1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 May – 4 September 1938 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Dublin (6th win) |
| Captain | Mick Daniels |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Waterford |
| Captain | Mick Hickey |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Waterford |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Goals total | 66 |
| Points total | 113 |
| Top Scorer | Locky Byrne (4–5) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1937 1939 → | |
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1938 and ended on 4 September 1938.
Tipperary were the defending champions but were disqualified from the championship after fielding an ineligible player in their Munster semi-final defeat of Clare.
On 4 September 1938, Dublin won the championship following a 2–5 to 1–6 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their sixth All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.
Waterford's Locky Byrne was the championship's top scorer with 4–5.
Teams
Overview
The 1938 championship featured no new entrants to the competition. Kerry, a team who had fielded a team throughout much of the 1930s, declined to participate in the Munster Championship.
Galway were the sole representatives from the Conancht Championship and received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final. There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship.
Summaries
| Team | Colours | Grounds | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | Cusack Park | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | Cork Athletic Grounds | 1931 | 1931 | 1929–30 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | Croke Park | 1927 | 1934 | 1928–29 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | Pearse Stadium | 1923 | ||
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | Nowlan Park | 1935 | 1937 | 1932–33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | O'Moore Park | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | Ennis Road | 1936 | 1936 | 1937–38 |
| Meath | Green and gold | Páirc Tailteann | |||
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | St. Brendan's Park | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | Thurles Sportsfield | 1937 | 1937 | 1927–28 |
| Waterford | White and blue | Walsh Park | |||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Cusack Park | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Wexford Park | 1910 | 1918 | |
Results
Quarter-final
| 1 May 1938 Quarter-final | Dublin | 7–1 – 3–7 | Wexford | Aughrim Park, Aughrim |
| 8 May 1938 Quarter-final | Westmeath | 5–4 – 4–2 | Meath | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
| 15 May 1938 Quarter-final | Offaly | 2–2 – 1–6 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park, Birr |
Semi-finals
| 26 June 1938 Semi-final | Laois | 1–2 – 5–7 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Finals
| 17 July 1938 Final | Dublin | 2–3 – 2–3 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| R Ryan 1–1, J Byrne 1–0, J Gray 0–2. | J Walsh 1–0, M White 1–0, D Maher 1–0, J Mulcahy 0–1, J Phelan 0–1. |
The Leinster final ended in a draw for the first time since 1934.
| 31 July 1938 Final replay | Dublin | 4–9 – 3–5 | Kilkenny | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
| M McDonnell 0–7, M Brophy 2–0, J Gray 1–1, J Byrne 1–1. | D Maher 1–1, J Mulcahy 1–0, T Leahy 1–0, J Phelan 0–3, J Langton 0–1. |
Quarter-final
| 22 May 1938 Quarter-final | Cork | 5–04 – 2–05 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles |
| J Kelly 1–1, C Buckley 1–1, F Barry 1–0, M Brennan 1–0, D Moylan 1–0, J Lynch 0–2. | Givens 1–0, J McCarthy 1–1, M Mackey 0–3, T Ryan 0–1. |
Semi-finals
| 26 June 1938 Semi-final | Tipperary | 3–10 – 2–03 | Clare | Ennis Road, Limerick |
| J Coffey 2–2, N Wade 1–2, J Cooney 0–1, P Ryan 0–1, T Doyle 0–1, Burke 0–1, Barry 0–1, B O'Donnell 0–1. | Hennessy 1–0, Murphy 1–0, C Flanagan 0–2, O'Halloran 0–1. | Referee: J O'Regan (Cork) |
Clare later objected to the victory as Tipperary had fielded Jimmy Cooney who was suspended. The objection was upheld and Clare were later awarded the game.
| 10 July 1938 Semi-final | Waterford | 5–02 – 1–03 | Cork | Fraher Field, Dungarvan |
| PA Sheehan 2–0, L Byrne 2–0, D Goode 1–0, T Greaney 0–1, S Feeney 0–1. | M Brennan 1–0, F Barry 0–1, J Young 0–1, J Barrett 0–1. |
Final
| 31 July 1938 Final | Waterford | 3–05 – 2-05 | Clare | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork |
| L Byrne 1–0, J Butler 1–0, J Halpin 1–0, J Feeney 0–2, C Moylan 0–2, T Greaney 0–1. | Hennessy 1–1, P Loughnane 1–0, S Guinnane 0–2, M Murphy 0–2. | Referee: J O'Regan (Cork) |
Waterford won the Munster title for the first time in their history.
Semi-final
| 7 August 1938 Semi-final | Waterford | 4–8 – 3–1 | Galway | Cusack Park, Ennis |
Waterford's first championship match against Galway
Final
| 4 September 1938 Final | Dublin | 2–5 – 1–6 | Waterford | Croke Park, Dublin |
| M Flynn 1–0, W Loughman 1–0, M McDonnell 0–3, H Gray 0–1, P Doody 0–1. | J Keane 0–4, D Goode 1–0, L Byrne 0–2. | Attendance: 37,129 Referee: I Harney (Galway) |
Waterford's first All-Ireland final and first championship match against Dublin
References
- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.