All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1994

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1994
Championship Details
Dates	1 May - 3 September 1994
Teams	19
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Offaly (3rd win)
Captain	Martin Hanamy
Manager	Éamonn Cregan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Limerick
Captain	Gary Kirby
Manager	Tom Ryan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	19
Top Scorer	Gary Kirby
Player of the Year	Brian Whelehan
All-Star Team	See here
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1994 was the 108th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Offaly won the championship, beating Limerick 3-16 to 2-13 in a sensational final at Croke Park, Dublin.

Pre-championship

Prior to the opening of the championship Kilkenny were installed as the favourites to retain the All-Ireland title for a third consecutive year. The last time they achieved this was in 1913, however, no final took place that year and Kilkenny were awarded the title as Limerick refused to play. Since then they failed to capture the 'three-in-a-row', in spite of having the opportunity in 1933, 1976 and 1984. National League champions Tipperary and runners-up Galway were regarded as the two teams that would provide the strongest challenges to Kilkenny's supremacy. Cork at 4/1, regarded as a team in decline, and Wexford at 6/1 formed the next grouping of teams who hoped to claim the All-Ireland crown. Offaly, a team who claimed three Leinster titles in succession in the late 1980s but failed to reach the All-Ireland final, were regarded as outsiders at 16/1. Antrim, Down, Limerick and Dublin were rank outsiders at 25/1 each.

The Championship

Participating counties

Province	County	Most recent success
Province	County	All-Ireland	Provincial
Leinster	Dublin	1938	1961
	Carlow
	Kilkenny	1993	1993
	Laois	1915	1949
	Meath
	Offaly	1985	1990
	Westmeath		1937
	Wexford	1968	1977
	Wicklow
Munster	Clare	1914	1932
	Cork	1990	1992
	Kerry	1891	1891
	Limerick	1973	1981
	Tipperary	1991	1993
	Waterford	1959	1963
Connacht	Galway	1988	1922
	Roscommon		1913
Ulster	Antrim		1993
	Down		1992

Format

Munster Championship

Quarter-final: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Munster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join the other two Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

Leinster Championship

First Round: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between two 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the next round.

Second Round: (1 match) The winners of the first round play each other in a lone second round game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the Leinster quarter-final.

Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the second round game joins three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster semi-finals.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals join two other Leinster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while two teams advance to the Leinster final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

Ulster Championship

Final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the two competing Ulster teams. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.

All-Ireland Championship

Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between Galway and the All-Ireland 'B' champions. One team is eliminated at this stage, while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final where they play the Leinster champions.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster and Leinster champions will play the winners of the lone quarter-final and the Ulster champions. The Munster and Leinster winners will be in opposite semi-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage, while the two winnerss advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners will contest the All-Ireland final.

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

May 1 First Round	Meath	3-10 – 1-8	Westmeath	St. Loman's Park, Trim
	P. Potterton (1-5), C. Sheridan (1-2), J. Andrews (1-0), D. Martin (0-2), M. Cole (0-1).		D. Kilcoyne (0-5), S. McLoughlin (1-0), C. Murtagh (0-1), M. O'Farrell (0-1), S. Qualter (0-1).	St. Loman's Park, Trim

May 1 First Round	Carlow	4-16 – 1-10	Wicklow	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	D. Doyle (2-6), B. Hayden (1-6), M. Farrell (0-1), B. Lawlor (0-1), J. McDonald (0-1).		J. Keogh (0-6), N. Cremin (1-0), D. Hyland (0-3), T. Mulroe (0-1).	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

May 15 Second Round	Carlow	1-10 – 1-12	Meath	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Attendance: 1,500 Referee: M. Sheridan (Kildare)
	P. Potterton (0-5), R. Kelly-Lynch (1-0), J. Andrews (0-3), M. Cole (0-1), C. Sheridan (0-1), M. Smith (0-1).		D. Doyle (1-2), J. McDonald (0-5), D. Murphy (0-1), P. Hayden (0-1), B. Lawlor (0-1).

June 5 Quarter-Final	Wexford	3-13 – 2-16	Dublin	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: S. O'Meara (Offaly)
	P. Finn (2-3), A. Fenlon (0-5), L. Murphy (1-1), M. Storey (0-3), J. O'Connor (0-1).		J. Twomey (1-5), S. McDermott (1-1), A. O'Grady (0-3), P. Tobin (0-2), S. Dalton (0-1), C. McCann (0-1), R. Boland (0-1), J. Murhy (0-1), C. Barr (0-1).	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: S. O'Meara (Offaly)

June 5 Quarter-Final	Kilkenny	1-19 – 1-8	Meath	Referee: P. Aherne (Carlow)
	D. Gaffney (1-5), D. J. Carey (0-7), L. McCarthy (0-2), P. O'Neill (0-2), A. Ronan (0-2), B. Hennessy (0-1).		P. Potterton (0-4), R. Kelly -Lynch (1-0), M. Cole (0-2), C. Sheridan (0-1), M. Smith (0-1).	Referee: P. Aherne (Carlow)

