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1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1972–73
Championship Details
Dates26 November 1972 – 9 December 1973
All Ireland Champions
WinnersGlen Rovers (1st win)
CaptainDenis Coughlan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upSt. Rynagh's
Provincial Champions
MunsterGlen Rovers
LeinsterSt. Rynagh's
UlsterO'Donovan Rossa
ConnachtCastlegar

The 1972–73 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 26 November 1972 and ended on 9 December 1973.

Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being defeated by St. Finbarr's in the opening round of the Cork Championship.[1]

On 9 December 1973, Glen Rovers won the championship after a 2-18 to 2-08 defeat of St. Rynagh's in the All-Ireland final.[2] It was their first ever championship title.

Qualification

Provincial finals All-Ireland semi-finals All-Ireland final
         
Glen Rovers 2-9
Roscrea 1-10
Glen Rovers 6-9
Castlegar 1-7
Castlegar 7-12
Tremane 2-7
Glen Rovers 2-8
St. Rynagh's 2-8
St. Rynagh's 5-5
Rathnure 2-13
St. Rynagh's 5-9
O'Donovan Rossa 2-8
O'Donovan Rossa 2-8
Ballycran 3-2

Results

Craobh Rua V Carrick 21/01 Tremane V Toureen 21/01

Quarter-finals

21 January 1973 Quarter-final Tooreen 3-06 - 3-06 Tremane Hollymount
Referee: M Burke (Sligo)
Quarter-final replay Tremane w/o - scr. Tooreen
18 February 1973 Quarter-final Craobh Rua 5-02 - 1-03 Carrick-on-Shannon Markievicz Park, Sligo

Semi-final

4 March 1973 Semi-final Tremane 5-10 - 2-06 Craobh Rua Athleague Sportsfield, Athleague
Referee: M Flaherty (Galway)

Final

First round

26 November 1973 First round Arklow Rock Parnells 5-11 - 5-03 Palatine Parnell Park, Arklow
A Byrne 1-4, J McDonald 2-0, M O'Brien 0-5, O'Reilly 1-1, K Mellon 1-1. T Nolan 3-0, JJ Canavan 2-0, W Cullen 0-2, C Keegan 0-1.
11 March 1973 First round St Brigid's 1-04 - 3-11 St. Rynagh's Cusack Park, Mullingar
N Maher 1-0, C Gavin 0-1, O Egan 0-1, O Gallagher 0-1, V Bradley 0-1. G Burke 2-1, B Moylan 0-4, M Moylan 1-0, P Mulhaire 0-3, S Moylan 0-2, PJ Whelehan 0-1.
11 March 1973 First round Éire Óg 1-07 - 2-07 Borris-in-Ossory St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
J Winders 0-5, R Donnelly 1-0, J Murphy 0-1, J Sharpe 0-1. P Dollard 2-1, PJ Jones 0-4, S Fahy 0-1, J Hanrahan 0-1,

Quarter-finals

10 December 1972 Quarter-final Arklow Rock Parnells 4-03 - 4-08 Rathnure Parnell Park, Arklow
A Byrne 1-1, K Mellon 1-0, K Power 1-0, P Keogh 1-0, T Byrne 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1. P Hendrick 2-1, M Byrne 1-1, J Quigley 1-1, J Murphy 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, S Barron 0-1, M Quigley 0-1. Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)
8 April 1973 Quarter-final Borris-in-Ossory 3-07 - 4-12 The Fenians O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
M Dollard 0-4, P Dollard 1-0, L Dollard 1-0, S Fahy 1-0, B Dollard 0-2, J Phelan 0-1. P Broderick 2-5, J Moriarty 1-2, W Watson 1-1, M Garrett 0-2, P Delaney 0-1, G Murphy 0-1.

