1974 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

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1974 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Dates12 May 1974 - 23 June 1974
Final positions
Champions Kildare (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored45 (5 per match)
1975  

The 1974 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship was the first staging of the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's secondary inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 12 May 1974 and ended on 23 June 1974.

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On 23 June 1974, Kildare won the championship following a 1-26 to 3-13 defeat of Antrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title in hurling, following on from earlier successes in the intermediate and junior grades. The prize for the winners was a place in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Kildare's Johnny Walsh was the championship's top scorer with 0-20.

Teams

General information

Nine counties will compete in the championship:

County Last Provincial TitleLast All-Ireland TitleAppearance
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 19491st
Colours of Down.svg Down 1942 1st
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 1st
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire 1st
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 1891 1891 1st
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1st
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1st
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 1st
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 1st
LeinsterMunsterUlsterBritain

Format

First round: (4 matches) These are four matches between the eight native participating teams. Four teams are eliminated at this stage. Two winning teams automatically qualify for the semi-final stage. Two other winning teams play off in a lone quarter-final.

Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a single match between two first round winners. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-final.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The two winners of the first round join the winners of the lone quarter-final and British representatives Hertfordshire to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners are allowed to participate in a preliminary round for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

First round

Down 2-6 2-7 Westmeath
B. Gilmore (1-3), C. O'Flynn (1-1), J. Hughes (0-1), M. O'Flynn (0-1).E. Clarke (0-5), M. Fagan (1-0), N. Fitzsimons (1-0), P. Curran (0-2).
McKenna Park, Ballycran

Wicklow 1-4 2-5 Antrim
T. McCarthy (1-0), M. Lalor (0-2), M. Jordan (0-1), S. O'Brien (0-1).E. Donnelly (2-1), A. Hamill (0-1), B. Patterson (0-1), A. McCallin (0-1), S. Collins (0-1).
Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
Referee: B. Lowth (Dublin)

Meath 3-10 2-9 Carlow
R. Melia (1-4), V. Guy (1-0), T. J. O'Reilly (1-0), S. Kearney (0-3), Cyril Maguire (0-2), F. McCann (0-1).P. Quirke (0-7), T. Byrne (1-0), P. Keogh (1-0), T. Collier (0-1), P. McNally (0-1).
St. Loman's Park, Trim
Referee: S. Harkin (Laois)

Kerry 1-9 3-4 Kildare
P. Moriarty (1-0), J. McGrath (0-4), T. Kenny (0-3), P. Nolan (0-2).J. O'Connell (1-2), N. Walshe (1-1), F. Deering (1-0), J. Walshe (0-1).
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: M. Slattery (Clare)

Quarter-finals

Kildare 3-18 2-8 Meath
M. Deely (2-2), J. Walshe (0-6), F. Deering (0-4), M. Dunne (1-0), T. Carew (0-2), N. Walshe (0-2), B. Burke (0-1), J. Wall (0-1).P. J. O'Reilly (1-1), N. O'Riordan (1-0), V. Guy (0-2), R. Melia (0-2), C. Maguire (0-1), G. Geoghegan (0-1), S. Kearney (0-1).

Semi-finals

Kildare 2-10 1-8 Westmeath
N. Walshe (1-3), J. Wall (1-0), J. Walshe (0-3), M. Deely (0-2), B. Burke (0-1), T. Carew (0-1).J. Carey (1-1), C. Connaughton (0-4), P. Curran (0-3).
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: B. Lowth (Dublin)

Antrim 4-9 4-9 Hertfordshire
W. Richmond (2-0), E. Dornan (1-3), S. Richmond (1-1), E. Donnelly (0-2), A. Hamill (0-2), R. McDonnell (0-1).M. Cuddy (2-1), P. Carr (1-1), M. Alan (1-0), E. Purcell (0-3), S. McGarry (0-2), J. Cuddy (0-1), G. Mahoney (0-1).
Casement Park, Belfast
Referee: C. Foley (Dublin)

Hertfordshire 4-13 5-15 Antrim
J. Cuddy (1-4), H. Healy (2-2), M. Cuddy (0-5), S. McGarry (1-0), P. Carr (0-1), M. Waters (0-1).S. Richmond (3-1), E. Donnelly (1-2), A. Hamill (0-4), I. Lewsley (1-0), W. Richmond (0-3), S. Collins (0-2), M. McKillop (0-2), R. McDonnell (0-1).
Sundon Park, Luton
Referee: P. Byrne (Limerick)

Final

Kildare 1-26 3-13 Antrim
J. Walshe (0-10), B. Burke (0-5), M. Deely (0-4), N. Walshe (1-0), T. Carew (0-3), J. O'Leary (0-2), J. O'Connell (0-1), A. Moore (0-1).W. Richmond (2-1), S. Collins (0-5), E. Donnelly (0-5), A. Hamill (1-1), S. Richmond (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: B. Lowth (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Overall

Top scorers

Season

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Johnny Walsh Kildare 0-202045.00
2Eddie Donnelly Antrim 3-101944.75
3Willie Richmond Kildare 4-41644.00
4Séamus Richmond Antrim 4-31543.75
Ned Walsh Kildare 3-61543.75
6Mick Deely Kildare 2-81443.50
7Martin Cuddy Hertfordshire 2-61226.00

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Séamus Richmond Antrim 3-110 Hertfordshire
Johnny Walsh Kildare 0-1010 Antrim
3Mick Deely Kildare 2-28 Meath
4Willie Richmond Antrim 2-17 Kildare
Martin Cuddy Hertfordshire 2-17 Antrim
Eddie Donnelly Antrim 2-17 Wicklow
Richie Melia Meath 1-47 Carlow
John Cuddy Hertfordshire 1-47 Antrim
Pat Quirke Carlow 0-77 Meath
10Willie Richmond Antrim 2-06 Hertfordshire
Brian Gilmore Down 1-36 Westmeath
Ned Walsh Kildare 1-36 Westmeath
Eddie Dornan Antrim 1-36 Hertfordshire
Johnny Walshe Kildare 0-66 Meath

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