1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	14 May - 3 September 1967
Teams	12
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (16th win)
Captain	Jim Treacy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Captain	Mick Roche
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	11
Player of the Year	Ollie Walsh
All-Star Team	See here
	← 1966 1968 →

Last updated March 02, 2019

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1967 was the 81st staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Kilkenny won the championship, beating Tipperary 3-8 to 2-7 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. It is administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for 4,000 years. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players, and much terminology. There is a similar game for women called camogie. It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty, which is played predominantly in Scotland.

Single-elimination tournament knock-out sports competition

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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:

There were no All-Ireland semi-finals.
The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
The Ulster Championship remained suspended due to a lack of competition.
Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, played in the Munster Championship for the ninth consecutive year.

The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Munster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 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 hurling competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.

The Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Ulster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Ulster, and has been contested every year since the 1901 championship.

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

May 14 1967
First Round

Offaly	4-8 – 5-10	Westmeath
P. Molloy (2-5), J. Flaherty (1-0), B. Barry (1-0), B. Moylan (0-2), T. Dooley (0-1).		T. Ring (1-5), M. Flanagan (2-1), J. Walsh (1-1), T. O'Donoghue (1-0), P. Jackson (0-2), L. Jackson (0-1).

St. Brendan's Park, Birr

May 21 1967
Second Round

Laois	5-11 – 3-9	Westmeath
C. O'Brien (1-5), M. Mahon (2-1), D. Conroy (1-1), B. Delaney (1-1), J. Lyons (0-2), J. Dooley (0-1).		T. Ring (0-6), J. Walsh (1-2), J. Kenry (1-0), M. Fagan (1-0), T. O'Donoghue (0-1).

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

June 25 1967
Semi-Final

Wexford	6-10 – 1-6	Laois
P. Lynch (2-2), T. Doran (1-2), J. O'Brien (1-2), F. Duff (1-0), B. Wilson (1-0), C. Jacob (0-2), P. Quigley (0-1), R. Shannon (0-1).		D. Conroy (1-2), P. Payne (0-2), C. O'Brien (0-1), B. Delaney (0-1).

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

July 2 1967
Semi-Final

Kilkenny	6-10 – 1-5	Dublin
J. Lynch (4-0), E. Keher (1-7), D. Blanchfield (1-1), J. Bennett (0-1), T. Walsh (0-1).		D. Foley (1-1), E. Flynn (0-3), H. Dalton (0-1).

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: M. Spain (Offaly)

July 16 1967
Final

Kilkenny	4-10 – 1-12	Wexford
E. Keher (2-5), C. Dunne (1-1), J. Bennett (1-0), T. Walsh (0-2), R. Blanchfield (0-2).		P. Lynch (0-7), S. Whelan (1-0), P. Wilson (0-2), J. O'Brien (0-2), D. Quigley (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 25,243

Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

June 4 1967
First Round

Waterford	3-10 – 1-8	Cork
J. Kirwan (1-1), V. Connors (1-1), D. Maho (1-1), F. Walsh (0-4), L. Guinan (0-1), N. Power (0-1), T. Cheasty (0-1).		S. Barry (0-5), J. Bennett (1-0), J. O'Halloran (0-1), G. McCarthy (0-1), P. Fitzgerald (0-1).

Walsh Park, Waterford

Referee: S. Moloney (Tipperary)

June 11 1967
First Round

Clare	3-14 – 2-7	Limerick
P. Cronin (0-10), M. Kane (1-1), P. McNamara (1-0), T. Ryan (1-0), P. Vaughan (0-2), J. Smyth (0-1).		R. Bennis (1-2), P. Murphy (1-1), S. Quaid (0-2), E. Cregan (0-1), E. Grimes (0-1).

Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles

Referee: P. Ryan (Tipperary)

July 2 1967
Semi-Final

Tipperary	2-16 – 3-3	Waterford
J. McKenna (1-1), S. McLoughlin (1-1), L. Kiely (0-4), D. Nealon (0-3), M. Keating (0-3), M. Roche (0-2), L. Devaney (0-1), T. English (0-1).		F. Walsh (1-1), M. Morrissey (1-0), J. Kirwan (1-0), F. Whelan (0-1), T. Hearne (0-1).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Referee: P. Cronin (Cork)

July 9 1967
Semi-Final

Clare	3-13 – 1-11	Galway
P. Cronin (1-5), N. Jordan (1-1), M. Keane (1-0), J. Smyth (1-0), N. Pyne (0-2), P. Vaughan (0-2), L. Danaher (0-1), T. Ryan (0-1).		P. Fahy (0-7), J. Connolly (1-0), S. Coen (0-1), M. Fox (0-1), P. J. Qualter (0-1), D. Coen (0-1).

Cusack Park, Ennis

Referee: G. Fitzgerald (Limerick)

July 30 1967
Final

Tipperary	4-12 – 2-6	Clare
M. Keating (3-2), J. Flanagan (1-2), D. Nealon (0-4), L. Devaney (0-3), M. Roche (0-1).		P. Cronin (1-3), J. Smyth (1-1), N. Jordan (0-1), M. Keane (0-1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: P. Cronin (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

September 3 1967
Final

Kilkenny	3-8 – 2-7	Tipperary
T. Walsh (1-2), P. Moran (1-0), M. Brennan (1-0), E. Keher (0-3), C. Dunne (0-2), R. Blanchfield (0-1).		D. Nealon (2-0), Jimmy Doyle (0-5), M. Roche (0-2).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 64,241

Referee: M. Hayes (Clare)

Kilkenny

Tipperary

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	3-15	24	3	8.00
1	Pat Cronin	Clare	2-18	24	3	8.00
3	Paul Lynch	Wexford	2-9	15	2	7.50
4	Michael Keating	Tipperary	3-5	14	3	4.66
4	Tommy Ring	Westmeath	1-11	14	2	7.00
6	Donie Nealon	Tipperary	2-7	13	3	4.33
7	Jim Lynch	Kilkenny	4-0	12	3	4.00
8	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	2-5	11	1	11.00
9	Joe Walsh	Westmeath	2-3	9	2	4.50
9	Christy O'Brien	Laois	1-6	9	2	4.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jim Lynch	Kilkenny	4-0	12	Dublin
2	Michael Keating	Tipperary	3-2	11	Clare
	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	2-5	11	Wexford
	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	2-5	11	Westmeath
5	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	1-7	10	Dublin
5	Pat Cronin	Clare	0-10	10	Tipperary
7	Paul Lynch	Wexford	2-2	8	Laois
	Tommy Ring	Westmeath	1-5	8	Offaly
	Christy O'Brien	Laois	1-5	8	Westmeath
	Pat Cronin	Clare	1-5	8	Galway

References

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

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