1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	1 May 1932 - 4 September 1932
Teams	12
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (9th win)
Captain	Jimmy Walsh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Clare
Captain	John Joe Doyle
Provincial champions
Munster	Clare
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	12
Goals total	90 (7.50 per game)
Points total	112 (9.33 per game)
Top Scorer	Tull Considine (12-2)
All-Star Team	See here
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The 1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 46th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 1 May 1932 and ended on 4 September 1932.

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series of games. Kilkenny won the title following a 3-3 to 2-3 victory over Clare in the final.

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

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1914
Cork	Red and white	1931	1931	1929-30
Dublin	Blue and navy	1927	1930	1928-29
Galway	Maroon and white	1923		1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1922	1931
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1921	1923
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1930	1930	1927-28
Waterford	White and blue
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Meath v Kilkenny

1 May 1932 Quarter-final	Meath	0-2 - 4-6	Kilkenny	Páirc Tailteann
				Referee: W Allen

Offaly v Laois

8 May 1932 Quarter final	Offaly	5-2 – 6-8	Laois	St. Brendan's Park
				Referee: S O'Neill

Wexford v Dublin

8 May 1932 Semi-final	Wexford	2-5 – 4-2	Dublin	St. Patrick's Park
				Referee: J Roberts

Laois v Kilkenny

12 June 1932 Semi-final	Laois	2-5 – 4-12	Kilkenny	O'Moore Park
				Attendance: 12,000 Referee: S Robbins (Offaly)

Kilkenny v Dublin

24 July 1932 Final	Kilkenny	4-6 – 3-5	Dublin	O'Moore Park
				Referee: S Robbins (Offaly)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Tipperary

29 May 1932 Quarter-final	Limerick	4-2 – 1-5	Tipperary	Cork Athletic Grounds
				Referee: S Óg Murphy (Cork)

Waterford v Cork

12 June 1932 Quarter-final	Waterford	1-5 – 5-6	Cork	Fraher Field
				Attendance: 15,000 Referee: T Keating

Clare v Kerry

3 July 1932 Semi-final	Clare	8-3 – 2-2	Kerry	Gaelic Grounds

Cork v Limerick

17 July 1932 Semi-final	Cork	5-4 – 3-5	Limerick	Thurles Sportsfield
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: T Considine

Clare v Cork

31 July 1932 Final	Clare	5-2 – 4-1	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield
				Attendance: 25,000 Referee: W Gleeson (Tipperary)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Clare v Galway

14 August 1932 Semi-final	Clare	9-4 – 4-14	Galway	Gaelic Grounds
				Attendance: 25,000 Referee: J Flaherty

Kilkenny v Clare

4 September 1932 Final	Kilkenny	3-3 – 2-3	Clare	Croke Park
				Attendance: 34,392 Referee: S Robbins (Offaly)

Main article: 1921 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 19 points
  • Clare 8-3 - 2-2 Kerry (Munster semi-final, 3 July 1932)
• Most goals in a match: 10
  • Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
• Most points in a match: 23
  • Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 9
  • Clare 9-4 – 4-14 Galway (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
  • Offaly 5-2 – 6-8 Laois (Leinster quarter-final, 8 May 1932)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 6
  • Galway 4-14 - 9-4 Clare (All-Ireland semi-final, 14 August 1932)

Miscellaneous

• The Munster quarter-final clash of Cork and Waterford and the Munster semi-final clash of Clare and Kerry, both scheduled for 5 June 1932, are postponed.
• Clare win the Munster title for the first time since 1914.
• There are a number of first-ever meetings. The All-Ireland semi-final between Clare and Galway is their first ever championship clash, while Clare and Kilkenny meet for the first time in the subsequent All-Ireland final.

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

• 1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results