1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling ChampionshipChampionship details |
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Dates | 25 May - 7 September 1969 |
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Teams | 13 |
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All-Ireland champions |
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Winning team | Kilkenny (17th win) |
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Captain | Eddie Keher |
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All-Ireland Finalists |
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Losing team | Cork |
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Captain | Denis Murphy |
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Provincial champions |
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Munster | Cork |
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Leinster | Kilkenny |
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Ulster | Not Played |
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Connacht | Not Played |
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Championship statistics |
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No. matches played | 12 |
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Top Scorer | Paddy Molloy (8-18) |
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Player of the Year | Ted Carroll |
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All-Star Team | See here |
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1969 was the 83rd staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Cork 2-15 to 2-9 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
The championship
Participating counties
Format
Leinster Championship
First round: (1 match) This is a single match between two of the weaker teams drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the quarter-final.
Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a single match between the winner of the first round and another team drawn from the province of Leinster. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the quarter-final join three other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.
Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the final.
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland final.
All-Ireland Championship
Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between London and the Leinster champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winner advances to the All-Ireland final.
Final: (1 match) The semi-final winner and the Munster champions contest the final.
Fixtures
Waterford | 1-12 – 3-18 | Tipperary |
T. Walsh (0-9), M. Hickey (2-1), P. Enright (0-1), D. Mahon (0-1). | | J. Doyle (1-8), M. Keating (1-5), J. Flanagan (1-1), M. Roche (0-2), S. McLoughlin (0-1), F. Loughnane (0-1). |
Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)
Cork | 3-8 – 1-4 | Clare |
C. McCarthy (3-1), E. O'Brien (0-3), P. Hegarty (0-2), C. Cullinane (0-1), W. Walsh (0-1). | | T. Ryan (0-4), L. Danaher (1-0). |
Attendance: 21,200
Referee: S. O'Connor (Limerick)
Tipperary | 0-14 – 2-5 | Limerick |
J. Doyle (0-5), M. Keating (0-4), F. Loughnane (0-3), D. Nealon (0-1), J. Flanagan (0-1). | | T. Bluett (2-0), E. Cregan (0-3), M. Dowling (0-1), A. Dunworth (0-1). |
Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)
Cork | 3-15 – 1-10 | Galway |
C. McCarthy (1-5), C. Cullinane (1-2), W. Walsh (1-2), P. Hegarty (0-3), G. McCarthy (0-2), D. Coughlan (0-1). | | J. Connolly (0-4), B. O'Connor (1-0), P. Mitchell (0-2), D. Coen (0-2), M. O'Connor (0-1), P. Fahy (0-1). |
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: G. Fitzgerald (Limerick)
Cork | 4-6 – 0-9 | Tipperary |
W. Walsh (3-0), C. McCarthy (1-1), P. Hegarty (0-2), D. Coughlan (0-2), T. Ryan (0-1). | | J. Doyle (0-5), J. Flanagan (0-1), S. McLoughlin (0-1), N. O'Dwyer (0-1), P. J. Ryan (0-1). |
Attendance: 43,569
Referee: S. O'Connor (Limerick)
Laois | 5-12 – 0-1 | Westmeath |
P. Bates (2-4), J. Cuddy (1-1), G. Conroy (1-1), T. Keenan (1-1), J. Lyons (0-2), J. Dooley (0-1), P. Dowling (0-1), E. Jones (0-1). | | P. Bradley (0-1). |
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)
Laois | 2-5 – 8-10 | Offaly |
C. O'Brien (2-0), P. Bates (0-3), P. Dowling (0-2). | | P. Molloy (5-4), T. Dooley (2-0), W. Gorman (1-1), J. Healion (0-3), G. Burke (0-1), P. Mulhaire (0-1). |
Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)
Kilkenny | 2-20 – 2-6 | Dublin |
E. Keher (1-10), P. Moran (1-0), M. Lawlor (0-3), P. Lawlor (0-3), J. Kinsella (0-2), J. Millea (0-1), P. Delaney (0-1). | | J. Dolan (1-1), N. Kinsella (1-0), E. Flynn (0-3), A. Loughnane (0-1), D. Foley (0-1). |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: B. Stack (Laois)
Offaly | 5-10 – 3-11 | Wexford |
P. Molloy (3-4), J. Flaherty (1-3), W. Gorman (1-1), G. Burke (0-1), P. J. Whelehan (0-1). | | T. Doran (2-3), M. Botler (1-1), P. Lynch (0-3), C. Jacob (0-2), W. Murphy (0-1), P. Sinnott (0-1). |
Referee: J. Rankin (Laois)
Kilkenny | 3-9 – 0-16 | Offaly |
P. Delaney (3-0), E. Keher (0-5), M. Brennan (0-2), J. Millea (0-1), J. Lynch (0-1). | | P. Molloy (0-8), J. Flaherty (0-3), D. Hanniffy (0-2), P. Mulhaire (0-1), J. Kirwan (0-1), J. Healion (0-1). |
Referee: J. Gray (Dublin)
Kilkenny | 3-22 – 1-10 | London |
Fr. T. Murphy (3-1), E. Keher (0-12), P. Kavanagh (0-3), P. Delaney (0-2), F. Cummins (0-1), S. Buckley (0-1), J. Millea (0-1), S. Cleere (0-1). | | J. Bennett (0-5), T. Connolly (1-0), B. Barry (0-3), N. Power (0-1), P. Fahy (0-1). |
Referee: A. Higgins (Galway)
Kilkenny | 2-15 – 2-9 | Cork |
E. Keher (0-8), M. Brennan (1-1), J. Millea (1-0), M. Coogan (0-3), P. Kavanagh (0-1), P. Moran (0-1), M. Lawler (0-1). | | C. McCarthy (1-6), P. Hegarty (1-1), E. O'Brien (0-1), G. McCarthy (0-1). |
Attendance: 66,844
Referee: S. O'Connor (Limerick)
Championship statistics
Scoring
- Hat-trick heroes:
- Widest winning margin: 26 points
- Most goals in a match: 10
- Most points in a match: 32
- Most goals by one team in a match: 8
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
- Most points scored by a losing team: 12
Miscellaneous
- Offaly reach the Leinster final for the first time since 1928.
- Kilkenny's 2-15 to 2-9 victory over Cork in the All-Ireland final was their biggest triumph over their archrivals since the 1905 All-Ireland final. The score on that occasion was 7-7 to 2-9.
Top scorers
Season
Single game
Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1969 championship:
Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1969 championship:
References
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
- Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
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