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1932 All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Teams
  
12

Captain
  
Jimmy Walsh

Captain
  
John Joe Doyle

Winning team
  
Kilkenny (9th win)

Losing team
  
Clare

Dates
  
1 May 1932 - 4 September 1932

The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 46th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 1 May 1932 and ended on 4 September 1932.

Contents

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series of games. Kilkenny won the title following a 3-3 to 2-3 victory over Clare in the final.

Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the championship, the same number of participants from the previous championship. There were no new entrants.

Scoring

  • Widest winning margin: 19 points
  • Clare 8-3 - 2-2 Kerry (Munster semi-final, 3 July 1932)
  • Most goals in a match: 10
  • Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
  • Most points in a match: 23
  • Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 9
  • Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
  • Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
  • Offaly 5-2 – 6-8 Laois (Leinster quarter-final, 8 May 1932)
  • Most points scored by a losing team: 6
  • Galway 4-14 - 9-4 Clare (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)

    • Miscellaneous

  • The Munster quarter-final clash of Cork and Waterford and the Munster semi-final clash of Clare and Kerry, both scheduled for 5 June 1932, are postponed.
  • Clare win the Munster title for the first time since 1914.
  • There are a number of first-ever meetings. The All-Ireland semi-final between Clare and Galway is their first ever championship clash, while Clare and Kilkenny meet for the first time in the subsequent All-Ireland final.

    • References

    1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia
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