Munster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics
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This page details statistics of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.
General performances
Performance by county
County | Title(s) | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|
File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork[1] | 54 | 30 | 1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018 | 1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013 |
File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary[2] | 42 | 28 | 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 | 1894, 1904, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1923, 1926, 1935, 1936, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2019, 2021 |
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick[3] | 25 | 27 | 1897, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1921, 1923, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | 1891, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1905, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1937, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1956, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2014 |
File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford[4] | 9 | 21 | 1938, 1948, 1957, 1959, 1963, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010 | 1903, 1925, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020 |
File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare[5] | 6 | 25 | 1889, 1914, 1932, 1995, 1997, 1998 | 1899, 1901, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1938, 1955, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry[6] | 1 | 5 | 1891 | 1889, 1890, 1900, 1892, 1908 |
Counties
By Semi-Final/Top 4 Appearances (since 2015)
Team | No. | Years |
---|---|---|
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick | 10 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork | 9 | 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare | 8 | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary | 7 | 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 |
File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford | 6 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024 |
Other records
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1890s: 4 each for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1890-92-93-94) and Tipperary (1895-96-98-99)
- 1900s: 6 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1901-02-03-04-05-07)
- 1910s: 3 each for File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1910-11-18), File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1912-15-19) and File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary (1913-16-17)
- 1920s: 5 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1920-26-27-28-29)
- 1930s: 4 for File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1933-34-35-36)
- 1940s: 5 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1942-43-44-46-47)
- 1950s: 4 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1952-53-54-56)
- 1960s: 7 for File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary (1960-61-62-64-65-67-68)
- 1970s: 7 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
- 1980s: 5 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1982-83-84-85-86)
- 1990s: 3 each for File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1995-97-98) and File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1990-92-99)
- 2000s: 4 for File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (2000-03-05-06)
- 2010s: 4 for File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary (2011-12-15-16)
- 2020s: 5 for File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (2020-21-22-23-24)
Finishing positions
- Most championships
- 54, File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1888, 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2018)
- Most second-place finishes
- 30, File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (1896, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1916, 1921, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2010, 2013)
- Most third-place finishes
- 3, File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (2019, 2022, 2024)
- Most fourth-place finishes
- 2, File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (2022, 2024)
- Most fifth-place finishes
- 3, File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (2018, 2019, 2023)
Other records
Biggest wins
- The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
- 31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-03 – 1-02 Clare
- 31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 – 3-06 Waterford
- 28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 – 0-00 Limerick
- 27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 – 1-01 Waterford
- 26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 – 1-04 Limerick
- 23 points – 1899: Tipperary 5-16 – 0-08 Clare
- 22 points – 1900: Tipperary 6-11 – 2-01 Kerry
- 22 points – 1972: Cork 6-18 – 2-08 Clare
- 21 points – 2016: Tipperary 5-19 (34) – (13 0-13 Waterford
- 21 points – 1896: Tipperary 7-09 – 2-03 Cork
- 21 points – 2011: Tipperary 7-19 – 0-19 Waterford
- 20 points – 1962: Tipperary 5-14 – 2-03 Waterford
- 19 points – 1915: Cork 8-02 – 2-01 Clare
- 19 points – 1983: Cork 3-22 – 0-12 Waterford
- 18 points – 1993: Tipperary 3-27 – 2-12 Clare
- 18 points – 1965: Tipperary 4-11 – 0-05 Cork
- The most one sided games from the semi-final and quarter-final stages of the championship:
Successful defending
Only 4 teams of the 6 who have won the Munster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:
- File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork on 27 attempts out of 50 (1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1920, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2000, 2006, 2018)
- File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary on 16 attempts out of 40 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1917, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012)
- File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick on 11 attempts out of 24 (1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1974, 1981, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare on 1 attempt out of 6 (1998)
The most consecutive titles is 6 in a row, achieved by just one county:
- File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick in 2019–24
Gaps
- Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
- 63 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1932-1995)
- 39 years: File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (1963-2002)
- 25 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1889-1914)
- 18 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1955-1973)
- 18 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1914-1932)
- 17 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1996-2013)
- 16 years: File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary (1971-1987)
- 15 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1940-1955)
- 13 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1981-1994)
- 13 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1897-1910)
- Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster finals:
- 22 years: File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (1903-1925)
- 18 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1938-1955)
- 16 years: File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (1966-1982)
- 15 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1956-1971)
- 13 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1901-1914)
- 12 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1955-1967)
- 11 years: File:Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary (1973-1984)
- 11 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1981-1992)
- 10 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1889-1899)
- 10 years: File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (1924-1934)
Active Gaps
- Longest active gaps since last title:
- 133 years: File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1891–)
- 26 years: File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare (1998–)
- 14 years: File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (2010–)
- 8 years: File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary (2016–)
- 6 years: File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (2018–)
- Longest active gaps since last championship final appearance:
- 116 years: File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (1908–)
- 6 years: File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (2018–)
- 4 years: File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford (2020–)
- 3 years: File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary (2021–)
- Longest active gap since last championship appearance:
- 55 years: File:Colours of Galway.svg Galway (1969–)
- 20 years: File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (2004–)
Munster final pairings
Pairing | Meetings | First meeting | Last meeting |
---|---|---|---|
Cork v Tipperary | 34 | 1894 | 2006 |
Cork v Limerick | 21 | 1893 | 2014 |
Limerick v Tipperary | 17 | 1895 | 2021 |
Clare v Cork | 14 | 1888 | 2018 |
Cork v Waterford | 13 | 1903 | 2010 |
Tipperary v Waterford | 9 | 1925 | 2016 |
Clare v Limerick | 9 | 1918 | 2024 |
Clare v Tipperary | 6 | 1899 | 2008 |
Limerick v Waterford | 4 | 1933 | 2020 |
Clare v Waterford | 2 | 1938 | 1998 |
Kerry v Cork | 2 | 1890 | 1892 |
Kerry v Tipperary | 2 | 1900 | 1908 |
Clare v Kerry | 1 | 1889 | |
Kerry v Limerick | 1 | 1891 |
Longest undefeated run
- File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork (15 matches): Cork's run began with a 1-19 to 2-8 win against Tipperary in the quarter-final of the 1982 championship and finished with a 1-18 apiece draw with Tipperary in the Munster final of the 1987 championship. The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included just one drawn game, ended with a 4-22 to 1-22 extra-time loss to Tipperary in the replay of the 1987 Munster final.
