This page details statistics of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Munster Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
1890s: 4 each for Cork (1890-92-93-94) and Tipperary (1895-96-98-99)
1900s: 6 for Cork (1901-02-03-04-05-07)
1910s: 3 each for Cork (1912-15-19); Limerick (1910-11-18) and Tipperary (1913-16-17)
1920s: 5 for Cork (1920-26-27-28-29)
1930s: 4 for Limerick (1933-34-35-36)
1940s: 5 for Cork (1942-43-44-46-47)
1950s: 4 for Cork (1952-53-54-56)
1960s: 7 for Tipperary (1960-61-62-64-65-67-68)
1970s: 7 for Cork (1970-72-75-76-77-78-79)
1980s: 5 for Cork (1982-83-84-85-86)
1990s: 3 each for Clare (1995-97-98) and Cork (1990-92-99)
2000s: 4 for Cork (2000-03-05-06)
2010s: 4 for Tipperary (2011-12-15-16)
The most one sided Munster finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
31 points – 1918: Limerick 11-3 (36) – (5) 1-2 Clare
31 points – 1982: Cork 5-31 (46) – (15) 3-6 Waterford
28 points – 1893: Cork 5-13 (28) – (0) 0-0 Limerick
27 points – 1903: Cork 5-16 (31) – (4) 1-1 Waterford
26 points – 1905: Cork 7-12 (33) – (7) 1-4 Limerick
23 points – 1899: Tipperary 5-16 (31) – (8) 0-8 Clare
22 points – 1900: Tipperary 6-11 (29) – (7) 2-1 Kerry
22 points – 1972: Cork 6-18 (36) – (14) 2-8 Clare
21 points – 2016: Tipperary 5-19 (34) – (13 0-13 Waterford
21 points – 1896: Tipperary 7-9 (30) – (9) 2-3 Cork
21 points – 2011: Tipperary 7-19 (40) - (19) 0-19 Waterford
20 points – 1962: Tipperary 5-14 (29) – (9) 2-3 Waterford
19 points – 1915: Cork 8-2 (26) – (7) 2-1 Clare
19 points – 1983: Cork 3-22 (31) – (12) 0-12 Waterford
18 points – 1993: Tipperary 3-27 (36) – (18) 2-12 Clare
18 points – 1965: Tipperary 4-11 (23) – (5) 0-5 Cork
The most one sided games from the semi-final and quarter-final stages of the championship:
42 points – 1923: Cork 13-4 (43) – (1) 0-1 Waterford
41 points – 1904: Tipperary 8-21 (45) – (4) 0-4 Waterford
34 points – 2000: Cork 2-32 (38) – (4) 0-4 Kerry
34 points – 1953: Clare 10-8 (38) – (4) 1-1 Limerick
32 points – 1960: Tipperary 10-9 (39) – (7) 2-1 Limerick
Only 4 teams of the 6 who have won the Munster championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:
Cork on 26 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)
Tipperary on 16 attempts out of 40 (1896, 1899, 1900, 1909, 1917, 1925, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1989, 2009, 2012)
Limerick on 6 attempts out of 19 (1911, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1974, 1981)
Clare on 1 attempt out of 6 (1998)
Top ten longest gaps between successive Munster titles:
63 years: Clare (1932-1995)
39 years: Waterford (1963-2002)
25 years: Clare (1889-1914)
18 years: Limerick (1955-1973)
18 years: Clare (1914-1932)
17 years: Limerick (1996-2013)
16 years: Tipperary (1971-1987)
15 years: Limerick (1940-1955)
13 years: Limerick (1981-1994)
13 years: Limerick (1897-1910)
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 15 games held by Cork. It 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.
This is a list of players who have scored a cumulative total of 100 points or more in the Munster Championship.
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
