2011 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

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2011 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates22 July – 16 October 2011
Teams8
SponsorGarvey's SuperValu
Champions Colours-of-Limerick.png Ballyduff (23rd title)
Ally O'Connor (captain)
Jerry Wallis (manager)
Runners-up Colours-of-Mayo.png Crotta O'Neill's
Paddy Williams (captain)
Mike Lynch (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored36 (2.77 per match)
Points scored299 (23 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours-of-Mayo.png Shane Nolan (4-37)
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The 2011 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 110th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 26 June 2011. The championship ran from 22 July to 16 October 2011.

Contents

Ballyduff were the defending champions. [1]

The final was played on 16 October 2011 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Ballyduff and Crotta O'Neill's, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 39 years. Ballyduff won the match by 2–11 to 0–15 to claim their 23rd championship title overall and a second title in succession. [2] [3]

Shane Nolan was the championship's top scorer with 4-37.

Results

Round 1

22 July 2011Round 1 Ballyduff 4-16 - 0-10 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
P Boyle (3-1), B O'Sullivan (0-9, 8f), M Boyle (1-3), G O'Brien (0-1), A O'Connor (0-1), PJ Connolly (0-1). Report J Flaherty (0-7, 6f), J Griffin (0-1), E Galvin (0-1), R Heffernan (0-1).
23 July 2011Round 1 St Brendan's 1-13 - 3-08 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
J Egan (1-5, 4f, 1 '65), K Dineen (0-2), D Wallace (0-2), B Sullivan (0-1), D Dineen (0-1), A Dineen (0-1), C Wallace (0-1). Report K Hanafin (2-0), J O'Connor (1-0), M Hanafin (0-2), A Healy (0-2, 1f), D Ryall (0-2), N Roche (0-1), B Leen (0-1).
24 July 2011Round 1 Causeway 1-07 - 1-12 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
C Harty (1-3), JM Dooley (0-1), E Fitzgerald (0-1), J Fitzgerald (0-1), C Dineen (0-1). Report M Slattery (0-7, 4f), F Flaherty (1-2), J Crean (0-1), T O'Connor (0-1), S Colgan (0-1).
24 July 2011Round 1 Kilmoyley 2-20 - 1-08 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
S Brick (1-10, 05f, 0-1 '65'), A McCarthy (1-3, 0-1f), M Regan (0-2), P O'Sullivan (0-2), D Collins (0-2), A Royle (0-1). Report S Weir (1-3), S Nolan (0-4, 3f, 1 '65'), C Lynch (0-1).

Round 2A

12 August 2011Round 2A Abbeydorney 2-06 - 2-08 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
B Leen 1-4, K Hanafin 1-0, B Donovan 0-1 free, A Healy 0-1M Slattery 2-4 (0-4 frees), S Dunne 0-2, R Kenny and J Crean 0-1 each
13 August 2011Round 2A Kilmoyley 0-12 - 0-16 Ballyduff Austin Stack Park
A McCarthy (0-7,6f), D Collins (0-2), L Fitzell (0-1), P O'Sullivan (0-1), S Maunsell (0-1).B O'Sullivan (0-8,7f, 1 ‘65), PJ Connolly (0-2), M Boyle (0-2), G O'Brien (0-2), B O'Grady (0-1), JP Leahy (0-1).

Round 2B

14 August 2011Round 2B Causeway 1-11 - 3-07 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
JM Dooley 1-5 (1-4 frees, 0-1 '65), C Dineen and C Harty 0-2 each M Murphy and R Casey 0-1 eachS Nolan 2-5 (0-4 frees, 0-1 '45), D Carney 1-0, Mike Lynch and C Lynch 0-1 each
14 August 2011Round 2B LIxnaw 2-13 - 2-06 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park
J Flaherty (0-7, 5F), S Power (1-1), R Heffernan (1-0), J Griffin (0-3), B Brosnan (0-2, 1f). Report N Sullivan (2-0), J Egan (0-3, 1f), J Galvin (0-1), S Leen (0-1f), E Corridan (0-1f).

Quarter-final

2 September 2011Quarter-final Abbeydorney 2-14 - 2-15 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
D O'Connell (0-7, 0-3 frees), K Hanafin (1-2), B Donovan (1-1), B Leen (0-1), K Dineen (0-1), A Healy (0-1), M Hanafin (0-1).S Nolan (2-7, 0-5 frees), D Carney (0-2), M Lynch (0-2), S Weir (0-1), M Lynch (0-1), C Lynch (0-1), R Nolan (0-1).
3 September 2011Quarter-final Kilmoyley 2-12 - 2-14 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
S Maunsell 1-2, A Royle 1-1, S Brick 0-4 frees, D Collins 0-2, M Murnane, A McCarthy and L Fitzelle 0-1 eachJ Flaherty 2-6 (0-4 frees, 0-1'65,) B Brosnan 0-3 (0-2 frees, 0-1 '65), J Griffin 0-2, F Fitzmaurice, S Power and K Power 0-1 each

Semi-finals

25 September 2011Semi-final Ballyduff 0-17 - 1-12 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
B O'Sullivan (0-9, 6f, 1 ' 65), PJ Connolly (0-3), M Boyle (0-3), B O'Grady (0-1), P Boyle (0-1). Report J Flaherty (1-8, 6f), R Heffernan (0-1), J Griffin (0-1), S Power (0-1), B Brosnan (0-1f).
25 September 2011Semi-final Crotta O'Neill's 0-10 - 0-06 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
S Nolan (0-8. 7f), D Carney (0-1), A Keane (0-1). Report M Slattery (0-4f), R Kenny (0-2).

Final

16 October 2011Final Ballyduff 2-11 - 0-15 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
B O’Sullivan 0-7 (0-6 frees, 0-1 ‘65), G O’Brien and A O’Carroll 1-0 each, P Boyle and P J Connolly 0-2 each. Report S Nolan 0-13 (0-11 frees), C Lynch and I McCarthy 0-1 each.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 4-374959.80
2James Flaherty Lixnaw 3-283749.25
3Bobby O'Sullivan Ballyduff 0-333348.25
4 Michael Slattery Ballyheigue 2-152137.00
5 Shane Brick Kilmoyley 1-141728.50
6Kieran Hanafin Abbeydorney 4-021434.66
Andy McCarthy Kilmoyley 1-111434.66
8 Pádraig Boyle Ballyduff 3-041334.33
9 John Egan St Brendan's 1-081125.50
Mikey Boyle Ballyduff 1-081133.66
Single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1 Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 2-0713 Abbeydorney
Shane Brick Kilmoyley 1-1013 Crotta O'Neill's
Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 0-1313 Ballyduff
4James Flaherty Lixnaw 2-0612 Kilmoyley
5 Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 2-0511 Causeway
James Flaherty Lixnaw 1-0811 Ballyduff
7 Pádraig Boyle Ballyduff 3-0110 Lixnaw
Michael Slattery Ballyheigue 2-0410 Abbeydorney
9Bobby O'Sullivan Ballyduff 0-099 Lixnaw
Bobby O'Sullivan Ballyduff 0-099 Lixnaw

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