1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (8th win)
CaptainTom Semple
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainJack Grace
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
1907
1909

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1908 was the 22nd series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Dublin 3-15 to 1-5 in a replay of the final.[1]

Format

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All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

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Galway3-5 – 1-2Roscommon
Dublinw/o – scr.Kilkenny

Kilkenny refused to play due a dispute over the Railway Shield.

Tipperaryw/o – scr.Kerry
Cavan3-6 – 0-3Fermanagh
Tipperary5-15 – 1-0Galway

Dublin4-12 – 0-3Cavan

Tipperary2-5 – 1-8Dublin

Tipperary3-15 – 1-5Dublin

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

Sources

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  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).