Semi-finals

22 April 1973 Semi-final Rathnure 3-13 - 2-12 Faughs Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
P Hendrick 1-2, D Quigley 0-5, P Flynn 1-1, M Quigley 1-1, T O'Connor 0-2, J Mooney 0-2. A Dunworth 1-11, J Aherne 1-0, A Devitt 0-1.
22 April 1973 Semi-final The Fenians 3-01 - 2-13 St. Rynagh's Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
Referee: M Bowe (Wexford)

Final

5 May 1973 Final St. Rynagh's 5-05 - 2-13 Rathnure Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
B Moylan 1-4, S Moylan 1-0, G Burke 1-0, R Horan 1-0, B Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-1. D Quigley 2-3, P Hendrick 0-3, P Flynn 0-1. Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

Quarter-finals

14 January 1973 Quarter-final South Liberties 2-07 - 3-10 Glen Rovers Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
J McKenna 2-1, É Grimes 0-3, M Shanahan 0-3. J Young 2-1, J O'Neill 1-1, J McCarthy 0-2, P Doherty 0-2, D Coughlan 0-2, T Buckley 0-1, P Harte 0-1.
28 January 1973 Quarter-final Roscrea 5-11 - 1-09 Mount Sion St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
F Loughnane 1-10, J Tynan 1-1, M Minogue 1-0, P Roland 1-0, J Hannon 1-0. S Greene 1-3, J Greene 0-2, F Walsh 0-2, M Geary 0-1, W Power 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Semi-finals

10 March 1973 Semi-final Ballyduff 0-01 - 5-06 Glen Rovers Austin Stack Park, Tralee
P Costello 0-1. F Cunningham 4-0, T Buckley 1-2, P Harte 0-2, G O'Sullivan 0-1, P Harte 0-1. Referee: J Quaid (Limerick)
11 March 1973 Semi-final Roscrea 3-13 - 4-04 Newmarket-on-Fergus Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
W Stapleton 2-2, J Cunningham 1-3, J Tynan 0-2, L Spooner 0-2, M Minogue 0-1, D Moloney 0-1, J Hannon 0-1, F Loughnane 0-1. M O'Leary 2-0, M Gilmartin 1-1, G Lohan 1-0, J McNamara 0-2, P McNamara 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Final

22 April 1973 Final Glen Rovers 2-09 - 1-10 Roscrea Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
L McAuliffe 2-2, D Coughlan 0-2, P Harte 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, P Doherty 0-1. F Loughnane 0-6, J Cunningham 1-1, J Tynan 0-2, J Crampton 0-1. Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

Final

Semi-finals

6 May 1973 Semi-final Glen Rovers 6-09 - 1-07 Castlegar Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
T Buckley 1-4, L McAuliffe 2-0, JJ O'Neill 1-1, P Harte 1-0, M Ryan 1-0, P Doherty 0-2, J Young 0-2. N Cummins 1-2, M Connolly 0-2, T Murphy 0-1, D Furey 0-1, G Glynn 0-1. Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)
20 May 1973 Semi-final O'Donovan Rossa 2-08 - 5-09 St. Rynagh's Waterfoot
S Collins 1-0, D McConnell 1-0, A Hamill 0-3, P Kane 0-2, L Hamill 0-2, S Clarke 0-1. B Moylan 1-5, G Burke 2-0, R Horan 1-0, S Lyons 1-0, P Horan 0-3, P Mulhaire 0-1. Referee: E Devlin (Tyrone)

Final

9 December 1973 Final Glen Rovers 2–18 – 2–08 St. Rynagh's Croke Park
T Buckley 1–9, R Crowley 0–4, P Harte 1–0, M Ryan 0–3, J Young 0–1, JJ O'Neill 0–1. B Moylan 0–6, B Johnston 1–1, P Mulhaire 1–0, P Horan 0–2. Referee: S O'Grady (Limerick)

References

  1. ^ Keys, Colm (17 March 1999). "Rathnure stalwarts who hurl aside ravages of time". The Mirror. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Whelahans keeping it in the family". Irish Examiner. 15 March 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.