	Rathnure	Parnell Park
	A Byrne 1–1, K Mellon 1–0, K Power 1–0, P Keogh 1–0, T Byrne 0–1, M O'Brien 0–1.		P Hendrick 2–1, M Byrne 1–1, J Quigley 1–1, J Murphy 0–2, D Quigley 0–1, S Barron 0–1, M Quigley 0–1.	Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)

10 December 1973 Quarter-final	Boardsmill	7–02 – 9–12	Faughs	St Loman's Park
	S Garrigan 4-2, S Kearney 1-0, D Fay 1-0, TJ Reilly 1-0.		T Maher 4-1, P O'Neill 2-4, M Fitzgerald 1-2, B Walsh 1-2, A Dunworth 1-1, J Lyon 0-1, S Buckley 0-1.

11 March 1973 Quarter-final	St Brigid's	1–04 – 3–11	St Rynagh's	Cusack Park
	N Maher 1–0, C Gavin 0–1, O Egan 0–1, O Gallagher 0–1, V Bradley 0–1.		G Burke 2–1, B Moylan 0–4, M Moylan 1–0, P Mulhaire 0–3, S Moylan 0–2, PJ Whelehan 0–1.

8 April 1973 Quarter-final	Borris-in-Ossory	3–07 – 4–12	The Fenians	O'Moore Park
	M Dollard 0–4, P Dollard 1–0, L Dollard 1–0, S Fahy 1–0, B Dollard 0–2, J Phelan 0–1.		P Broderick 2–5, J Moriarty 1–2, W Watson 1–1, M Garrett 0–2, P Delaney 0–1, G Murphy 0–1.

22 April 1973 Semi-final	Rathnure	3–13 – 2–12	Faughs	Nowlan Park
	P Hendrick 1–2, D Quigley 0–5, P Flynn 1–1, M Quigley 1–1, T O'Connor 0–2, J Mooney 0–2.		A Dunworth 1–11, J Aherne 1–0, A Devitt 0–1.

22 April 1973 Semi-final	The Fenians	3–01 – 2–13	St Rynagh's	Nowlan Park
	J Moriarty 1-0, B Watson 1-0, M Garrett 1-0, P Broderick 0-1.		B Moylan 0-10, G Burke 1-1, P Horan 1-0, P Johnson 0-1, M Moylan 0-1.	Referee: M Bowe (Wexford)

5 May 1973 Final	St Rynagh's	5–05 – 2–13	Rathnure	Dr Cullen Park
	B Moylan 1–4, S Moylan 1–0, G Burke 1–0, R Horan 1–0, B Lyons 1–0, P Horan 0–1.		D Quigley 2–3, P Hendrick 0–3, P Flynn 0–1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

14 January 1973 Quarter-final	South Liberties	2–07 – 3–10	Glen Rovers	Gaelic Grounds
	J McKenna 2–1, É Grimes 0–3, M Shanahan 0–3.		J Young 2–1, J O'Neill 1–1, J McCarthy 0–2, P Doherty 0–2, D Coughlan 0–2, T Buckley 0–1, P Harte 0–1.

28 January 1973 Quarter-final	Roscrea	5–11 – 1–09	Mount Sion	St Cronan's Park
	F Loughnane 1–10, J Tynan 1–1, M Minogue 1–0, P Roland 1–0, J Hannon 1–0.		S Greene 1–3, J Greene 0–2, F Walsh 0–2, M Geary 0–1, W Power 0–1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Barney Moylan	St Rynagh's	2–29	35	5	7.00
2	Tom Buckley	Glen Rovers	3–16	25	5	5.00
3	Gerry Burke	St Rynagh's	6–02	20	4	5.00
4	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	1–17	20	3	6.66
5	Andy Dunworth	Faughs	2–12	18	2	9.00
6	Ray Fallon	Tremane	4–05	17	3	5.66
7	Pat Hendrick	Rathnure	3–06	15	3	5.00
7	Dan Quigley	Rathnure	2–09	15	3	5.00
9	Séamus Garrigan	Boardsmill	4–02	14	1	14.00
9	Liam McAuliffe	Glen Rovers	4–02	14	5	2.80

10 March 1973 Semi-final	Ballyduff	0–01 – 5–06	Glen Rovers	Austin Stack Park
	P Costello 0–1.		F Cunningham 4–0, T Buckley 1–2, P Harte 0–2, G O'Sullivan 0–1, P Doherty 0–1.	Referee: J Quaid (Limerick)

11 March 1973 Semi-final	Roscrea	3–13 – 4–04	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Gaelic Grounds
	W Stapleton 2–2, J Cunningham 1–3, J Tynan 0–2, L Spooner 0–2, M Minogue 0–1, D Moloney 0–1, J Hannon 0–1, F Loughnane 0–1.		M O'Leary 2–0, M Gilmartin 1–1, G Lohan 1–0, J McNamara 0–2, P McNamara 0–1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

22 April 1973 Final	Glen Rovers	2–09 – 1–10	Roscrea	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	L McAuliffe 2–2, D Coughlan 0–2, P Harte 0–2, M Ryan 0–2, P Doherty 0–1.		F Loughnane 0–6, J Cunningham 1–1, J Tynan 0–2, J Crampton 0–1.	Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

6 May 1973 Semi-final	Glen Rovers	6–09 – 1–07	Castlegar	Cork Athletic Grounds
	T Buckley 1–4, L McAuliffe 2–0, JJ O'Neill 1–1, P Harte 1–0, M Ryan 1–0, P Doherty 0–2, J Young 0–2.		N Cummins 1–2, M Connolly 0–2, T Murphy 0–1, D Furey 0–1, G Glynn 0–1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

20 May 1973 Semi-final	O'Donovan Rossa	2–08 – 5–09	St Rynagh's	McAllister & McVeigh Memorial Park
	S Collins 1–0, D McConnell 1–0, A Hamill 0–3, P Kane 0–2, L Hamill 0–2, S Clarke 0–1.		B Moylan 1–5, G Burke 2–0, R Horan 1–0, S Lyons 1–0, P Horan 0–3, P Mulhaire 0–1.	Referee: E Devlin (Tyrone)

9 December 1973 Final	Glen Rovers	2–18 – 2–08	St Rynagh's	Croke Park
	T Buckley 1–9, R Crowley 0–4, P Harte 1–0, M Ryan 0–3, J Young 0–1, JJ O'Neill 0–1.		B Moylan 0–6, B Johnston 1–1, P Mulhaire 1–0, P Horan 0–2.	Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)