All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1967

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1967
All Ireland Champions
Winners Kilkenny (16th win)
Captain Jim Treacy
Provincial Champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship Statistics
Player of the Year Ollie Walsh
All-Star Team See here
1966
1968

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1967 was the 81st edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 3 September. The match was contested by Kilkenny and Tipperary, with Kilkenny taking the title by 3-8 to 2-7. This marked Kilkenny's first defeat of Tipperary in the championship since 1922.

Contents

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

May 14
First Round
Offaly 4-8 – 5-10 Westmeath St. Brendan's Park, Birr
P. Molloy (2-5), J. Flaherty (1-0), B. Barry (1-0), B. Moylan (0-2), T. Dooley (0-1). T. Ring (1-5), M. Flanagan (2-1), J. Walsh (1-1), T. O'Donoghue (1-0), P. Jackson (0-2), L. Jackson (0-1).

May 21
Second Round
Laois 5-11 – 3-9 Westmeath O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)
C. O'Brien (1-5), M. Mahon (2-1), D. Conroy (1-1), B. Delaney (1-1), J. Lyons (0-2), J. Dooley (0-1). T. Ring (0-6), J. Walsh (1-2), J. Kenry (1-0), M. Fagan (1-0), T. O'Donoghue (0-1).

June 25
Semi-Final
Wexford 6-10 – 1-6 Laois Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)
P. Lynch (2-2), T. Doran (1-2), J. O'Brien (1-2), F. Duff (1-0), B. Wilson (1-0), C. Jacob (0-2), P. Quigley (0-1), R. Shannon (0-1). D. Conroy (1-2), P. Payne (0-2), C. O'Brien (0-1), B. Delaney (0-1).

July 2
Semi-Final
Kilkenny 6-10 – 1-5 Dublin Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: M. Spain (Offaly)
J. Lynch (4-0), E. Keher (1-7), D. Blanchfield (1-1), J. Bennett (0-1), T. Walsh (0-1). D. Foley (1-1), E. Flynn (0-3), H. Dalton (0-1).

July 16
Final
Kilkenny 4-10 – 1-12 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 25,243
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)
E. Keher (2-5), C. Dunne (1-1), J. Bennett (1-0), T. Walsh (0-2), R. Blanchfield (0-2). P. Lynch (0-7), S. Whelan (1-0), P. Wilson (0-2), J. O'Brien (0-2), D. Quigley (0-1).

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

June 4
First Round
Waterford 3-10 – 1-8 Cork Walsh Park, Waterford
Referee: S. Moloney (Tipperary)
J. Kirwan (1-1), V. Connors (1-1), D. Maho (1-1), F. Walsh (0-4), L. Guinan (0-1), N. Power (0-1), T. Cheasty (0-1). S. Barry (0-5), J. Bennett (1-0), J. O'Halloran (0-1), G. McCarthy (0-1), P. Fitzgerald (0-1).

June 11
First Round
Clare 3-14 – 2-7 Limerick Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
Referee: P. Ryan (Tipperary)
P. Cronin (0-10), M. Kane (1-1), P. McNamara (1-0), T. Ryan (1-0), P. Vaughan (0-2), J. Smyth (0-1). R. Bennis (1-2), P. Murphy (1-1), S. Quaid (0-2), E. Cregan (0-1), E. Grimes (0-1).

July 2
Semi-Final
Tipperary 2-16 – 3-3 Waterford Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Referee: P. Cronin (Cork)
J. McKenna (1-1), S. McLoughlin (1-1), L. Kiely (0-4), D. Nealon (0-3), M. Keating (0-3), M. Roche (0-2), L. Devaney (0-1), T. English (0-1). F. Walsh (1-1), M. Morrissey (1-0), J. Kirwan (1-0), F. Whelan (0-1), T. Hearne (0-1).

July 9
Semi-Final
Clare 3-13 – 1-11 Galway Cusack Park, Ennis
Referee: G. Fitzgerald (Limerick)
P. Cronin (1-5), N. Jordan (1-1), M. Keane (1-0), J. Smyth (1-0), N. Pyne (0-2), P. Vaughan (0-2), L. Danaher (0-1), T. Ryan (0-1). P. Fahy (0-7), J. Connolly (1-0), S. Coen (0-1), M. Fox (0-1), P. J. Qualter (0-1), D. Coen (0-1).

July 30
Final
Tipperary 4-12 – 2-6 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: P. Cronin (Cork)
M. Keating (3-2), J. Flanagan (1-2), D. Nealon (0-4), L. Devaney (0-3), M. Roche (0-1). P. Cronin (1-3), J. Smyth (1-1), N. Jordan (0-1), M. Keane (0-1).

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

September 3
Final
Kilkenny 3-8 – 2-7 Tipperary Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,241
Referee: M. Hayes (Clare)
T. Walsh (1-2), P. Moran (1-0), M. Brennan (1-0), E. Keher (0-3), C. Dunne (0-2), R. Blanchfield (0-1). D. Nealon (2-0), Jimmy Doyle (0-5), M. Roche (0-2).
Kilkenny
Tipperary

Top scorers

Season

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Eddie Keher Kilkenny 3-15 24 3 8.00
Pat Cronin Clare 2-18 24 3 8.00

References

See also