The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland

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championship since its establishment by the

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in 1887. The championship began on 16 May 1937 and ended on 5 September 1937.

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entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stages.

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won the title following a 3–11 to 0–3 victory over

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in the

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Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows: * The winners of the

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advanced directly to the All-Ireland final. * The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final. *

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, a team who faced no competition in the

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, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Leinster champions. * There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.

Results

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

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 ...

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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arguably enjoy their best ever season of championship hurling. Three successive victories allowed them to qualify for their very first, and to date their only, Leinster decider. * That All-Ireland final was the first to be played outside of

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and, indeed,

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for thirty years. A builders' strike delayed the construction of the Cusack Stand in Croke Park meaning an alternative venue had to be found and the new

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was chosen.

Sources

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

External links

1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

{{Hurling All-Irelands

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