The 1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 44th staging of the

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 18 May 1930 and ended on 7 September 1930. Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by

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in the Munster semi-final. On 7 September 1930, Tipperary won the championship following a 5-06 to 3-06 victory over Dublin in the All-Ireland final at

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. This was their 11th championship title overall and their first title since

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Teams

A total of twelve teams contested the championship, the same number of participants from the previous championship. There were no new entrants.

Team summaries

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round Semi-finals Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

First round Semi-finals Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

Semi-final Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

* On 13 July 1930, the Munster semi-final between Tipperary and Waterford ended in disarray after the referee, Seán Óg Murphy, attempted to send off John and Charlie Ware of Waterford and John Joe Callanan of Tipperary. The Waterford players refused to leave and there was a delay of 12 minutes. The referee awarded the match to Tipperary. * Tipperary become the first team to win the Triple Crown of hurling by winning the All-Ireland titles in the

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, junior and

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grades.

Sources

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

References

External links

1930 All-Ireland Hurling Championship
{{Hurling All-Irelands

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