June 19 Quarter-Final Replay	Wexford	3-22 – 1-11	Dublin	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: S. O'Meara (Offaly)
	E. Scallan (0-7), M. Storey (1-3), B. Byrne (1-1), J. O'Connor (1-0), L. Dunne (0-2), A. Fenlon (0-2), P. Finn (0-2), T. Kehoe (0-1), J. Fleming (0-1), L. Murphy (0-1), T. Dunne (0-1), G. Cushe (0-1).		A. O'Grady (0-7), R. Boland (1-0), J. Murphy (0-2), P. Tobin (0-1), B. McMahon (0-1).	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Referee: S. O'Meara (Offaly)

June 26 Semi-Final	Wexford	4-24 – 4-6	Laois	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 25,271 Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)
	E. Scallan (2-4), M. Storey (0-8), B. Byrne (1-2), L. Murphy (1-1), T. Kehoe (0-3), A. Fenlon (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), P. Finn (0-1), L. Dunne (0-1).		J. Taylor (2-0), P. Bergin (1-1), D. Cuddy (1-1), N. Delaney (0-1), A. Bergin (0-1), J. Dollard (0-1), N. Rigney (0-1).

June 26 Semi-Final	Offaly	2-16 – 3-9	Kilkenny	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 25,271 Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
	Johnny Dooley (0-6), Joe Dooley (1-2), B. Dooley (1-2), M. Duignan (0-2), B. Whelehan (0-1), D. Pilkington (0-1), D. Regan (0-1), J. Pilkington (0-1).		D. J. Carey (2-1), E. Morrissey (0-4), J. Brennan (1-0), D. Gaffney (0-1), P. J. Delaney (0-1), M. Phelan (0-1), J. Power (0-1).

July 17 Final	Offaly	1-18 – 0-14	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 32,141 Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
	Johnny Dooley (0-9), B. Dooley (1-1), J. Troy (0-2), J. Pilkington (0-2), B. Kelly (0-1), M. Duignan (0-1), D. Regan (0-1), D. Pilkington (0-1).		E. Scallan (0-5), M. Storey (0-2), T. Kehoe (0-2), T. Dempsey (0-1), L. Murphy (0-1), B. Byrne (0-1), L. Dunne (0-1), P. Finn (0-1).

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

May 29 Quarter-Final	Clare	2-11 – 0-13	Tipperary	Referee: W. Horgan (Cork)
	J. O'Connor (0-7), T. Guilfoyle (2-0), J. McInerney (0-1), P. J. O'Connell (0-1), F. Tuohy (0-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-1).		M. Cleary (0-9), D. Ryan (0-1), A. Crosse (0-1), A. Ryan (0-1), P. Fox (0-1).	Referee: W. Horgan (Cork)

June 5 Quarter-Final	Limerick	4-14 – 4-11	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Attendance: 19,191 Referee: S. McMahon (Clare)
	G. Kirby (2-5), P. Heffernan (2-0), M. Galligan (0-3), M. Houlihan (0-2), F. Carroll (0-2), D. Quigley (0-1), T. J. Ryan (0-1).		K. Murray (2-0), M. Mullins (1-2), B. Egan (0-5), G. Manley (1-0), S. McCarthy (0-1), T. O'Sullivan (0-1), D. Quirke (0-1), T. Kelleher (0-1).

June 12 Semi-Final	Kerry	1-8 – 2-16	Clare	Austin Stack Park, Tralee Attendance: 10,150 Referee: J. McDonnell (Tipperary)
	M. Hennessy (1-5), S. Sheehan (0-2), C. Walsh (0-1).		J. McInerney (1-2), J. O'Connor (0-5), A. Whelan (1-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-2), P. J. O'Connell (0-2), J. Chaplin (0-2), F. Tuohy (0-1), J. O'Connell (0-1), C. Chaplin (0-1).

June 19 Semi-Final	Limerick	2-14 – 2-12	Waterford	Semple Stadium, Thurles Attendance: 22,364 Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)
	G. Kirby (1-7), P. J. Ryan (1-1), M. Galligan (0-2), P. Heffernan (0-1), J. Roche (0-1), G. Hegarty (0-1), F. Carroll (0-1).		B. O'Sullivan (1-3), G. Harris (1-1), P. Flynn (0-4), J. Meaney (0-2), L. O'Connor (0-1), P. Fanning (0-1).

July 10 Final	Limerick	0-25 – 2-10	Clare	Semple Stadium, Thurles Attendance: 43,368 Referee: W. Barrett (Tipperary)
	G. Kirby (0-9), M. Galligan (0-7), C. Carey (0-2), F. Carroll (0-2), P. Heffernan (0-2), D. Quigley (0-2), T. J. Ryan (0-1).		T. Guilfoyle (1-0), C. Lyons (1-0), G. O;Loughlin (0-3), J. O'Connor (0-3), J. McInerney (0-1), S. Sheedy (0-1), C. Chaplin (0-1), A. Whelan (0-1).

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

July 3 Final	Antrim	1-19 – 1-13	Down	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)
	A. Elliot (0-5), P. Walsh (0-4), C. McCambridge (1-0), J. Connolly (0-3), P. Jennings (0-3), Gregory O'Kane (0-2), P. McKillen (0-1), J. Carson (0-1).		D. O'Prey (0-6), C. Mageean (1-0), H. Gilmore (0-3), N. Sands (0-1), K. Coulter (0-1), D. Hughes (0-1), B. Coulter (0-1).	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)