1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1974–75
Championship Details
Dates	1974–1975
All Ireland Champions
Winners	St. Finbarr's (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Fenians Johnstown
Provincial Champions
Munster	St. Finbarr's
Leinster	Fenians Johnstown
Ulster	Ballycran
Connacht	Ardrahan
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 5th national club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played in the winter of 1974 and the championship ended on 16 March 1975. Blackrock went into the 1974–75 championship as defending champions, having won their second All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland club final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by St. Finbarr's of Cork and Fenians of Kilkenny. St. Finbarr's won the game by 3–8 to 1–6. It was their first ever All-Ireland title.

Format

The 1974–75 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Connacht champions while the Leinster champions played the Ulster champions. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Fixtures

Provincial Senior Club Hurling Championship

Ballycran v Sarsfield’s

1974-12-08
Ulster

Ballycran	3–5 – 3–2	Sarsfield’s

Corrigan Park, Belfast

St. Finbarr's v Newmarket-on-Fergus

1975-01-19
Munster

St. Finbarr's	0–7 – 0–3	Newmarket-on-Fergus

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Fenians v St. Rynagh's

1975-01-26
Leinster

Fenians	2–6 – 1–6	St. Rynagh's

Croke Park, Dublin

Ardrahan v Tooreen

1975-02-02
Connacht

Ardrahan	9–12 – 1–6	Tooreen

Ballyhaunis

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Fenians v Ardrahan

1975-02-23
Semi-final

Fenians	2–13 – 1–8	Ardrahan

St. Croan’s Park, Ballinasloe

St. Finbarr's v Ballycran

1975-02-23
Semi-final

St. Finbarr's	8–8 – 3–10	Ballycran

Ballycran

St. Finbarr's v Fenians

1975-03-16
Final

St. Finbarr's	3–8 – 1–6	Fenians
		P. Henderson (0–1), M. Garrett (0–1), J. Moriarty (0–1), P. Delaney (1–0), J. Ryan (0–1), B. Fitzpatrick (0–2).

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: M. Spain (Offaly)


ST. FINBARR'S:
GK	1	J. Power (c)
RCB	2	T. Maher
FB	3	S. Canty
LCB	4	C. Barrett
RWB	5	B. O'Brien
CB	6	D. O'Grady
LWB	7	T. Butler
MD	8	G. McCarthy
MD	9	C. Roche
RWF	10	E. Fitzpatrick
CF	11	J. Barry-Murphy
LWF	12	S. Gillen
RCF	13	C. McCarthy
FF	14	S. Looney
LCF	15	J. O'Shea
Substitutes:
FF		C. Cullinane


FENIANS:
GK	1	P.J. Ryan
RCB	2	S. Delaney
FB	3	N. Orr
LCB	4	M. Fitzpatrick
RWB	5	G. Murphy
CB	6	P. Henderson
LWB	7	G. Henderson
MD	8	F. Hawkes
MD	9	M. Garrett
RWF	10	J. Moriarty
CF	11	P. Delaney
LWF	12	J. Ryan
RCF	13	B. Fitzpatrick
FF	14	W. Watson
LCF	15	P. Fitzpatrick
Substitutes:
MD		P. Murphy

MATCH RULES

60 minutes
Replay if scores level

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships

Seasons	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Finals	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship