1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	16 May - 5 September
Teams	15
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Tipperary (22nd win)
Captain	Tadhg O'Connor
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Pat Henderson
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	14
Top Scorer	Eddie Keher (4-43)
Player of the Year	Michael 'Babs' Keating
All-Star Team	See here
← 1970 1972 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was the 85th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-17 to 5-14 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

The championship

Participating counties

Province	County	Most recent success
Province	County	All-Ireland	Provincial
Leinster	Dublin	1938	1961
	Kildare
	Kilkenny	1969	1969
	Laois	1915	1949
	Offaly
	Westmeath
	Wexford	1968	1970
Munster	Clare	1914	1932
	Cork	1970	1970
	Limerick	1940	1955
	Tipperary	1965	1968
	Waterford	1959	1963
Connacht	Galway	1923	1922
Ulster	Antrim		1946
Britain	London	1901

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there were no seeds.

Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If both sides were still level at the end of that game another replay had to take place.

Munster Championship

Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.

Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.

Leinster Championship

First Round: (1 match) This was a single match between two of the 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster.

Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the first-round game joined three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined Kilkenny and Wexford, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings.

Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.

All-Ireland Championship

Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between Antrim and Galway, two teams who faced no competition in their respective provinces.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined London and the Munster and Leinster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. The provincial champions were drawn in opposite semi-finals.

Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Westmeath v Kildare

16 May 1971
First round

Westmeath	3-9 – 1-10	Kildare

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Dublin v Laois

16 May 1971
Quarter-final

Dublin	2-14 – 1-11	Laois
M. Bermingham (0-5), W. Pierce (1-0), F. Murphy (1-0), J. Kenny (0-3), H. Dalton (0-2), P. Pierce (0-2), B. Cooney (0-1), G. O'Driscoll (0-1).		P. Dowling (1-3), P. Bates (0-4), B. Delaney (0-3), F. Bates (0-1).

O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: M. Spain (Offaly)

Offaly v Westmeath

6 June 1971
Quarter-final

Offaly	1-20 – 1-15	Westmeath

St. Brendan's Park, Birr
Referee: C. Foley

Kilkenny v Dublin

20 June 1971
Semi-final

Kilkenny	3-14 – 1-13	Dublin
E. Keher (2-7), M. Brennan (0-4), K. Purcell (1-0), P. Delaney (0-2), N. Byrne (0-1).		J. Kenny (0-4), M. Bermingham (0-4), B. Cooney (1-0), P. Pierce (0-2), D. Rheinisch (0-1), G. O'Driscoll (0-1), H. Dalton (0-1).

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J. Kirwan (Offaly)

Wexford v Offaly

27 June 1971
Semi-final

Wexford	2-14 – 2-6	Offaly
T. Doran (2-1), T. Byrne (0-4), C. Dowdall (0-3), D. Bernie (0-3),C. Kehoe (0-3).		P. Molloy (1-3), J. Kirwan (1-0), J. Flaherty (0-2), M. Cleare (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

Kilkenny v Wexford

11 July 1971
Final

Kilkenny	6-16 – 3-16	Wexford
E. Keher (0-11), M. Murphy (2-2), P. Delaney (2-0), M. Coogan (1-0), N. Byrne (1-0), K. Purcell (0-1), P. Cullen (0-1), M. Brennan (0-1).		C. Kehoe (1-7), T. Doran (1-1), T. Byrne (1-0), J. Quigley (0-3), D. Bernie (0-3), M. Quigley (0-1), C. Doran (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Waterford

30 May 1971
Quarter-final

Limerick	3-10 – 2-8	Waterford
R. Bennis (1-5), M. Cregan (1-1), É. Cregan (1-1), É. Grimes (0-2), J. O'Donnell (0-1).		P. Enright (0-5), M. Ormond (1-1), S. Greene (1-0), A. Heffernan (0-1), J. Kirwan (0-1).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)

Limerick v Cork

4 July 1971
Semi-final

Limerick	2-16 – 2-14	Cork
R. Bennis (1-8), D. Flynn (1-1), J. Foley (0-2), É. Grimes (0-2), M. Graham (0-1), É. Cregan (0-1), J. O'Donnell (0-1).		C. Kelly (0-7), R. Cummins (2-0), J. Horgan (0-2), C. Roche (0-1), S. Looney (0-1), P. Hegarty (0-1), M. Malone (0-1), J. McCarthy (0-1).

Semple Stadium, Thurles
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: J. Maloney (Tipperary)

Tipperary v Clare

11 July 1971
Semi-final

Tipperary	1-15 – 3-4	Clare
M. Keating (1-3), L. Gaynor (0-3), S. Hogan (0-3), J. Flanagan (0-2), N, O'Dwyer (0-1), P. J. Ryan (0-1), F. Loughnane (0-1), T. O'Connor (0-1).		J. Rochford (1-1), M. Moroney (1-0), N. Casey (1-0), T. Ryan (0-1), P. Russell (0-1), M. Pewter (0-1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: S. O'Connor (Limerick)

Tipperary v Limerick

25 July 1971
Final

Tipperary	4-16 – 3-18	Limerick
M. Keating (3-4), J. Flanagan (0-5), P. J. Ryan (1-0), F. Loughnane (0-3), L. Gaynor (0-2), J. Doyle (0-1), N. O'Dwyer (0-1)		R. Bennis (0-12), É. Cregan (1-2), É. Grimes (1-1), D. Flynn (1-0), M. Graham (0-2), B. Hartigan (0-1)

FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 31,118
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Galway v Antrim

25 July 1971
Quarter-final

Galway	7-24 – 1-8	Antrim
D. Coen (3-4), T. Ryan (1-7), J. Lane (2-1), P. Ryan (1-1), J. Connolly (0-4), P. Fahy (0-3), P. Mitchell (0-2), C. Muldoon (0-1), T. Murphy (0-1).		S. Burns (1-2), A. McAllin (0-4), S. Collins (0-2).

McHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

Kilkenny v London

15 August 1971
Semi-final

Kilkenny	2-23 – 2-8	London
E. Keher (0-14), P. Delaney (1-2), M. Murphy (1-1), M. Brennan (0-4), F. Cummins (0-1), K. Purcell (0-1).		F. Canning (1-4), N. Power, (1-0), L. Corless (0-2), T. Connolly (0-2).

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: C. Foley (Dublin)

Tipperary v Galway

15 August 1971
Semi-final

Tipperary	3-26 – 6-8	Galway
M. Keating (2-12), F. Loughnane (0-7), J. Flanagan (1-2), N. O'Dwyer (0-3), S. Hogan (0-1), J. Ryan (0-1).		P. Fahy (2-3), P. Ryan (2-0), B. O'Connor (1-1), P. Mitchell (1-1), J. Connolly (0-2), D. Coen (0-1).

St. Brendan's Park, Birr
Attendance: 15,022
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)

Tipperary v Kilkenny

5 September 1971

Final

Tipperary	5-17 – 5-14	Kilkenny
M. Keating (0-7), R. Ryan (2-0), J. Flanagan (1-2), D. Ryan (1-1), F. Loughnane (0-4), N. O'Dwyer (1-0), P.J. Ryan (0-2), P. Byrne (0-1).		E. Keher (2-11), M. Murphy (1-1), K. Purcell (1-0), N. Byrne (1-0), F. Cummins (0-2).

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 61,393
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)

Tipperary

Kilkenny

Championship statistics

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 34 points
- Galway 7-24 : 1-8 Antrim (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Most goals in a match: 10
- Tipperary 5-17 : 5-24 Kilkenny (All-Ireland final)
Most points in a match: 34
- Tipperary 3-26 : 6-8 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final)
Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- Galway 7-24 : 1-8 Antrim (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 6
- Galway 6-8 : 3-26 Tipperary (All-Ireland semi-final)
Most points scored by a losing team: 18
- Limerick 3-18 : 4-16 Tipperary (Munster final)

Miscellaneous

The All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Kilkenny was the first championship decider to be broadcast in colour by Telefís Éireann. Some years later, it was revealed that RTÉ had recorded over its only copy of archive footage of the game, due to a shortage of blank cassette tape.
Kilkenny's Eddie Keher set a new scoring record in an All-Ireland final. He scored 2-11 of his team's total of 5-14 yet, remarkably, ended up on the losing team.

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	4-43	45	4	11.25
2	Michael 'Babs' Keating	Tipperary	6-26	44	4	11.00
3	Richie Bennis	Limerick	2-25	31	3	10.33
4	Francis Loughnane	Tipperary	0-15	15	4	3.75
5	Des Coen	Galway	3-5	14	2	7.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Michael 'Babs' Keating	Tipperary	2-12	18	Galway
2	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-11	17	Tipperary
3	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	0-14	14	London
4	Michael 'Babs' Keating	Tipperary	3-4	13	Limerick
	Des Coen	Galway	3-4	13	Antrim
	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-7	13	Dublin
7	Richie Bennis	Limerick	0-12	12	Tipperary
8	Richie Bennis	Limerick	1-8	11	Cork
8	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	0-11	11	Wexford
10	Christy Kehoe	Wexford	1-7	10	Kilkenny
10	Tom Ryan	Galway	1-7	10	Antrim

Player facts

Debutantes

The following players made their début in the 1971 championship:

Player	Team	Date	Opposition	Game
Seánie O'Leary	Cork	July 4	Limerick	Munster semi-final

Retirees

The following players played their last game in the 1971 championship:

Player	Team	Date	Opposition	Game	Début
Ollie Walsh	Kilkenny	September 5	Tipperary	All-Ireland final	1956

External links

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1971 Results

References

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1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The championship

Participating counties

Format

Munster Championship

Leinster Championship

All-Ireland Championship

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship statistics

Scoring

Miscellaneous

Top scorers

Season

Single game

Player facts

Debutantes

Retirees

External links

See also

References