- File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick (15 matches): As of 11 June 2023, Limerick are currently unbeaten in 15 Munster Championship games, a run that started in the 2019 Munster Final on 30 June 2019.
Players
Top scorers
All time
This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Munster Championship.
Pos. | Name | Team | Goals | Points | Total |
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1 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 18 | 320 | 374 |
2 | Christy Ring | Cork | 29 | 146 | 233 |
3 | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 10 | 184 | 214 |
4 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 12 | 177 | 213 |
5 | Tony Kelly | Clare | 7 | 167 | 188 |
6 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 19 | 120 | 177 |
7 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 16 | 125 | 173 |
8 | Jason Forde | Tipperary | 8 | 148 | 172 |
9 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 22 | 103 | 169 |
10 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 7 | 139 | 160 |
11 | Mick Mackey | Limerick | 30 | 61 | 151 |
12 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 24 | 78 | 150 |
13 | Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 16 | 97 | 145 |
14 | Joe Deane | Cork | 6 | 114 | 132 |
15 | Peter Duggan | Clare | 5 | 112 | 124 |
16 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 14 | 77 | 119 |
17 | Tony O'Sullivan | Cork | 1 | 115 | 118 |
18 | John Fenton | Cork | 5 | 102 | 117 |
19 | Jimmy Smyth | Clare | 20 | 53 | 113 |
20 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 6 | 91 | 109 |
21 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 8 | 84 | 108 |
22 | Pat Fox | Tipperary | 6 | 86 | 104 |
23 | Michael Cleary | Tipperary | 8 | 79 | 103 |
Shane Dowling | Limerick | 3 | 94 | 103 | |
25 | Jimmy Kennedy | Cork | 33 | 3 | 102 |
By year
Single game
Finals
All-time appearances
Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christy Ring | Cork | 49 | 1940-1963 |
Munster final appearances
Rank | Player | Team | Appearances | Finals |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Christy Ring | Cork | 18 | 1940, 1940 (R), 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 |
2 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 14 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
3 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 11 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971 |
Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 11 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 | |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 11 | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Munster medal winners
Rank | Player | Team | No. | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Doyle | Tipperary | 10 | 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Cork | 10 | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |
3 | Christy Ring | Cork | 9 | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956 |
Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 9 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971 | |
Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 | |
Gerald McCarthy | Cork | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 | |
Ray Cummins | Cork | 9 | 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982 | |
Johnny Crowley | Cork | 9 | 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |
9 | Donie Nealon | Tipperary | 8 | 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
Tom Cashman | Cork | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 | |
Dermot McCurtain | Cork | 8 | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 |
Other records
- Winners of Munster medals on the field of play in each of three decades:
- Paddy Ahern of Cork: 1919, 1920, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
- Tommy Doyle of Tipperary: 1937, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951
- Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary: 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971
- Ray Cummins of Cork: 1969, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982
- Declan Ryan of Tipperary: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001
Matches
Attendances
Overall
Year | Total | Average |
---|---|---|
2010 | 119,630 | 23,926 |
2011 | 100,145 | 20,029 |
2012 | 93,370 | 23,342 |
2013 | 93,394 | 23,348 |
2014 | 127,765 | 25,553 |
2015 | 117,112 | 29,278 |
2016 | 100,868 | 25,217 |
2017 | 127,992 | 31,998 |
2018 | 248,809 | 22,619 |
2019 | 280,688 | 25,517 |
2020 | – | – |
2021 | – | – |
2022 | 261,755 | 23,796 |
Finals
Year | Attendance |
---|---|
2006 | 53,286 |
2007 | 48,371 |
2008 | 48,077 |
2009 | 40,330 |
2010 | 22,763 |
2011 | 36,654 |
2012 | 26,438 |
2013 | 42,730 |
2014 | 36,075 |
2015 | 43,084 |
2016 | 26,508 |
2017 | 45,558 |
2018 | 45,364 |
2019 | 44,052 |
2020 | 0 |
2021 | 7,000 |
2022 | 45,690 |
2023 | 43,756 |
See also
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics
- Leinster Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics
External links
References
- ↑ "Cork GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Tipperary GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Limerick GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Waterford GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Clare GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ "Kerry GAA profile". Hogan Stand website. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2014.